Proto-Indo-European

*(s)leh₂b-

‘to hang loosely, be weak’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-, most familiar first.

• collapse ← collāpsus ← collābor ← lābor
• lava ← lābēs ← lābor
• lapse ← laps ← lāpsus ← lābor
• relapse ← relapsus ← relabi ← lābor
• labile ← lābilis ← lābor
• elapse ← elapser ← elapsus ← ēlābor ← lābor
• prelapsarian ← lapsus ← lābor
• illapse ← illapsus ← illābor ← lābor
• lapsarian ← lapsus ← lābor
• lauwine ← Lawine ← Lauwin ← lowin ← lowin

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-