Middle English

lawe

‘a snide or pithy axiom or statement of a general truth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Middle English lawe.

8 English words in this record descend from Middle English lawe, most familiar first.

• law
• lawyer ← lawiere
• lawful ← laweful
• lawless ← laweles
• lawfully ← lawefully ← laweful
• lawlessness ← lawless ← laweles
• lawfulness ← laufulnes ← laweful
• lawlessly ← lawless ← laweles

Etymograph / Middle English lawe