Proto-Indo-European

*lentos

‘soft, smooth, pliant’

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

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

• relent ← relenten ← relentir ← lentare ← lentus
• lithe ← līþe ← *linþ(ī) ← *linþaz
• lento ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentic ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentiscus ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentitude ← lentitūdo ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentous ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentando ← lentare ← lento ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentisk ← lentiscus ← lentus ← *lentos
• lentulid ← Lentulidae ← lentulus ← lentus ← *lentos
• rallentando ← rallentare ← allentare ← lento ← lentus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lentos