Top 10 Most beautiful words

According to survey of 40,000 people in 102 non-English speaking countries, by British Council.

  1. mother - Old English: moder; c.f. Latin: mater
  2. passion - Latin: passio, passionis
  3. smile - Middle English: smilen. Swedish: smila, to smile
  4. love - Old English: lufu, love; c.f. Latin: lubet, it pleases
  5. eternity - Latin: aeternitas, aeternitatis , eternity
  6. fantastic - Greek: phantastikos, able to show (to English through Latin)
  7. destiny - Latin: destino, I make fast
  8. freedom - Old English: freo
  9. liberty - Latin: libertas, libertatis, freedom
  10. tranquility - Latin: tranquilitas, tranquilitatis, tranquility