licky
From lick + -y.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-Europea
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionslidar
By anacronymic evolution from LIDAR.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlido
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslie
From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola lee, lidge (“to lie”), North Frisian
3 source sections · 91 relationship mentionslied
Borrowed from German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed, which was inherited by Old English lēoþ (“poem”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionslief
From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German l
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionsliege
From Middle English liege, lege, lige, from Anglo-Norman lige, from Old French liege (“liege, free”), from Middle High German ledic, ledec (“free, empty, vacant”) (Modern German ledig (“unmarried”)) from Proto-Germanic *
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionsliek
Possibly to match the actual pronunciation of like (/laɪ̯k/).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlien
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionslier
From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie + -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordliest
Etymology tree English lie Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yési Proto-Germanic *-ōsi Proto-West Germanic *-ōs Old English -ast Middle English -est English -est English liest From lie + -est.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslieu
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.? Proto-Italic *s(t)lokos Old Latin stlocus Latin locus Old French leu Middle French lieubor. English lieu Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin lo
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslife
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from P
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionslifen
From life + -en.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlifer
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? P
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslifey
From Middle English lyfy, lyvy, equivalent to life + -y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlifie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English -ie English lifie From life + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslift
From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Ind
3 source sections · 29 relationship mentionslig
From Middle English liggen, from Old English liċġan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie.
2 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsliger
Etymology tree English lion Iraniander. Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris)bor. Latin tigrislbor. Anglo-Norman tigrebor. ▲ Latin tigrisbor. Proto-West Germanic *tīgr Old English tigras Middle English tygre English tiger blend
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionslight
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *lewktom Proto-Germanic *leuhtą Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light From Middle English
5 source sections · 74 relationship mentionsligma
From the phonetic similarity to lick my (balls). Modelled after Hellenic terms such as sigma, omega, tagma, etc. as an intentional misdirection.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslign-
From Latin lignum wood.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordligne
From French ligne. Doublet of linea.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlike
Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”). Cognate with
4 source sections · 50 relationship mentionslikee
Attributed to various forms of pidgin English, most prominently from Chinese Pidgin English.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordliken
From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; t
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsliker
Etymology tree English like Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionslikin
Borrowed from Mandarin 釐金 (líjīn).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlila
Transliteration of Sanskrit लीला (līlā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlilac
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl) Classical Persian نِیل (nīl) Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /-ak/) Classical Persian ـَک (-ak) Classical Persian لِیلَک (līlak)
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionslilo
From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslilt
From Middle English lilten, lulten.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlily
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionslima
Ellipsis of lima bean. Doublet of Lima.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordliman
From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionslimb
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetym
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionslimbo
The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionslimby
From limb + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlime
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch li
4 source sections · 20 relationship mentionslimen
Learned borrowing from Latin līmen (“threshold”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlimer
From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).
3 source sections · 1 relationship mentionlimes
From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlimey
In adjectival senses, by surface analysis, lime + -y. In the sense of Englishman, reduced from the 19th century term lime-juicer (“a British ship”), from the lime juice British ships carried to ward off scurvy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslimit
From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced nati
3 source sections · 13 relationship mentionslimma
Borrowed from Latin limma.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlimn
From Middle English limnen, limyne, lymm, lymn, lymne (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), a variant of luminen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), short form of enluminen (“to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to make
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslimn-
From Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlimo
Etymology tree French limousinebor. English limousineclip. English limo Clipping of limousine. First attested in 1929.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlimp
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, ha
3 source sections · 22 relationship mentionslimpa
Borrowed from Swedish limpa (“loaf [of bread]”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlimpy
From limp + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlimu
Borrowed from Hawaiian limu (“moss”). Doublet of rimu, from Maori rimu, which also comes from the same source.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlimy
Etymology tree English lime Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English limy From lime + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslin
From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-
3 source sections · 11 relationship mentionslinac
Contraction of linear accelerator.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlinch
From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinċ (“a hill”). Possible doublet of lynch.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionslind
From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, materia
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionslindy
Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordline
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (
5 source sections · 19 relationship mentionslinea
From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of ligne; related to line.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslinel
Blend of line + voxel.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlinen
From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equival
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsliner
Etymology tree English line Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionliney
From line + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordling
From Middle English lenge, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionslinge
From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, pr
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslingo
From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionslingy
From ling + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlinha
From Portuguese linha (“line”), from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of line, linea, and ligne.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionslinin
From Latin līnum + -in. Known since the 19th century.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlink
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Prot
4 source sections · 28 relationship mentionslinks
See link.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionslinky
From link + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlinn
From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionslinne
See linen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlino
Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlint
From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionslinty
Etymology tree English lint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English linty From lint + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslion
From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionslip
From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”). Cognate with Saterlan
1 source section · 19 relationship mentionslipa
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian lipa (“linden/lime tree”), named for its design of linden flowers and leaves.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlipic
Compare lipid.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlipid
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -iduslbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid Borrowed from
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslipin
From lip- + -in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlipo-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)der. English lipo- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Greek combining form, from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionslippy
From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentionslipyl
By surface analysis, lip- + -yl; coined by Berzelius.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlira
From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (lirá), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of arratel, libbra, Li
3 source sections · 21 relationship mentionslire
From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”)
4 source sections · 12 relationship mentionslirk
From Middle English lyrken, from Old Norse lerka (“to plait, fold, bind, lace up tightly, chastise”), related to Old Norse lurkr (“cudgel, club”) (see Proto-Celtic *lorgā).
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionslirt
From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Co
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionslis
Learned borrowing from Latin lis (“quarrel, lawsuit”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlisen
A respelling of listen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlish
Apheresis of English.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlisle
Named after Lisle, France (now Lille), where it was first produced.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlisp
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), fro
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionslispy
From lisp + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordliss
From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), f
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionslisse
Inherited from Old English līssian.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlist
Etymology tree Old English līste Old French listeder. Medieval Latin listader. Middle English lī̆st English list From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; bar
6 source sections · 59 relationship mentionslisty
From list + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlit
Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”). This form wa
5 source sections · 17 relationship mentionslitas
Borrowed from Lithuanian litas.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlitch
Clipping of literally.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlite
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *linhtaz Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English lite Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, s
3 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsliter
From the Old French litron. A hoax etymology of the fictional Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre has been reproduced as legitimate.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslith
From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisia
4 source sections · 23 relationship mentionslith-
From the Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos, “stone”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlithe
From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (“gentle, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos. Akin to Saterland Frisian lied (“thin, skinny, gaunt”),
5 source sections · 23 relationship mentionslithp
Respelling of lisp, as a person with a lisp would pronounce it.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlithy
From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionslitra
From Sicilian, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litre, livre, and rottol.
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionslitre
From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin lībra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, livre, and rottol.
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionslitro
Clipping of literally + -o (diminutive suffix). Literally is pronounced (in British English) with a reduced or completely absent ⟨e⟩, which may explain the syncope of the ⟨e⟩ in this term.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionlitty
From little + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlive
From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Eur
2 source sections · 35 relationship mentionsliven
Partly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic li
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsliver
From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley
3 source sections · 12 relationship mentionslivid
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-der. Proto-Italic *slīwēō Latin līveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin līvidusder. Middle French lividebo
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionslivin
From live + -in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlivor
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-der. Proto-Italic *slīwēō Latin līveō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or La
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslivre
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Old French livre Middle French livre French livrebor. English livre Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of ar
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsliwa
Arabic لواء (literally “banner”)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordliwan
Borrowed from Arabic ليوان.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordll
Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordllama
Etymology tree Quechua llamabor. Spanish llamabor. English llama Borrowed from Spanish llama, borrowed from Quechua llama.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsllano
Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, plane, and plan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordllyn
Borrowed from Welsh llyn.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlo
Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)).
4 source sections · 5 relationship mentionslo-fi
Syllabic abbreviation of low fidelity.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordloa
Borrowed from Haitian Creole lwa.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloach
From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsload
The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street,
3 source sections · 18 relationship mentionsloaf
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Middle English lof English loaf From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (“bread; loaf”)
3 source sections · 34 relationship mentionsloafy
From loaf + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloam
From Middle English lom, lome, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with S
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsloamy
Etymology tree English loam Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English loamy From loam + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsloan
From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch lee
2 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsloath
From Middle English lōth (“loath; averse, hateful”), from Old English lāð, lāþ (“evil; loathsome”), or Old Norse leið, leiðr (“uncomfortable; tired”) from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“loath; hostile; sad, sorry”), ultimately
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionsloave
From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionslob
First attested late 16th c. in the sense "allow or cause to dangle, hang," from sense 2.
4 source sections · 12 relationship mentionslobal
From lobe + -al.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlobar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lobós Proto-Hellenic *lobós? Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós)bor. Latin lobusder. Englis
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslobby
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-i- Proto-Indo-European *-
3 source sections · 8 relationship mentionslobe
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lobós Proto-Hellenic *lobós? Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós)bor. Latin lobusder. Englis
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslobed
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lobós Proto-Hellenic *lobós? Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós)bor. Latin lobusder. Englis
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslobo
Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlobus
Borrowed from Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsloc
Clipping of dreadlock.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloc'd
From loc (“dreadlock”) + -ed.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlocal
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”). The ring-theoretic senses derive from Krull, who first referred to
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsloch
From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionslocie
locomotive + -ie
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlock
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, fr
4 source sections · 59 relationship mentionslocky
From lock + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloco
Borrowed from Italian.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionslocus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.? Proto-Italic *s(t)lokos Old Latin stlocus Latin locuslbor. English locus Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslode
Doublet of load, which has however become semantically restricted. The now-archaic lode continues the old sense of Old English lād (“way, course, journey”) but by the 19th century survived only dialectally in the sense o
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsloden
Borrowed from German Loden.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlodge
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-i- Proto-Indo-European *-
2 source sections · 18 relationship mentionsloess
Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslof
Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlofe
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lubą Proto-West Germanic *lob Old English lof Middle English lof English lofe Inherited from Middle English lof, lofe (“praise, price”), from Old English lof
2 source sections · 22 relationship mentionslofer
See loafer (“wolf”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloff
From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsloft
From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Pro
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionslofty
From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionlog
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate wit
6 source sections · 7 relationship mentionslogan
Probably cognate with Danish logre, "to wag the tail".
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloge
From French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) from Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Akin to Old High German loub (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionslogg
From Middle English logge, of unknown origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlogge
From Italian logge, from Italian singular loggia, from Old French loge, from Late Latin laubia, from Frankish *laubjā (“pergola”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsloggy
From log + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlogic
From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós). Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.
3 source sections · 13 relationship mentionslogie
Said to be from the name of the inventor, David Logie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlogin
A deverbal from log in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlogit
Blend of logistic + unit, by analogy with probit, coined by American statistician Joseph Berkson in 1944: “I use this term [logit] for ln p/q following Bliss, who called the analogous function which is linear on x for th
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionslogo
1937, clipping of logogram or logotype.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlogo-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)bor. English logo- Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, speech”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionslogon
Deverbal from log on.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlogos
From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlogy
Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log (“heavy, dull”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordloid
Short for celluloid.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloin
From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus, of uncertain origin, possibly from Oscan-Umbrian *londwo- or Proto-Germanic *lundwuz, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-Europ
1 source section · 13 relationship mentionsloipe
Borrowed from German Loipe, from Norwegian Bokmål løype.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsloir
From French.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlokao
From Chinese 綠膏／绿膏 (lǜgāo).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloke
From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslokma
From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordlokum
From Turkish lokum.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlokun
From Hokkien 老君 (ló-kun), from Malay dukun (“shaman or medicine man”). Doublet of dukun.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionslola
Borrowed from Tagalog lola.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordloli
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *doleō Latin doleō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Ind
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionloll
From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionslolly
A clipping of lollypop.
4 source sections · 2 relationship mentionslolo
See also Tagalog lolo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordlolol
Reduplication of lol.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordlolot
Borrowed from Vietnamese lá lốt.
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