Proto-Indo-European

*lew-

‘to cut off’

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

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

• library ← librarie ← librarie ← librairie ← librarium
• lied ← liet ← liod ← *leuþ ← *leuþą
• pollution ← pollucioun ← pollutiun ← pollūtiō ← polluō
• lib ← libbe ← lybb ← *lubi ← *lubją
• libel ← libelle ← libellus ← liber ← *luβros
• lute ← lut ← lutum
• pollute ← polluten ← polluter ← pollūtum ← pollūtus
• liber ← *luβros ← *lubʰrós ← *lewbʰ-
• libretto ← libro ← liber ← *luβros ← *lubʰrós
• lutetium ← Lutetia ← *lutā
• delibration ← liber ← *luβros ← *lubʰrós ← *lewbʰ-
• illutation ← lutum

More words from *lew-

• inlibration
• librarius
• libellary
• lutulent
• lutarious
• lutose
• lutaceous
• seedlep

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lew-