Proto-Indo-European

*leh₂wos

‘people (under arms)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos, most familiar first.

• lay ← lai ← lāicus ← λαϊκός ← λᾱός
• nickel ← Nikolaus ← Nīcolāus ← Νῑκόλᾱος ← λᾱός
• lewd ← lewed ← lǣwede ← *laigo- ← laicus
• laity ← laite ← laitas ← λαός ← *lāwós
• lewdness ← lewednesse ← lewed ← lǣwede ← *laigo-
• lewdly ← lewedly ← lewed ← lǣwede ← *laigo-
• laïcité ← laïc ← laicus ← λᾱῐ̈κός ← λᾱός
• laic ← laïque ← lāicus ← λαός ← *lāwós
• laicity ← laïcité ← laïc ← laicus ← λᾱῐ̈κός

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos