Proto-Indo-European

*h₂leyH-

‘to smear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-, most familiar first.

• delete ← dēlētus ← dēlēre ← dēleō ← dēlinō
• lime ← lyme ← līm ← *līm ← *līmaz
• deletion ← dēlētiōnem ← dēleō ← dēlēvī ← dēlinō
• indelible ← indēlēbilis ← dēlēbilis ← dēleō ← dēlēvī
• loam ← lom ← lām ← *laim ← *laimaz
• dele ← dēleo ← dēlēvī ← dēlinō ← linō
• liniment ← lynyment ← linīmentum ← linō ← *linō
• litura ← linō ← *linō
• deletionist ← deletion ← dēlētiōnem ← dēleō ← dēlēvī
• delible ← dēlēbilis ← dēleō ← dēlēvī ← dēlinō
• deleatur ← dēleō ← dēlēvī ← dēlinō ← linō
• deleble ← dēlēbilis ← dēleō ← dēlēvī ← dēlinō

More words from *h₂leyH-

• delinition
• limivorous
• limous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-