Proto-Indo-European

*leb-

‘to hang down loosely’

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

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

• la ← labium ← *labjom ← *l̥b-yóm
• label ← *lappā ← *lappǭ
• lap ← lappe ← læppa ← *lappō ← *lappô
• lip ← lippe ← lippa ← *lippjō ← *lepô
• limp ← limpen ← limpan ← *limpan ← *limpaną
• limbo ← limbus ← *lemb-
• lobe ← lobus ← λοβός ← *lobós ← *lobós
• labia ← labium ← *labjom ← *l̥b-yóm
• labial ← labiālis ← labium ← *labjom ← *l̥b-yóm
• labrum
• lave ← lafa ← *labēn-
• laburnum ← labrum

More words from *leb-

• labellum
• labium
• labeo
• axiolabial
• bilobol
• labarum
• labialize
• lappaceous
• labrose
• lobus
• lobulus
• macrolabia

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leb-