Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “lēw-”
177 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — including loss, allow, loose, allowance, loosely, loosen, looser, laud.
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English (61)
- loss
- allow
- loose
- allowance
- loosely
- loosen
- looser
- laud
- loosing
- looseness
- laudanum
- lossless
- lossy
- disallowance
- laudation
- footloose
- looseleaf
- alloweth
- laudator
- headloss
- unloosen
- loosey
- belaud
- looseth
- allowability
- lossmaking
- losslessly
- loosener
- allowest
- lauder
- loosies
- allower
- footlooseness
- bloodloss
- loosish
- looseneth
- laudanine
- laudeth
- loosie
- overloose
- lossily
- losslessness
- loosefill
- loosejaw
- laudest
- reallow
- loosenest
- lossful
- lossmaker
- lossage
- collaud
- cum laude
- outloose
- reloosen
- unlossy
- loose-handed
- loose-handedness
- loose-handedly
- ultraloose
- allowee
- loos