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)

Latin (24)

Italian (15)

Portuguese (10)

Old French (9)

Spanish (7)

French (6)

Esperanto (5)

Albanian (4)

Old Portuguese (4)

Manx (3)

Middle French (3)

Middle English (3)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Friulian (2)

Catalan (2)

Romanian (2)

Norman (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Late Latin (2)

Aromanian (1)

Telugu (1)

Japanese (1)

Galician (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)