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

There are 102 English roots starting with [L]. There are 236 words in the top 5,000 most frequently used English words. There are 1076 words in total.

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Root		Meaning	Words(Top5,000)	Other words
labor		work, toil, trouble	collaborate ☆, collaboration **, elaborate **, lab ****, labor ***, laboratory ***, labour ***	collaborative, collaboratively, collaborator, elaborately, elaborateness, elaboration, elaborative, elaborator, labored, laborious, labourer
lack		lack	lack ****
ladder		ladder	ladder ***
lady		lady	lady ****	ladylike
lake		lake	lake ****	laker, laky
lamp		lamp	lamp ***
lance		lance, light spear	lance ☆, launch ****	freelance
land		land	island ****, land ****, landscape ****	grassland, highland, homeland, islander, landfill, landless, landlessness, outland, outlandish, outlandishly, outlandishness
lane		lane	lane ***
lanx		dish, plate, scale pan	balance ****	balanceable, balanced, imbalance, lanx
lap		skirt, flap of a garment	label ****, lap **	laptop
laps		glide, slip, slide, sink	avalanche ☆, collapse ***, elapse ☆, lapse ☆
large		large	large ****, largely ****

late		late	last ****, late ****, lately **, later ****, latest ***, latter ***	lastly, latterly
late		borne, carried	legislation ***, legislative **, legislator ☆, legislature **, translate ****, translation ***, translator ☆	legislate, mistranslate, mistranslation, translatable, untranslatable
lateral		side	collateral ☆	ambilateral, ambilaterality, bilateral, bilaterality, bilaterally, bilateralness, contralateral, equilateral, equlateral, extralateral, inequilateral, ipsilateral, lateral, laterality, matrilateral, multilateral, nonlateral, patrilateral, plurilateral, quadrilateral, semilatus, septilateral, trilateral, unilateral
latry			idolatry ☆	angelolatry, babyollatry, bardolatry, bibliolatry, heliolatry, latry, lordolatry, Mariolatry, monolatry
laugh		laugh	laugh ****, laughter ***	laughing
lav (lav-, laund-)		wash	laundry ☆, lavatory ☆, lavish ☆	launder, lava, lavation, lave, lotion
law		law	fellow ****, law ****, lawyer ****	lawful
lax		not tense, slack	delay ***, lease ☆, relax ****, relaxation ☆, relaxed **, release ****, relish ☆	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 ***	lazily, laziness
lead		lead	lad **, lead ****, leader ****, leadership ***, mislead ☆	cheerleader, leading, misleading, misleadingly, misleadingness
leaf		leaf	leaf ****, leafy ☆, leave ****	leafiness, leafless, leaflessness, leaflet, leaflike, leaver
leak		leak	leak **	leakage, leaker, leakless, leaky
lean		lean	lean ****	leanly, leanness
leap		leap	leap **	leaper
learn		learn	learn ****, learning ****	learnable, learned, learner

lect (lect-, leg-)		choose, select, gather, read, speak, mean	coil ☆, collect ****, collection ****, collective ***, collector **, diligent ☆, elect ****, election ****, elector ☆, elegant **, eligible **, elite ***, intellect ☆, intellectual ***, intelligence ****, intelligent ***, lecture ***, lecturer ☆, legend **, legendary **, legion ☆, lesson ****, neglect ☆, select ****, selection ****, selective ☆	collectables, collectible, collectional, collectively, collectiveness, collectivity, collectivize, collectorship, collegiality, collegian, collegium, counterintelligence, cull, deselect, diligence, electability, electable, electee, elective, electoral, electorally, electorate, eligibility, illegibility, illegible, ineligibility, ineligible, intellection, intellectuality, intelligently, intelligentsia, intelligible, intercollegiate, lect, lectern, lectin, lection, lectionary, lector, lectorate, leg, legendry, legibility, legible, 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 ***	leek
leg		leg	leg ****	leggy, leglike
leg (leg-, lega-, lege-, league)		send	allegation **, allege **, colleague ****, college ****, delegation **, legacy ***	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 ****, illegally **, legal ****, legally ***, legislation ***, legislative **, legislator ☆, legislature **, legitimate **, loyal **, loyalty **, privilege ***	disloyal, disloyalty, extralegal, leg, legalist, legality, legalize, legific, legislate, legitim, legitimacy, nonlegal
lend		lend	eleven ***, lend ***, loan ****	lendable, lender, loanable, loaner
lens		lens	lens ***
lent		soft, slow	relentless ☆	lent, pestilent, relent, relentlessly, turbulent
lep (lep-, lemma)		grasp, seize, take	dilemma **, syllable ☆	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 ****, lessen ☆, nevertheless ****, unless ****	lest
let		let	let ****	outlet
lethal		lethal, death	lethal **	lethality, lethally
lev		lift, light, raise	elevate ☆, elevator **, leaven ☆, lever ☆, relevant ****, relief ****, relieve **	alleviate, alleviation, bas-relief, counter-relief, deleverage, elevation, irrelevant, legerity, lev, levade, Levant, levee, leverage, leviable, levier, levigate, levitate, levitation, levity, levy, relevance, releve, sublevation, superelevation
lexi		word, say, count	dialect ☆	dyslexic, eclectic, lexicon
liber		free	deliberately ***, deliver ****, delivery ****, liberal **, liberty **	deliverance, equiiliblium, equilibrate, illiberal, illiberality, liber, liberality, liberalize, liberally, liberalness, liberaredeliver, liberate, liberated, liberation, liberator, libertarian, liberticide, libertinage, libertine, ultraliberal

libr		book	librarian ☆, library ****	interlibrary, libel, libellant, libellee, libellous, libretto
libr		a balance, pair of scales	level ****	deliberate, librate
lic (lic-)		to be allowed, be lawful, lure	delicate ***, delicious **, delight ***, leisure **, licence **, license ***	delectable, delicacy, delicately, delicateness, delighted, elicit, lic, licensable, licenseless, licenser, licensor
lid		lid	eyelid ☆, lid ***
lide		strike	collide ☆, collision ☆	elide, lide
lie (lie, lay)		lie, lay	lay ****, layer ****, lie ****	belier, layoff, layout, underlie, underlier
lief (lief, lieve)		dear, valued, believe, leave	belief ****, believable ☆, believe ****, disbelief ☆	believability, believably, believer, believing, lief, unbelievability, unbelievable, unbelievableness, unbelievably, xeroderma
lift		to raise, lift	lift ****	liftable, lifter
lig		bind	league ****, liability **, liable ☆, obligation ***, oblige ☆, reliability ***, reliable ***, religion ****, religious ****, rely ****	liableness, lig, ligament, ligate, ligature, obligate, obligational, obligatory, obliger, reliableness, reliably, religiously, religiousness, unreliable
light		light, luminous, not heavy	alight ☆, enlighten ☆, highlight ***, light ****, lighting **, lightning **, spotlight ☆, sunlight **	light, lighten, lightish, lightless, lightly, lightness, lightsome, sunlit, twilight
like		like, please	dislike ***, like ****	dislikable, dislikeable
like		like, similar, alike	alike **, like ****, likelihood **, likely ****, unlike ****, unlikely ****	alikeness, brotherlike, childlike, cuplike, human-like, liken, likewise, treelike, unlikeness
limb		limb	limb **	limbed, limbless
limit		boundary, frontier	eliminate **, limit ****, limitation ***, limited ****	eliminability, eliminable, eliminant, elimination, eliminative, eliminator, eliminatory, limitable, limitableness, limitary, limitative, limitless, limitlessly, limitlessness, unlimited
line		line	airline ***, alignment **, deadline **, line ****, linear ☆, online ****, outline ***	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 **	lingerer, lingeringly
lingu (lingu-, lingua)		language, tongue	bilingual ☆, language ****, linguist ☆, linguistic ☆	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 ****	enlink, linkable, linkage
lion		lion	lion ***	Lionfish, lionize, lionlike
lip		lip	lip ****
liqu		fluid, liquid, moist, flow	liquid ***	deliquesce, liqu, liquation, liquefy, liquety, liqueur, liquidate, liquidity, liquidize, liquidly, liquidness, liquor, prolix, unliquidated
list		list	list ****
listen		listen	listen ****, listener ***
liter (liter-, letter-)		letter	illiterate ☆, letter ****, literacy **, literal ☆, literally ***, literature ****	illiteracy, letterer, liter-, literality, literalness, literarily, literariness, literary, literate, literately, newsletter
litre		litre	litre **
little		little	little ****
live		live	alive ****, life ****, lifetime ***, live ****, livelihood ☆, living ****, wildlife ***	aliveness, enliven, lifespan, lifestyle, liveable, livelily, liveliness, lively, liven, midlife
liver		liver	liver **
load		load	load ****, unload **	download, downloadable, loading
lobby		lobby	lobby **

loc (loc-)		place, put, set	allow ****, allowance ☆, couch ☆, local ****, locate ****, location ***	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 ****, unlock ☆	lockable, lockdown, locked, lockless, unlockable
log		log	log ***	logy
log (log-, logy-)		word, discourse	analogy ☆, catalog **, log ***, logic **, logical ***	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 ****, alongside ***, belong ****, length ****, long ****	belonging, lengthen, lengthwise, lengthy
long-		long	longevity ☆, prolong ☆	allonge, elongate, elongated, elongation, long, long-, longa, longanimity, longe, longeron, longinquity, longitude, longitudinal, longum, lunge, lungo, oblong, prolongation, prolonged, purloin
look		look	look ****, outlook **, overlook **
loop		loop, bend	loop **	loopy
loose		loose	loose ****, loosely **
lord		lord	lord ***
lorry		lorry	lorry **
loss		loss, lose	lose ****, loser ☆, loss ****, lost ****	losable, losableness, losses
lot		lot	lot ****, lots ***, lottery **
loud		loud	aloud **, loud ***	loudly, loudness
love		love	beloved ☆, love ****, lovely ***, lover ***	lovelily, loveliness

low		low	below ****, low ****, lower ****, lowly ☆	lowerable, lowness
luc (luc-)		bright, light	lucid ☆	elucidate, elucidation, elucubrate, elucubration, lucent, lucidity, lucifer, Lucifer(beareroflight), luciferase, luciferin, luciferous, lucifugal, lucubrate, lucubration, luculent, lux, noctilucent, pellucid, pellucidity, relucent, semipellucid, translucence, translucency, translucent, translucently, translucid, translucidus
luck		luck	luck ****, luckily ☆, lucky ****	luckiness, luckless, unlucky
lud (lud-, lus-)		play	delude ☆, delusion ☆, disillusion ☆, illusion **	allude, collude, collusive, deludable, deluder, deludingly, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusively, delusiveness, delusory, disillusionment, elude, elusive, elusory, illude, lude, ludicrous, lusory, prelude
lug		lug, forelock	luggage **	lug
lumin		light	illuminate ☆	bioluminescent, illuminant, illumination, illuminational, illuminative, illuminator, lumin, luminary, luminescence, luminescent, luminosity, luminous, luminously, luminousness
lump		lump	lump **	lumpily, lumpiness, lumpish, lumpy
luncheon		lunch, luncheon	lunch ****, luncheon ☆	luncheonless, luncher, lunchless
lung		lung	lung ***
luxuri (luxuri-)		excess, extravagance	luxury **	luxuriant, luxuriate, luxurious, luxuriously, luxuriousness
lyr (lyr-)		lyre	lyric **	lyre, lyrical, lyrically, lyricalness
lyse (lyse, ly-, lysi-, lyt-)		loosen, dissolving	analyse ***, analysis ****, analyst ***, analyze **	analytic, analytics, 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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