Middle English 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.
Middle English (4638)
lessoun
1
lest
1
leste
1
leten
1
lether
1
letter
1
letuse
1
levayn
1
level
1
levelen
1
leven
1
leyer
1
leyser
1
liberate
1
liberte
1
librarie
1
licence
1
lid
1
lien
1
lier
1
lifte
1
lightere
1
lightnen
1
lik
1
like
1
likely
1
likken
1
liklihode
1
liknesse
1
limit
1
limpen
1
line
1
linke
1
lippe
1
liquefien
1
liquide
1
list
1
listenen
1
litargie
1
litel
1
literal
1
literature
1
litere
1
litteraly
1
livynge
1
liȝt
1
local
1
locken
1
lode
1
lofly
1
logge
2
logik
1
loialte
1
loitren
1
lok
1
loken
1
lome
1
lond
1
londlord
1
lone
1
loos
1
lord
1
losen
1
losenge
1
lost
1
loste
1
lot
1
loude
1
loudly
1
loupe
1
louren
1
lously
1
lousy
1
love
1
loven
1
lovere
1
lowe
1
luggen
1
luk
2
lukky
1
lullen
1
lumpe
1
lunge
1
lurken
1
lusch
1
luxurie
1
luxurious
1
lyf
1
lyfles
1
lyftyme
1
lyghtly
1
lykewise
1
lyme
1
lymon
1
lynnen
1
lyoun
1