Proto-Indo-European

*leyp-

‘to stick’

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

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

• life ← lyf ← līf ← *līb ← *lībą
• live ← lefe ← libban ← *libbjan ← *libjaną
• leave ← leven ← lǣfan ← *laibijan ← *laibijaną
• living ← livynge ← lifiġende ← *libbjandī ← *libjandz
• alive ← alyve ← on līfe ← līf ← *līb
• twelve ← twelf ← *twalif ← *twai ← *lībaną
• liver ← lyvere ← lifer ← *libru ← *librō
• eleven ← elleven ← endleofan ← *ainalifun ← *ainalif
• lively ← lyvely ← līflīċe ← līf ← *līb
• lib ← lyven ← libban ← *libbjan ← *libjaną
• eleventh ← elleventhe ← elleven ← endleofan ← *ainalifun
• lipid ← lipide ← λῐ́πος ← *lípos

More words from *leyp-

• lifeless
• lifeguard
• liven
• lipa
• lave
• liposome
• alpana
• eleventeen
• elevenish
• elevenness
• elevener
• lapserdak
• lippitude
• lifely
• mislive
• overlive
• twalpenny

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyp-