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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ger-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂goréh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*agorā́
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́)
- Ancient Greekἀγορεύω (agoreúō)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros)
- Ancient Greekκᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)
- Ancient Greekκατηγορία (katēgoría)
- Late Latincatēgoria
- Middle Frenchcategorie
- Frenchcatégorie
- Englishcategory
- Englishcategorize
- Englishcategorization
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todaycategorizational
From categorization + -al.
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