Proto-Indo-European
*lewk-
‘bright’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
102 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, most familiar first.
- light ← lēoht ← *leuht ← *leuhtaz ← *lewk-to-s
- low ← lowe ← logi ← *ᛚᚢᚷᚨ ← *lugô
- link ← lynchinus ← λύχνος ← *luk-s-nos
- los ← lusk ← lox ← *luhs ← *luhsaz
- lucy ← lūcius ← lūx ← *louks ← *léwks
- twilight
- ounce ← once ← lonce ← lonza ← *luncea
- lunar ← lūnāris ← lūna ← *louksnā ← *lówksneh₂
- luna ← *louksnā ← *lówksneh₂
- lea ← legh ← lēah ← *lauh ← *lauhaz
- lunatic ← lunatik ← lunatique ← lunaticus ← luna
- illumination ← illūminātiō ← illūminō ← lūminō ← lūmen
More words from *lewk-
- lux
- illuminate
- lucid
- luminous
- translucent
- lumen
- lynx
- luce
- luminosity
- lumia
- lucerne
- lum
- lucent
- lune
- lucidity
- loach
- leucine
- luminescent
- luminary
- luminal
- leme
- luminaire
- lunette
- leam
- lunate
- lown
- illumine
- pellucid
- leuco
- losse
- luciferin
- translucence
- luminiferous
- luxon
- limn
- lunation
- lumine
- noctiluca
- lunula
- lunule
- onza
- leucistic
- luminaria
- luminate
- lightful
- leucite
- alluminate
- antholeucin
- apolune
- dilucid
- elucubrate
- elucubration
- equilux
- interlunium
- leucoma
- lightsome
- lorgnon
- lucubration
- lucubrate
- luculent
- lunomancy
- lucimeter
- luminophore
- luminometer
- lucet
- lunicurrent
- lucernal
- luciform
- lucubratory
- lucule
- lucern
- lumirhodopsin
- lumican
- lucigenin
- lucigraph
- lunanaut
- lumirubin
- lucigen
- lumogallion
- luminaphone
- lychnoscope
- lychnomancy
- perilune
- phillumenist
- phillumeny
- phillumenism
- plenilunar
- transluce
- tralucent
- translucid
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk-