Proto-Indo-European

*les-

‘to collect, pick’

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

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

• lease ← lesen ← lesan ← *lesan ← *lesaną
• leer ← lere ← ġelǣr ← *lēziz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *les-