| 【loss】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "los." It carries the basic meaning of "loss," and "lose." from PIE *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "loss"]
lose ****[213] If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you.
loss ****[1412] Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.
lost ****[2395] If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way.
[WORD ROOT]root loss
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] lose, loss
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) los
[MEANING]root loss, lose
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 los [from Proto-Germanic *lausa-] ruin, destruction
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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lose ★★★★[213] verb from lose
【DEFINITION】 If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you.
【Declension/Conjugation】 lost, lost, losing, loses
【SYNONYM】 evade, shake off, mislay
【ANTONYM】 gain
【ROOTs】 lose(loss); lose
【Etymology】 《Old English losian》 [from los] be lost, perish; to be lost, perish, destroy, become unable to find
【First Known Meaning】 be lost, perish
【DERIVATIVEs】 losable, losableness, lose, loss
loss ★★★★[1412] noun from lose
【DEFINITION】 Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.
【pl.】 losses
【ANTONYM】 profit, gain
【ROOTs】 loss; loss
【Etymology】 《Old English los》 [from Proto-Germanic *lausa-] ruin, destruction
【First Known Meaning】 ruin, destruction
【DERIVATIVEs】 losable, losableness, lose, loss
lost ★★★★[2395] adjective from lose
【DEFINITION】 If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way.
【SYNONYM】 missing
【ROOTs】 lost(loss); lose
【Etymology】 《Old English losian》 [from los] be lost, perish; to be lost, perish, destroy, become unable to find
【First Known Meaning】 wasted, ruined, spent in vain,
Other words containing "loss"; losable, losableness, loser, losses
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
look
long
log-, logy-
loc-
live
liter-, letter-
line
limit
like
light
