Latin Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Latin (5848)
legiō
1
lego
1
lentus
4
Lesbiana
1
levare
4
levis
5
levō
1
lex
7
leō
2
leōnīnus
1
libella
1
libellus
1
liberalis
1
liberatio
1
libertas
1
libra
5
librarium
1
libīdō
1
licentia
2
licentiōsus
1
licere
3
licitus
1
licēre
5
ligare
8
ligāre
3
ligātiō
1
limen
1
limpidus
1
linea
5
linea sanguinis
1
lineo
1
lingua
3
linquere
5
linum
1
liquefacere
1
liquere
2
liquida
1
liquidus
4
liquidāre
2
liquor
2
liquēre
2
lira
1
literatura
1
littera
6
litterātus
1
locare
2
locatio
1
locus
13
locātor
1
locō
2
locūtiō
1
logica
1
longus
3
loquax
1
loqui
9
loquāx
1
loquī
3
lucere
1
lucidus
2
lucrativus
1
luctari
3
ludere
4
ludus
1
luere
6
lumen
4
luminare
1
luminosus
1
luna
1
lustrare
5
lustrum
1
luxuria
1
luxuriare
2
luxuriosus
2
luxus
6
lyricus
1
lābēs
1
lābī
1
lāmentor
1
lāmentātiō
1
lāpsus
1
lātus
3
lēctiō
2
lēctrum
1
lēgitimus
3
lēgitimō
1
lēgālis
2
lēnis
1
lēns
1
lēnīre
1
lētālis
1
lēx
3
līber
5
lībertās
1
lībertīnus
1
līberālis
3
līberālitās
1