List of English Etymology and English Root Words Online Dictionary: [L]

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There are 94 English roots starting with [L]. There are 260 words in the top 5,000 most frequently used English words. There are 981 words in total.

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Root		Meaning	Words(Top5,000)	Other words
labor		work, toil, trouble	collaborate ☆[4886], collaboration **[4520], elaborate **[4225], lab ****[2335], labor ***[2908], laboratory ****[2297], labour ***[2658]	collaborative, collaboratively, collaborator, elaborately, elaborateness, elaboration, elaborative, elaborator, labored, laborious, labourer
lack		lack	lack ****[1222]
lacto		milk	lettuce ☆[5205]	ablactate, ablactation, lactary, lactase, lactate, lactation, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, lactescent, lactic, lacto, lactometer, lactose, laitance, latte
ladder		ladder	ladder ***[2737]
lady		lady	lady ****[540]	ladylike
lake		lake	lake ****[645]	laker, laky
lamp		lamp	lamp ***[745]
lance		lance, light spear	launch ****[1602]	freelance, lance
land		land	island ****[450], land ****[313], landscape ****[2284]	grassland, highland, homeland, islander, landfill, landless, landlessness, outland, outlandish, outlandishly, outlandishness
lane		lane	lane ***[2604]
lanx		dish, plate, scale pan	balance ****[1379]	balanceable, balanced, imbalance, lanx
lap		skirt, flap of a garment	label ****[1707], lap **[4262]	laptop
laps		glide, slip, slide, sink	collapse ****[2280]	avalanche, elapse, lapse
large		large	large ****[173], largely ****[2079]

late		late	last ****[154], late ****[327], lately **[4391], later ****[825], latest ***[2581], latter ***[3394]	lastly, latterly
late		borne, carried	legislation ***[2988], legislative **[4500], legislator ☆[5044], legislature **[4528], translate ****[1796], translation ****[2264], translator ☆[4605]	legislate, mistranslate, mistranslation, translatable, untranslatable
laugh		laugh	laugh ****[325], laughter ****[2029]	laughing
law		law	fellow ***[2861], law ****[998], lawyer ****[1562]	lawful
lax		not tense, slack	delay ****[2012], lease ☆[5465], relax ****[1645], relaxation ☆[4762], relaxed **[3827], release ****[1197], relish ☆[4628]	disrelish, laches, laissez-faire, lax, laxation, laxative, laxity, leasable, leash, relaxable, relaxant, relaxedly, relaxedness, relaxer, relaxing, relay, releasable, releasement, releaser, sublease, unleash
lazy		lazy	lazy ***[2671]	lazily, laziness
lead		lead	lad **[4590], lead ****[207], leader ****[1058], leadership ***[2460]	cheerleader, leading, mislead, misleading, misleadingly, misleadingness
leaf		leaf	leaf ****[548], leafy ☆[5438], leave ****[170]	leafiness, leafless, leaflessness, leaflet, leaflike, leaver
leak		leak	leak **[4260]	leakage, leaker, leakless, leaky
lean		lean	lean ****[2212]	leanly, leanness
leap		leap	leap **[3708]	leaper
learn		learn	learn ****[129], learning ****[1138]	learnable, learned, learner
lect (lect-, leg-)		choose, select, gather, read, speak, mean	coil ☆[5498], collect ****[1305], collection ****[1329], collective ***[3085], collector **[3791], elect ****[2358], election ****[1111], elegant **[3864], eligible **[3712], elite ***[3127], intellectual ***[2938], intelligence ****[1256], intelligent ****[2053], lecture ***[3292], lecturer ☆[4729], legend **[3462], legendary **[4093], lesson ****[508], neglect ☆[5015], select ****[1651], selection ****[1884], selective ☆[5087]	collectables, collectible, collectional, collectively, collectiveness, collectivity, collectivize, collectorship, collegiality, collegian, collegium, counterintelligence, cull, deselect, diligence, diligent, electability, electable, electee, elective, elector, electoral, electorally, electorate, eligibility, illegibility, illegible, ineligibility, ineligible, intellect, intellection, intellectuality, intelligently, intelligentsia, intelligible, intercollegiate, lect, lectern, lectin, lection, lectionary, lector, lectorate, leg, legendry, legibility, legible, legion, legionary, Legionnaire, legume, leguminous, negligee, negligence, negligent, negligible, nonelective, nonelite, nonnegligible, nonselective, postelection, predilect, predilection, preelection, prelect, prelection, prelector, preselect, recollect, recollection, reelect, reelection, reselect, sacrilege, selectance, selectee, selectional, selectivity, selector, superselection, unintelligent, uniselector
leek		leek, onion, garlic	garlic ***[2996]	leek

leg		leg	leg ****[397]	leggy, leglike
leg (leg-, lega-, lege-, league)		send	allegation **[3780], allege **[4091], colleague ****[1494], college ****[1082], delegation **[4566], legacy ***[3114]	alleged, allegedly, colleagueship, collegial, collegiate, delegable, delegacy, delegate, delegatee, delegator, delegatory, leg, legatary, legate, legatee, legatine, legation, legato, nondelegate, relegate, relegation, superdelegate
leg (leg-, legis-)		law	illegal ****[1834], illegally **[4452], legal ****[1546], legally ***[3284], legislation ***[2988], legislative **[4500], legislator ☆[5044], legislature **[4528], legitimate **[4229], loyal **[3889], loyalty **[4104], privilege ***[3179]	disloyal, disloyalty, extralegal, leg, legalist, legality, legalize, legific, legislate, legitim, legitimacy, nonlegal
lend		lend	eleven ***[3299], lend ***[3296], loan ***[2877]	lendable, lender, loanable, loaner
lens		lens	lens ***[3107]
lep (lep-, lemma)		grasp, seize, take	dilemma **[4394], syllable **[3990]	analemma, analemmatic, analeptic, catalepsy, cataleptic, dilemmatic, epilepsy, epileptic, hypnolepsy, hysteroepilepsy, lemma, lepsy, metalepsis, narcolepsy, nympholepsy, octosyllabic, procatalepsis, prolepsis, proleptic, proslepsis, syllabic, syllabism, syllabogram, syllepsis, trisyllabic, trisyllable
less		less	less ****[1276], lessen ☆[5466], nevertheless ****[2310], unless ****[1781]	lest
let		let	let ****[95]	outlet
lethal		lethal, death	lethal **[4243]	lethality, lethally
lev		lift, light, raise	elevate ☆[4917], elevator **[3656], relevant ****[1927], relief ****[2107], relieve **[3784]	alleviate, alleviation, bas-relief, counter-relief, deleverage, elevation, irrelevant, leaven, legerity, lev, levade, Levant, levee, lever, leverage, leviable, levier, levigate, levitate, levitation, levity, levy, relevance, releve, sublevation, superelevation
liber		free	deliberately ****[2423], deliver ****[1472], delivery ****[2262], liberal **[3713], liberty **[3859]	deliverance, equiiliblium, equilibrate, illiberal, illiberality, liber, liberality, liberalize, liberally, liberalness, liberaredeliver, liberate, liberated, liberation, liberator, libertarian, liberticide, libertinage, libertine, ultraliberal
libr		book	library ****[536]	interlibrary, libel, libellant, libellee, libellous, librarian, libretto
libr		a balance, pair of scales	level ****[861]	deliberate, librate
lic (lic-)		to be allowed, be lawful, lure	delicate ***[3095], delicious ***[2979], delight ***[3414], leisure **[3517], licence **[3772], license ***[3418]	delectable, delicacy, delicately, delicateness, delighted, elicit, lic, licensable, licenseless, licenser, licensor
lid		lid	lid ***[3255]	eyelid

lie (lie, lay)		lie, lay	lay ****[1491], layer ****[1694], lie ****[322]	belier, layoff, layout, underlie, underlier
lief (lief, lieve)		dear, valued, believe, leave	belief ****[1218], believable ☆[4764], believe ****[826], disbelief ☆[5172]	believability, believably, believer, believing, lief, unbelievability, unbelievable, unbelievableness, unbelievably, xeroderma
lift		to raise, lift	lift ****[1292]	liftable, lifter
lig		bind	league ****[1793], liability **[4284], liable ☆[5003], obligation ***[2764], oblige ☆[5101], reliability ***[3254], reliable ****[2140], religion ****[1630], religious ****[1425], rely ****[1527]	liableness, lig, ligament, ligate, ligature, obligate, obligational, obligatory, obliger, reliableness, reliably, religiously, religiousness, unreliable
light		light, luminous, not heavy	enlighten ☆[5449], highlight ****[2085], light ****[278], lighting **[3892], lightning **[3603], spotlight ☆[4817], sunlight ***[3008]	alight, light, lighten, lightish, lightless, lightly, lightness, lightsome, sunlit, twilight
like		like, please	dislike ***[2803], like ****[52]	dislikable, dislikeable
like		like, similar, alike	alike **[3876], like ****[811], likelihood **[3524], likely ****[924], unlike ****[1617], unlikely ****[1888]	alikeness, brotherlike, childlike, cuplike, human-like, liken, likewise, treelike, unlikeness
limb		limb	limb **[4503]	limbed, limbless
limit		boundary, frontier	eliminate **[3703], limit ****[1314], limitation ***[2948], limited ****[1733]	eliminability, eliminable, eliminant, elimination, eliminative, eliminator, eliminatory, limitable, limitableness, limitary, limitative, limitless, limitlessly, limitlessness, unlimited
line		line	airline ***[2577], alignment **[4198], deadline **[3457], headline ****[2224], line ****[312], linear ☆[5158], online ****[1369], outline ***[3312]	align, aligner, ambilineal, ambilineality, bilinear, coastline, collinear, collinearity, collineation, curvilinear, curvilinearity, delineate, delineation, delineavit, linea, lineage, lineal, lineament, linearity, linearly, lineate, lineation, lined, liny, matrilineal, multicollinearity, multilinear, nonalignment, noncollinear, nonlineal, Nonlinear, nonlinearity, quasilinear, realign, realignment, rectilinear, rectilinearity, sesquilinear, sublineage, sublinear, supralinear, trilinear, unilinear, waistline
linger		linger, prolong, lengthen	linger **[3459]	lingerer, lingeringly
lingu (lingu-, lingua)		language, tongue	bilingual ☆[4773], language ****[893], linguist ☆[4758], linguistic ☆[5437]	bilingualism, bilinguality, bilingually, bilinguous, collingual, derivatively, derivativeness, elinguation, interlanguage, ligula, ligular, ligule, lingua, linguafranca, lingual, linguiform, linguine, linguister, linguistically, linguistics, monolingual, multilingual, multilingualism, multilingually, prelingual, quadrilingual, sociolinguistics, sublingual, trilingual
link		link	link ****[1332]	enlink, linkable, linkage
lion		lion	lion ****[670]	Lionfish, lionize, lionlike
lip		lip	lip ****[628]

liqu		fluid, liquid, moist, flow	liquid ****[2190]	deliquesce, liqu, liquation, liquefy, liquety, liqueur, liquidate, liquidity, liquidize, liquidly, liquidness, liquor, prolix, unliquidated
list		list	list ****[320]
listen		listen	listen ****[223], listener ****[2257]
liter (liter-, letter-)		letter	illiterate ☆[5166], letter ****[337], literacy **[4082], literal ☆[5334], literally ****[1987], literature ****[1514]	illiteracy, letterer, liter-, literality, literalness, literarily, literariness, literary, literate, literately, newsletter
litre		litre	litre ***[3013]
little		little	little ****[130]
live		live	alive ****[1543], life ****[808], lifetime ****[2162], live ****[119], livelihood ☆[4678], living ****[1330], wildlife ****[2323]	aliveness, enliven, lifespan, lifestyle, liveable, livelily, liveliness, lively, liven, midlife
liver		liver	liver **[4546]
load		load	load ****[1941], unload **[4596]	download, downloadable, loading
lobby		lobby	lobby **[4270]
loc (loc-)		place, put, set	allow ****[864], allowance ☆[5115], couch ☆[4924], local ****[990], locate ***[2630], location ***[2708]	accouchement, allocate, allocation, bilocation, bilocular, cislocative, collocation, couchant, dislocate, dislocation, interlocal, lieu, loc, locale, locality, locally, locative, locator, locomotion, locomotive, loculament, locular, locule, loculose, loculus, locus, milieu, multilocal, multilocation, multilocular, nonlocal, relocate, relocation, translocate, translocation, translocative, trilocular, unilocular
lock		lock	lock ***[2726], unlock ☆[5420]	lockable, lockdown, locked, lockless, unlockable
log		log	log ***[3227]	logy
log (log-, logy-)		word, discourse	analogy ☆[4793], catalog **[4525], log ***[2567], logic **[3699], logical ***[2811]	analog, analogic, analogical, analogically, analogist, analogize, analogous, analogue, biochronology, catalogue, cataloguer, cataloguist, epidemiologist, epidemiology, logarithm, logist, logogram, logogrammatically, logographically, logopaedics, logophile, logos, logotherapy, logy, neurolog, neurologist, ology, seismologist, seismology, theologian
long		long	along ****[249], alongside ***[3109], belong ****[1460], length ****[1616], long ****[134]	belonging, lengthen, lengthwise, lengthy

look		look	look ****[67], outlook **[4095], overlook **[4136]
loop		loop, bend	loop **[4209]	loopy
loose		loose	loose ***[2816], loosely **[4313]
lord		lord	lord ***[2781]
lorry		lorry	lorry **[3824]
loss		loss, lose	lose ****[213], loss ****[1412], lost ****[2395]	losable, losableness, loser, losses
lot		lot	lot ****[118], lots ***[2927], lottery **[3596]
loud		loud	aloud **[4250], loud ****[636]	loudly, loudness
love		love	beloved ☆[5111], love ****[187], lovely ****[2126], lover ***[2540]	lovelily, loveliness
low		low	below ****[568], low ****[284], lower ****[1614]	lowerable, lowly, lowness
luck		luck	luck ****[554], luckily **[3999], lucky ****[1752]	luckiness, luckless, unlucky
lud (lud-, lus-)		play	illusion **[3540]	allude, collude, collusive, deludable, delude, deluder, deludingly, delusion, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusively, delusiveness, delusory, disillusion, disillusionment, elude, elusive, elusory, illude, lude, ludicrous, lusory, prelude
lug		lug, forelock	luggage **[4434]	lug
lump		lump	lump **[4307]	lumpily, lumpiness, lumpish, lumpy
luncheon		lunch, luncheon	lunch ****[506]	luncheon, luncheonless, luncher, lunchless

lung		lung	lung ****[2051]
luxuri (luxuri-)		excess, extravagance	luxury **[3504]	luxuriant, luxuriate, luxurious, luxuriously, luxuriousness
lyr (lyr-)		lyre	lyric **[3501]	lyre, lyrical, lyrically, lyricalness
lyse (lyse, ly-, lysi-, lyt-)		loosen, dissolving	analyse ***[2760], analysis ****[1990], analyst ***[3075], analyze **[4477]	analysable, analysation, analyser, analytic, analytically, analyticity, analytics, analyzable, analyzation, analyzer, aparalytic, autolysis, catalyse, catalysis, catalyst, catalytic, cytolysis, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, electrolytic, Hippolyte, hydrolysis, hydrolyte, hydrolytic, lyse, lysigeny, lysine, lysis, lysosome, lytic, meta-analysis, palsy, paralyse, paralysis, paralytic, paralyze, plasmolysis, proteolysis

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