Proto-Italic

*lakjō

‘to draw, pull’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *lakjō.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *lakjō, most familiar first.

• delicious ← dēliciōsus ← dēliciae ← dēlicia ← delicere
• delicate ← delicat ← dēlicātus ← dēliciae ← laciō
• delight ← delite ← deleiter ← dēlectāre ← dēlicere
• elicit ← elicitus ← eliciō ← laciō
• delectation ← dēlectātiōnem ← dēlectō ← laciō
• delice ← dēlicium ← dēliciō ← lacio
• allectation ← allectatio ← allectō ← alliciō ← laciō
• allect ← allectō ← alliciō ← laciō
• illecebrous ← illecebrōsus ← illecebra ← illiciō ← laciō
• illicium ← illiciō ← laciō
• oblectate ← oblectātus ← oblectō ← lactō ← laciō
• oblectation ← oblectātiō ← oblectō ← lactō ← laciō

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lakjō