Proto-Indo-European

*h₁lewdʰ-

‘to grow up’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-.

22 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-, most familiar first.

• liberal ← līberālis ← līber ← loeber ← *louðeros
• liberty ← liberte ← liberté ← libertas ← liber
• liberation
• liberalism ← libéralisme ← libéral ← liberal ← līberālis
• liberate ← līberātus ← līberō ← līber ← loeber
• libre ← līber ← loeber ← *louðeros ← *h₁léwdʰeros
• liberator ← liberō ← līber ← loeber ← *louðeros
• leed ← lede ← leden ← lēoden ← lēod
• libertine ← libertinus ← libertus ← liber ← loeber
• illiberal ← illiberalis ← līberālis ← līber ← loeber
• libero ← līberum ← loeber ← *louðeros ← *h₁léwdʰeros
• lith ← lýðr ← *liudiz

More words from *h₁lewdʰ-

• liberality
• loden
• eleutherophobia
• eleutheromania
• eleutheromaniac
• leden
• leud
• liberticide
• lidden
• liberosis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-