ENGLISH ROOT WORD: lot "lot." from Old English hlot

【lot】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "hlot." It carries the basic meaning of "lot."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "lot"]

lot ****[118] A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them.
lots ***[2927] much
lottery **[3596] A lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize.

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[WORD ROOT]root lot
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] lot, lott
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) hlot
[MEANING]root lot

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 hlot object used to determine someone's share

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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lot ★★★★[118] noun from lot
【DEFINITION】 A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them.
【pl.】 lots
【SYNONYM】 destiny
【ROOTs】 lot; lot
【Etymology】 《Old English hlot》 object used to determine someone's share

lots ★★★[2927] adverb from lot
【DEFINITION】 much
【SYNONYM】 much
【COMPOSITION】 lot + s
【ROOTs】 ⑴ s; adverb suffix ⑵ lot; lot
【Etymology】 《Old English hlot》 object used to determine someone's share

lottery ★★[3596] noun from lot
【DEFINITION】 A lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize.
【pl.】 lotteries
【SYNONYM】 gamble
【ROOTs】 ⑴ lott(lot); lot ⑵ ery; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Middle Dutch lot》 lot

(※ 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; 】

loss
look
long
log-, logy-
loc-
live
liter-, letter-
line
limit
like

 

 

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