Which single word in Latin or Ancient Greek has had the most English words derive from it?

lanfranco

Just for fun, I'm going to venture a couple of guesses, as I expect others will be doing: Centum, for hundred, in Latin. Phobos, for fear, in Greek. Jul 04 05, 8:13 PM

barker111

The latin word 'ex' means out of. The latin word 'sub' means under. These both have produced many derivatives. Jul 04 05, 8:32 PM

gmackematix

I'd better say that this was an enquiry rather than a poser. Logos - Greek for word and grapho - Greek for write must also be quite high. Jul 05 05, 12:36 AM

bloomsby

How about excluding prefixes (and prepositions)? Otherwise, Latin "in" would surely be the easy winner. Jul 05 05, 11:23 AM

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