Proto-Italic

*loidō

‘to play’

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

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

• illusion ← illūsiō ← illūdere ← lūdō
• elusive ← elusus ← eludo ← lūdō
• collusion ← collusioun ← collusio ← colludō ← lūdō
• delusion ← dēlūsiō ← dēlūdō ← lūdō
• ludicrous ← lūdicer ← lūdō
• prelude ← preludium ← praelūdō ← lūdō
• interlude ← lūdō
• elude ← ēlūdō ← lūdō
• allude ← alluder ← alludere ← lūdō
• collude ← collūdere ← lūdō
• delude ← deluden ← dēlūdō ← lūdō
• allusive ← allūdō ← lūdō

More words from *loidō

• ludus
• collusive
• ludic
• elusion
• ludibund
• ludography
• ludology
• ludophile
• ludophilia
• lusorious
• ludificatory
• ludibrious
• ludomania
• ludification
• prelusive
• preludium
• prelusion

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *loidō