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Where does “lēwt-” come from?

lēwt- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

Ancestry of “lēwt-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

Words derived from “lēwt-”

  • loss
  • allow
  • loose
  • allowance
  • loosely
  • loosen
  • looser
  • laud
  • loosing
  • looseness
  • laudanum
  • lossless
  • lossy
  • disallowance
  • laudation
  • footloose
  • looseleaf
  • alloweth
  • laudator
  • headloss
  • unloosen
  • loosey
  • belaud
  • looseth
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