applaud, laud, laudable, laudanum, laudation, Lauds, plaudits


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lavalike | lavafall | lavaless | lavaform | lavacicle | lavafalls


lavisht | lavishly | lavished | lavisher | unlavish | lavishing

Old French lavish 'extravagant, wasteful'


laws | unlaw | blawg | lawly | lawyer | lawing


lawns | lawny | lawned | lawncare | lawnlike | lawnless

Middle English 'lawn', likely from Old French 'laun' (open space)


lax | laxation | laxative | laxity | relax | relaxant | relaxation

laxly | laxer | laxen | laxist | laxism | laxness


lays | allay | layer | belay | unlay | layup

Middle English leyen leggen Old English lecgan : to make to lie down


Middle English, from Old French 'laie' (a layer, stratum), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'laag' and German 'Lage'.


set of clothing for a newborn | small set of items for a baby

French 'layette', diminutive of 'lacet' (lace/string) or related to 'lait' (milk)


resurrection | life restored | divine help

Biblical name Lazarus, from Hebrew Eleazar 'God has helped'


Middle English 'lasen' (to be weary/idle)


unlazy | lazyish | nonlazy | lazyweb | lazyboy | lazyback


sole | sile | ladle | sidle | stile | moble

Latin -ulus, -iculus, -olus, -ellus (diminutive) and Latin -ulus/-culus (frequentative/iterative)


leachy | leached | leaches | leachate | leaching | leachtub

Middle English lechen, related to Old English lēac (leek)


leads | leady | leader | uplead | leaden | leaded

Old English lǣdan "to guide, conduct, or direct"


leafy | unleaf | leafen | leafet | leaflet | flyleaf


association | alliance | group | unit of distance

leagues | leagued | leaguer | leaguers | enleague | inleague

Latin 'lega' (tributary state) or 'legare' (to depute, send as an ambassador), from PIE *leg- (to collect, gather)


leaks | leaky | aleak | leaked | leaker | inleak


leans | leany | leaned | uplean | leaner | leanly

From Old English 'lǣnan' meaning 'to lean, incline, or bend'.


leaper | upleap | beleap | Leaper | leaping | leapers


learn, learner, learning, learned, unlearn

From Old English 'leornian' meaning 'to learn', derived from Proto-Germanic '*larnōną'.


learnt | learns | learned | unlearn | learner | relearn

Old English lernian 'to learn, to teach'


full of | characterized by | having the quality of

From Latin -arius, from -arius (pertaining to), derived from the suffix -arius used to form adjectives meaning 'of or pertaining to'.


release | laissez-faire | relish | lease | leash | -less | lessee | lessor | release Variant Spellings: laissez-faire

unrelated: less / : lax / lax, lay1 / lay, lys / lys

Old English -læs, from lǣsan 'to deprive'


leaser | leasee | leased | leases | release | leasers

Latin 'locare' (to place, put) via Old French 'lees'


unleash | leashes | leashed | leashing | unleashed | unleashes

Middle English 'leshe' (a rope or strap)


leasts | leastest | leastwise | leastness


skin of an animal | processed animal hide

leathery | pleather | leathern | leathers | leathered | leatherer


leaves | leaved | leaver | leavee | Leaver | unleave

From Old English 'lǣfan' (to remain, allow), from Proto-Germanic '*laibijaną' (to remain), from PIE '*leyp-' (to stick, remain).


leavens | leavened | leavener | leavening | leavenous | leaveneth


From Arabic Lubnān (Lebanon) + English suffix -ese


select | assemble | assortment | compile | discourse | peruse

collect, elect, lecture, select, neglect, legend, legend

lects | lectal | isolect | idiolect | basilect | acrolect

leg1 / leg | lig1 / lig / : lect2 / lect | leg2 / leg / : lect1 / lect | lex / lex | log2 / log


Latin lectus, past participle of legere 'to gather, collect, read'


pertaining to | relating to | characterized by

Greek -lektikos 'pertaining to speech', from lexis 'word'


allision, collide, collision, elide, elidible, elision, illesive, lesion


atypical, amoral, asymmetrical, anonymous, apolitical

lees | alee | leed | leesy | leeds | leeway

Greek a- (alpha privativus) 'without, not'


leechcraft, leechdom, leechlike, leechweed

leechy | leeched | leeches | leecher | leeching | leechers

Old English lǣce, from Proto-Germanic *lakkōn, related to Old Norse leikr 'leech, leechcraft'


leeks | leeky | leekish | leeklike | houseleek | houseleeks


leery | leers | leered | leerer | leering | leerest


Middle English lere "to learn, to be aware"


lefty | lefts | aleft | lefties | leftist | leftism

From Old English 'lyft' (open space, air) and 'lǣfan' (to leave), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*libjaną' (to remain) and '*luftiz' (empty space).


rule enforced by authority | principle governing behavior | system of regulations | legal code | statutory provision | legal norm | legal standard | legal framework | legal system | legal institution | legal document

legal, legislature, legislation, illegal, legality

legs | leggy | dogleg | legged | bowleg | leggie


dispatch | select | peruse | opt | collect | term | read

lect2 / lect, leg1 / leg, lex / lex, log2 / log

Latin leg- (stem of legere) 'to gather, pick, read'


alexia | alexithymia | apologetic | apologia | apology | dialog | dialogue | dyslexia | dyslexic | dyslogia | dyslogism | ethnolect | legomenon | lexeme | lexicography | lexicology | lexicon | lexigram | lexis | logic | logion | logos | prolegomenon | dialect | dialectic | dialectologist | dialectology

λέγειν (légein) | λέγεσθαι (légesthai) | λεκτός (lektós) | λεκτικός (lektikós) | λέξις (léxis) | λεξικός (lexikós) | λεξικόν (lexikón) | λόγος (lógos) | (logḗ) | λεγόμενον (legómenon) | λογεῖον | λέγεσθαι(légesthai) | λέξις(léxis) | λόγος(lógos) | λεγόμενον(legómenon)


legacy | legate | delegate | delegation | allege | relegate | colleague

Latin leg- (past participle stem of legere) 'to gather, choose, read'


legal, legally, illegality, legality, legalize

legals | alegal | legally | legalese | legalize | legality

Latin 'lex' (gen. 'legis') meaning 'law'


Italian 'legato', from 'legare' 'to bind'


legends | legendry | legendary | legendist | legendize | legendists

Latin 'legenda' (things to be read), gerundive of 'legere' meaning 'to gather, read, choose'


Latin 'lēvis' meaning 'light, smooth, even'


Latin leg- (past participle stem of ligare 'to bind')


able to be | capable of being | readable

illegible | semilegible | legibleness | hyperlegible | interlegible | illegibleness


legions | legioned | legionry | legionary | sublegion | legionella

Latin legio 'army, legion', from legere 'to gather, collect'


Latin legislatus, past participle of legislare 'to make law', from lex (genitive legis) 'law' + -are verb suffix


legislative, legislator, legislation, illegal, illegalize

Latin legislare 'to make laws', from lex (genitive legis) 'law' + -are verb suffix


Latin legitimus 'lawful, legal', from lex, legis 'law'


Latin legitimus 'lawful', from lex, legis 'law'


Latin 'legumen' (pod, pulse), from 'legere' (to gather, collect)


λεῖος (leîos)


lead, leader, leadership, ledger, lend, lendable

Old English lǣdan 'to lead, guide', from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, from PIE *leidh- 'to lead'


Old English -lēah 'wood, clearing, meadow'


leisured | leisures | bleisure | leisurely | leisureful | athleisure


German Leitmotiv, from leit- 'leading' (from leiten 'to lead') + Motiv 'motif'


German, from 'Leit-' (leading) + 'Motiv' (motif)


outer casing | dry shell | protective covering

lemma (grass bract), neurilemma, oolemma, plasmalemma, sarcolemma

oolemma | sublemma | sublemmas | tetralemma | sarcolemma | neurolemma


lemony | lemonal | lemonade | lemonary | lemonize | lemonish

Persian limu, from Arabic laymūn, from Greek leimon


to grant use of | to permit to use | to loan

lends | lender | lendee | lended | onlend | lending


leniency | lenient | leniment | lenis | lenition | lenitive | lenitude | lenity | lenis (compare fort2 / fortis.)


Latin lenientia, from leniens (present participle of lenire 'to soften, soothe')


lenients | leniently | unlenient | unleniently

Latin leniens (present participle of lenire) 'to soften, make mild'


lensed | delens | lenser | lenslet | lensman | lensoid

Latin lens, lent- 'lentil' (due to shape similarity)


relent | lentissimo | lento | lentic | lentivirus

Latin lēns (genitive lentī) 'soft, pliant, slow', from the root *leu- 'to bend, bow'.


chameleon, dandelion, leopard, leonine, Leopold

Leonid | leonine | Leonian | Leonids | Leomania | leonines


chameleon | dandelion | leopard | leonine | Leopold | Leo | Leon | Leona | Leonard | Leonids | leopard unrelated: bald / Leopold.


of or pertaining to a lion | resembling a lion


thin fragment | outer layer | small plate-like structure | multiple plate-like structures


λέπειν (lépein), λεπτός (leptós), λεπίς, λεπίδος (lepís, lepídos)


leporid, leporine Variant Spellings: leveret


leprechauns | leprechauny | leprechaunism | leprechaunish | leprechaunology | leprechaunesque


Greek lepra 'scaly', from leprós 'scaly, scabby'


From Greek 'lepra' meaning 'scaly skin disease' or 'leprosy'


apleptic, dilepsis, epilesis, pleonlepsis

From Greek λήψις (lēpsis) 'a taking', from λαμβάνειν (lambanein) 'to take, seize'


catalepsy | narcolepsy | erotolepsy | hysterocatalepsy

< ancient Greek -ληψις ... < the stem of λαμβάνειν  to take OED


leptocephalus, leptodactylous, lepton, leptospirosis


pertaining to | characterized by | having to do with

epileptic | prolepsis | syllepsis | sylleptic

analeptic | analeptics | antileptic | narcoleptic | thymoleptic | antileptics

From Greek -ληπτος (-lēptos), past participle of lambanein 'to take, receive'


leptocyte, leptogenesis, Leptomonas, lepton, leptophyllous

leptosol | leptology | leptosols | leptocyte | leptosome | leptogenic

λεπτός (leptós)


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, anarchy

Greek privative prefix a- (before vowels) or an- (before consonants) meaning 'not, without'


learner, learner's permit, lifelong learner

From Latin 'lērna' (sponge, used for cleaning) or 'lāre' (to learn), via Old French 'lernier' or directly from Latin 'lērns' (learner).


allision | collide | collision | elide | elidible | elision | illesive | lesion

lesdar | lesdars | sulesomab | fanolesomab | lemalesomab


a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women | a term originating from the Greek island Lesbos | a member of the lesbian community

lesbians | lesbiany | lesbianic | lesbianly | lesbianism | lesbianize

derived from the Greek island Lesbos, named after the ancient poet Sappho


lesions | lesional | prelesion | nonlesion | lesionlike | lesionless

Latin laesionem (nominative laesio) 'a injuring, a wounding', from past participle stem laes- of laedere 'to hurt, to injure'


absence of | lacking possession of | devoid of | inability to perform | incapability to execute the action indicated by the root | uninfluenced by

defenceless | speechless | worthless | friendless | tireless | meaningless | hopeless | homeless

lesser | lessen | adless | oxless | axless | opless

forming adjs. The Old English léas, ... was used in the sense 'devoid (of)', 'free (from)' OED


lessees | colessee | sublessee | colessees | sublessees | underlessee

Latin -laeus, agent noun suffix derived from the past participle stem of verbs (e.g., locare -> locatus)


homeless, fearless, careless, colorless, breathless

From Old English '-lēas' meaning 'free from, devoid of', related to 'leas' (empty, void).


instruction | knowledge | subject matter

From Latin 'lĭtūra' (shore, boundary) via Old French 'leçon', originally meaning 'reading' or 'lesson read aloud'.


lessors | colessor | sublessor | colessors | sublessors

Latin -lor, -sor agent suffix (from -tor) + -or (comparative suffix)


a small specimen of what is denoted by the first e

a miniature example of the first element | a juvenile version of the first element

lets | islet | inlet | relet | unlet | adlet

Feminine diminutive | adoptions of Old French words formed by adding the dim. suffix -et | -ete ... to ns. with the ending -el OED


lethals | lethally | unlethal | lethality | sublethal | cytolethal

Latin letalis 'fatal', from letum 'death, destruction'


From Greek 'lēthargos' meaning 'forgetful, sluggish', derived from 'lēthē' (forgetfulness)


Latin laetitia 'joy, gladness', from laetus 'happy, fertile'


letter, literal, literature, litter, dilute

Latin 'littera' meaning 'letter of the alphabet' or 'inscription'


literature, obliterate, literal, literati

letters | letteral | letterer | lettered | beletter | letterly

Latin littera 'letter of the alphabet, writing'


aleukemia | aleukocytosis | leucism | leucocyte | leucopenia | leucoplast | leukemia | leukocytopenia | leukopenia | leucophore | leukoderma | leukoencephalitis | leukoma | leukorrhea

λευκός (leukós)


From Greek leukos 'white' + haima 'blood'


aleukemia, aleukocytosis, leucism, leucocyte, leucopenia, leucoplast, leukemia, leukocytopenia, leukopenia, leucophore, leukoderma, leukoencephalitis, leukoma, leukopenia, leukorrhea

leukosis | leukocyte | leukotomy | leukogram | leukopenia | leukocytes

λευκός (leukós)


elevate | not heavy | hoist | minimal mass | ascend

levitate, alleviate, levity, levitation, levator

levorphanol | levofloxacin | levallorphan | norlevorphanol

Latin levis "light, not heavy" (from PIE *lewu- "to leave, remove")


alleviate, alleviation, deleverage, elevate, elevation, elevator, irrelevant, leaven, legerity, levade, Levant, levee, lever, leverage, leviable, levitate, levitation, levity, levy, relevé, relief, relieve, sublevation, superelevation

levare ~lighten, raise~, from levis ~light~ (in weight)


From French levée 'raised place', from lever 'to raise'


to lift | to pry | to use force via a tool

levers | levered | leverage | levering | leverman | exolever

Latin levare 'to raise, lift up', from levis 'light (in weight)'


Levi, third son of Jacob and Leah, and the Levite

Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah | the Levite people tracing lineage to Levi


Latin levitās (lightness), from levis (light, not heavy)


Latin levitas 'lightness, levity', from levis 'light (weight)'


levodopa | levogyrate | levorotary | levomenthol | levoglucose | etilevodopa

From Greek 'leivos' meaning 'left' or 'on the left side'


Latin levare 'to raise, lighten', from levis 'light'


lewdly | lewdness | lewdster | overlewd | lewdsome | lewdsters

Old English 'lewd' meaning 'ignorant, unlearned, or wicked'


biology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, ecology

Greek -eixia, from eixos 'frame, framework' or related to eidos 'form, shape'


the collection of words in a language's vocabulary | the terminology specific to a language

lexicode | lexicology | lexicomane | lexicomanes | lexicometry | lexicography

λεξικός  OED


Lexington (place name) | Battle of Lexington

Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical Event

Proper noun derived from Lexington, Kentucky, or Lexington, Massachusetts, often used in compound words related to the historical battle or location.


term | lexical unit | vocabulary element

lexis (words)|lexicon (book that gives meaning of words)|lexicology (study of words)


Old English -lēah 'wood, clearing, meadow'


galiximab | priliximab | vapaliximab | lumiliximab | teneliximab


alliance, liability, liable, liaison, liana, reliable, reliance


Latin 'liber' (free) + '-abilis' (capable of)


existence | ongoing existence | being alive

biology, biography, antibiotic, autobiography, biosphere


Latin libare 'to pour a libation, to taste lightly', from PIE *leip- 'to slip, slide'


libels | libeler | libelee | libeled | belibel | McLibel

Latin 'libellus' (diminutive of 'liber' meaning 'book' or 'scroll'), referring to a written accusation or pamphlet


Latin libellus, diminutive of liber 'book'


Latin liber 'book' (possibly from PIE *leib- 'to peel, strip bark')


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desire | lust | sexual appetite | strong urge

Latin libet "it is pleasing" or libido "desire, lust"


interlibrary, libel, libellant, libellee, libellous, librarian, library, libretto


collection of books | place for reading | repository of knowledge

bibliography, bibliophile, bibliographic, bibliomania

nonlibrary | sublibrary | librarying | libraryless | librarylike | interlibrary

Latin 'bibliotheca' from Greek 'bibliothēkē' (book chest), from 'biblion' (book)


license | licentious | illicit | licit | videlicet (abbr. viz.)

Latin licitus, past participle of licere 'to be allowed, be permissible'


From Old English lǣs, lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūsō, from Proto-Indo-European *lūs-.


licenced | licences | licencee | licencees | sublicence | licenceless

Latin licentia 'freedom, liberty', from licere 'to be allowed'


licensee | licensed | licenses | licensees | relicense | delicense

Latin licentia 'freedom, liberty', from licens 'free, unrestrained'


From Latin licēre 'to be allowed, be for sale', from Proto-Indo-European *leik- 'to leave, remain'.


lichway | lichyard | lichways | lichyards


lichened | lichenin | lichenic | lichenous | lichenins | lichenose


gaylicious | funalicious | anvilicious | bubblicious | cuddlicious | modelicious

From Latin -licius (as in glaciēs -> glaciōsus, though -licious is primarily a modern English formation from -y/-ous adjectives ending in -y -> -ious -> -licious, e.g., delicious < delitiosus < delectāre), but strictly speaking, -licious is a modern English derivational suffix formed from the combination of the adjectival suffix -y and the Latin-derived suffix -ous, or more accurately, it is a variant of -ous attached to nouns ending in -y (e.g., delicious, scrumptious). However, the prompt asks for etymology of the morpheme 'licious'. The morpheme '-licious' is not a direct Latin suffix but a modern English analogical formation. The root 'lic' comes from Latin 'licere' (to be pleasing) in 'delicious' (de- + lece/lece -> delectus -> delicious). Wait, 'delicious' comes from Latin 'deliciosus', from 'delectare'. The 'lic' is not a standalone morpheme in Latin. In English, '-licious' is a bound suffix meaning 'tasty' or 'characterized by', formed from adjectives ending in -y (e.g., 'yummy' -> 'yummy-licious' is not standard, but 'delicious' is the base). Actually, '-licious' is a suffix in English formed from the ending of 'delicious'. It is not a Latin suffix. Therefore, the ancestor language is English (modern), not Latin. The prompt lists 'language: Latin' which is likely an error in the provided record or refers to the ultimate root of 'delicious'. Given the constraint to be >= 90% confident, I must correct the linguistic fact: '-licious' is an English suffix. Its etymology is from the word 'delicious'.


Latin licitus, past participle of licere 'to be allowed, be pleasing'


to pass the tongue over | to touch with the tongue

licks | licky | licked | licker | belick | relick


lied | lies | lier | belie | liest | liers


Lied, Volkslied, Kinderlied, Weihnachtslied

Old High German liod, from Proto-Germanic *laidam, from Proto-Indo-European *layd- 'to sing, chant'


liefly | liefsome | liefling | lieflings

Old English 'lēof' meaning dear or beloved


lieges | liegeman | liegedom | liegeful | liegedoms | liegeless


lien, obligate, obligation, ligature, ligament

liens | lienor | lienal | liened | lienors | lienholding

Latin 'ligamen' (bond, band) from 'ligare' (to bind)


lieutenants | lieutenantry | lieutenantship | lieutenantships

Old French lieu 'place' + tenant 'holding'


lifer | lifes | lifen | lifey | lifers | unlife


lifts | uplift | lifted | lifter | relift | liftup


fasten | connect | seamless, even flow with no breaks between notes (contrasting staccato) | mandatory | select | assemble | secure

ligature, obligation, obligate, ligament, colligate

lect1 / lect | leg1 / leg | lia / lia | ly / ly

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ligaments | ligamental | ligamentous | ligamentary | ligamentotaxis | preligamentous


ligands | liganded | ligandin | biligand | coligand | ligandome


ligates | ligated | religate | unligated | religated | autoligate


alight | lights | lighted | relight | lighter | lightly

Proto-Germanic *lihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewdʰ- 'light, not heavy'


electrical discharge | flash of light in the sky

lightning, lightning rod, lightning storm, lightning bolt, lightning strike

Old English 'lihtning', from 'liht' (light)


ligneous | lignaloe | delignate | lignaloes | delignated | delignates


material derived from trees | fibrous plant tissue

ligne | ligneous | lignify | lignin | lignite | lignosae | lignum | gelignite | pyroligneous


similar | resembling | having the nature of

liked | liken | likes | liker | unlike | likely

in strictness, words containing this suffix are compounds of 'like' ... Early Middle English līch, līk OED


From 'Lilliput', the fictional island in Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'


lily, lily-of-the-valley, Easter lily, tiger lily

From the common name of the flower Lily, derived from Old English lilie, from Latin liliium, from Greek leirion.


rhythmic swing | light movement | melodic cadence

Middle English lilt (onomatopoeic origin)


transition point | dividing line | margin | frontier

delimit | limit | limitation | unlimited | eliminate | limen | liminal | preliminary | sublimate | sublime | subliminal | limacine | limicoline | limicolous | limivorous

ipilimumab | zanolimumab | vepalimomab | morolimumab | metelimumab | sifalimumab

From Latin limes (genitive limitis) meaning 'boundary, path, or border', derived from the verb limare 'to smooth or clear a path'.


limb (border, edge), limbate, limbic, limbo (indeterminate place), limbus

limbs | limbed | delimb | belimb | unlimb | delimbs


limbers | unlimber | limbered | limberly | unlimbers | limbering


prelimbic | nonlimbic | mesolimbic | paralimbic | infralimbic | intralimbic

Latin limen, limitis 'threshold, boundary'


Latin limes (genitive limitis) 'border, boundary'


limited | limiter | limites | colimit | unlimit | limiting

Latin limes (genitive limitis) 'boundary, path' + -it-


inland water expanse | shallow water pool

hypolimnion, limnetic, Limnobium, limnology

limns | limned | limner | enlimn | limners | limning


French 'limousine' (referring to the Limousin region)


Middle English, from Anglo-French limpete, from Old French limpe, from Late Latin limpa


Latin limpidus 'clear, transparent', from limen 'clear water' (related to limo 'to make muddy')


fiber from flax plant | fabric derived from flax

lins | blin | blins | œnolin | Linsanity


Latin linctus 'licking', past participle of lingere 'to lick'


A continuous mark or sequence | A directional path | A boundary or division | A category or group | To guide along a path

align | alignment | ambilineal | ambilineality | bilinear | collinear | collinearity | collineation | curvilinear | curvilinearity | delineate | delineation | delineavit | line | linea | lineage | lineal | lineament | linear | linearity | lineate | lineation | matrilineal | multicollinearity | multilinear | nonalignment | noncollinear | nonlineal | nonlinear | nonlinearity | quasilinear | realign | realignment | rectilinear | rectilinearity | sesquilinear | sublineage | sublinear | supralinear | trilinear | unilinear | airline | byline | colinear | linebacker | lineman | liner | lineup | outline | patrilineal | streamline | underline Variant Spellings: align | collimate

linen | lines | lined | liner | cline | aline

Latin 'līnea' meaning 'line, string, cord', derived from 'līmen' (thread, flax)


interlinear, matrilinear, nonlinear, patrilinear


Latin lineage- 'line, descent' (from linere 'to smear, line')


linearly | bilinear | trilinear | nonlinear | linearity | linearize

Latin 'linearis' from 'linea' meaning 'line, string'


Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

being characterized by | related to | one who performs an action | descendant of | a lesser version of | extremely small | a small or young variant of {prev}

darling | duckling | fingerling | gosling | underling | earthling | sibling | hireling | sapling

lingy | sibling | gosling | darling | warling | codling

Norse diminutive-patrinominative | -ling  OED | ling

Old English -ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, from PIE *-lengʰ- (diminutive suffix)


lingers | lingered | lingerer | lingerly | lingering | lingerers


Women's underwear, especially lacy or seductive | Nightclothes for women | Clothing designed for seductive purposes

Derived from French 'lingerie,' from 'linge' meaning linen.


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

existing in a particular condition | position or direction determined by the initial component | a diminutive or immature version of the preceding term

Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling (denoting a person or thing characterized by the preceding element)


linguonym | linguonyms | linguolabial | linguofacial | linguolabials | linguocultural


Latin linimentum, from linere 'to smear'


links | linky | uplink | linked | linkup | unlink

Latin 'lincum' (noose, snare) or 'ligare' (to bind)


dereliction | relic | relict | relinquish | delinquent | delinquency


linty | lints | linter | delint | delints | linting

Latin 'līna' meaning 'linen thread' or 'string'


Latin lintel 'crossbeam, header' (of uncertain origin, possibly from PIE *lent- 'to lean')


large carnivorous feline | emblematic heraldic figure | metaphor for courage or dominance

lions | lionet | lionly | lioness | lionize | antlion

Greek -leipsis : defect, failing leipein : to fall short, to fail, to leave


lips | lippy | lipoid | lipped | liplet | harelip


adipose | adipose material or fatty | adipose tissue

lipolysis | lipophile | lipophilic | lipopolysaccharide | lipoprotein | synaloepha | liposoluble | lipoblast | liposuction

lipoma | lipobox | liposome | lipotomy | lipocyte | lipoplex

λίπος (lípos) | comb. form1 | combining form of Greek λίπος fat OED | Greek λίπος (lípos) | fat | lard


eclipse, ecliptic, ellipse, ellipsis, elliptical


movement | fluid substance | act of moving | remain liquid | transparent

Latin liquere 'to be fluid, clear' or liquefacere 'to melt, dissolve'


A parsley-based sauce traditionally served with pies and mashed potatoes | A type of condiment used in certain regional cuisines

liquors | liquory | liquorless | antiliquor


linear, linearize, linearity, linearization

Latin 'līra' meaning 'line, string, or wire', possibly from Greek 'leirā' (furrow)


Latin 'legere' meaning 'to gather, pick, read'


to till unevenly | to babble incoherently

Latin 'līrus' meaning 'crooked, bent' or 'deviating from the straight path'


allision, collide, collision, elide, elidible, elision, illesive, lesion


linguistics, glossary, polyglot, idiom, dialect

lisps | lispy | lisper | lisped | Lisper | lisping

Greek 'glōssa' meaning tongue or language


From Old French lis(s)e, from Latin lissus, past participle of lissare 'to smooth', of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek leios 'smooth'.


listens | listener | listened | relisten | listening | listeners


lits | unlit | litty | sunlit | litten | gaslit


rock | mineral | a stone | a mineral or stone categorized by the initial element | a mineral classified under a preceding category

aerolithology | endolith | endolithic | epilithic | lithagogue | lithic | lithography | lithology | lithophile | lithophone | lithophyte | lithosphere | lithotomy | megalith | Mesolithic | microlite | monolith | monolithic | Neolithic | Paleolithic | photolithography | phytolith | actinolite | aerolite | amphibolite | anthophyllite | aplite | argillite | carnallite | cellulite | chrysolite | copalite | coprolite | siderolite | cryolite | ichthyolite | saprolite

lites | lited | oolite | oolites | penlite | ovulite


alliteration | alliterative | biliteral | biliterate | illiteracy | illiterate | literacy | literal | literary | literate | literati | literatim | literation | literator | literature | multiliteral | nonliteral | nonliterary | nonliterate | obliterate | obliteration | preliterate | quadriliteral | transliteracy | transliterate | transliteration | triliteral | uniliteral | transliterate Variant Spellings: letter unrelated: liter (unit of measure) | letter

liters | gigaliter | kiloliter | megaliter | petaliter | microliter

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alliteration, alliterative, biliteral, biliterate, illiteracy, illiterate, literacy, literal, literary, literate, literati, literatim, literation, literator, literature, multiliteral, nonliteral, nonliterary, nonliterate, obliterate, obliteration, preliterate, quadriliteral, transliteracy, transliterate, transliteration, triliteral, uniliteral, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate


lithed | lithes | lithen | lithely | lithens | litheness

Old English līthe "gentle, mild, supple"


aerolithology | endolith | endolithic | epilithic | lithagogue | lithic | lithography | lithology | lithophile | lithophone | lithophyte | lithosphere | lithotomy | megalith | Mesolithic | microlite | monolith | monolithic | Neolithic | Paleolithic | photolithography | phytolith

aerolithology, endolith, endolithic, epilithic, lithagogue, lithic, lithography, lithology, lithophile, lithophone, lithophyte, lithosphere, lithotomy, megalith, Mesolithic, microlite, monolith, monolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic, photolithography, phytolith


lithiums | dilithium | nonlithium | trilithium | metalithium | monolithium


lithosol | lithology | lithotomy | lithotype | lithosere | lithotint


Latin litigant- 'disputing', present participle stem of litigare 'to dispute, litigate', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


Latin litigare 'to dispute', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


to contend in court | to engage in legal action

litigated | litigates | relitigate | relitigated | relitigates | outlitigate

Latin litigare 'to dispute, sue at law', from litis 'lawsuit' + agere 'to do, drive'


litigious | prone to litigation | quarrelsome

litigiously | nonlitigious | litigiousness

from Latin litigiosus, from litigare 'to dispute, litigate', from litem 'lawsuit, dispute'


indicator of acidity or alkalinity | test for chemical properties

Latin litmus 'lichen' (specifically Roccella tinctoria), from Old Norse litmus or similar Germanic roots related to dyeing


litres | exalitre | decilitre | decalitre | petalitre | teralitre

French 'litre', derived from the metric system convention


a framework for carrying things | a group of animals born at one time | a bed for a sick person

litters | littery | litterer | littered | belitter | litterbug

Latin lītera 'letter' (originally referring to a tablet or list, later extended to a cradle or bed, and then to a carrier)


littoral zone, littoral drift, littoral forest


public service | religious worship | liturgical

Greek liturgikos 'of or for the people', from leitourgia 'public service'


public worship | ritual | religious service

liturgic | liturgist | liturgies | liturgics | liturgize | liturgical


liver | alive | lived | lives | liven | liveth

Proto-Germanic *libaną 'to remain, stay, survive', from PIE *leib- 'to remain, stick'


Liverpool (city in England) | Liver (organ)

Liverpool FC, Liverpudlian, Liverpudliana

Proper Noun, Toponym, Geographic Location

From Old English 'Lifepool' meaning 'deep pool' or 'stream', referring to the tidal pool where the River Mersey meets the River Irwell.


Old French 'livrée' (delivered/handed over)


lividly | lividity | lividness | lividities | lividnesses

Latin lividus 'bluish, leaden-colored', from livere 'to be bluish'


biology, biography, biome, antibiotic, amoral


lizards | lizardy | lizardly | lizardry | lizardom | lizardman

Old English 'lizard' (from Middle English 'lisard')


loads | loaded | upload | unload | loader | reload

Old English 'lædan' (to lead, guide) and 'lǣdan' (to carry, bear), from Proto-Germanic '*ladōną', from PIE '*lādho-' (way, road)


loafed | loafing | catloaf | loaflet | meatloaf | loaflike


loamy | loams | loamless | loaminess | Loamshire

Old English lām 'clay, mud, or soft earth'


loans | loaner | loaned | loanee | reloan | loaning

Old English lān 'borrowed, lent', from Proto-Germanic *lāną, from Proto-Indo-European *lād- 'to load, carry'


loather | loathed | loathes | loathers | loathest | loatheth


lobed | lobes | bilobe | bilobed | unlobed | lobefin

Latin loba 'lobe, fold of the brain' (plural of lobus)


From Dutch 'lobsaus' or 'lobbesaus', a stew of salted meat and vegetables, possibly from 'lob' (a piece of meat) + 'saus' (sauce/stew).


location | locus | accouchement | allocate | bilocation | bilocular | cislocative | collocation | couch | couchant | dislocate | dislocation | interlocal | lieu | local | locale | locality | locate | locative | locator | locomotion | loculament | locular | locule | loculose | loculus | milieu | multilocal | multilocation | multilocular | nonlocal | relocate | relocation | translocate | translocation | translocative | trilocular | unilocular


locals | glocal | locally | bilocal | localize | duolocal


located | locates | locater | locatee | relocate | locaters


a secure fastening device | to fasten securely

locks | locky | slock | unlock | uplock | locked

From Old English 'læccan' meaning 'to catch, seize, or fasten'.


Latin locusta 'lobster, crayfish, locust'


lodes | lodestar | lodesman | lodeship | lodestars | lodeships

Old English lād 'way, course, direction'


lodger | lodged | lodges | lodgeth | lodgers | lodgest


lofty | aloft | lofts | lofted | lofter | deloft

Old English lof "glory, praise" or loft "upper part"


loge | loggia Variant Spellings: lodge | lodge

logs | weblog | logjam | logger | logged | putlog


term | logic | spoken expression | cognition | discourse about a subject | expression shaped by the initial component

dialogue, monologue, epilogue, prologue, apology

Greek -logos 'speech, discourse, reason'


logarithms | logarithmic | cologarithm | dilogarithm | trilogarithm | logarithmize


Greek -logia, from -logos 'word, speech, reason'


word, reason, speech, thought, study, science, theory

pyrological | phytological | acarological | chronological | nephrological | bibliological


deductive thinking | rational thought | systematic reasoning

taken as comb. form of logic n., logical adj., < Greek λογική OED


one who studies|one who practices|specialist in

oncologist | pathologist | analogy | anthology | apology | biology | dialogue | doxology | ecology | epilogue | etymology | eulogy | geology | ideologue | logarithm | logic | logogram | logopaedics | logophile | logotherapy | meteorology | monologue | morphological | neologism | neurology | philology | prologue | psychology | tautology | terminology | theology | toxicology | trilogy | zoology | Geologist

Greek λογιστής (logistḗs) | studier | practitioner (lit. | accountant) | λόγος (lógos) | λογία (logía)


Greek -logia (study of) + -istic (pertaining to)


From Greek 'logos' meaning 'word, speech, reason'


oral expression | exchange | analysis | composition

duologue | azalogue | geologue | ideologue | polylogue | duologues

From Greek -logos, from legein 'to speak, to gather'


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

denotes the academic study or practice of a specific area | the study of a subject | a suffix indicating a field of knowledge | intellectual pursuit, reasoning, or discourse | scientific discipline, theoretical framework, or branch of science | the study or analysis related to the preceding term's meaning

biology, psychology, sociology, geology, archaeology

oölogy | oology | zoology | biology | myology | urology

From Greek -logia 'study of', derived from logos 'word, reason, discourse'


loins | loineye | loinskin | loincloth | striploin | loinskins


legal, legislation, illegal, legislature, jurisprudence

Latin 'lex' (genitive 'legis') meaning 'law'


loiters | loiterer | loitered | loitering | loiterers | loitereth

Middle English loitern, likely related to 'loll' (to loll/hang)'


From 'lolly' (tongue or sweet) + '-y' (diminutive suffix), originally referring to a sweet on a stick.


From Latin Langobardus, referring to the Lombard people or the region of Lombardy in Italy.


Londoner | Londonize | Londonish | londonite | Londonism | Londonite

From Old English 'Lundenwic' or 'Lundenburh', referring to the settlement at the River Thames.


loner | lonely | loners | lonesome | unlonely | loneness


along | longs | longy | belong | longer | longed


from Old English 'lang' (long) + 'wudu' (wood, forest)


looks | lookt | uplook | looked | looker | lookit


looms | loomed | looming | heirloom | drawloom | autoloom


loopy | looper | looped | unloop | coloop | looping


Not tight or fastened | Free from constraints | In a relaxed state

loosen | loosed | looser | loosey | loosely | loosens

From Old English lōs, meaning 'free' or 'not tight'.


to plunder | spoils of war | stolen goods

loots | looter | looted | looting | looters | lootings

Middle English 'lote' or 'lote' (related to 'lot' or 'lote' as a portion/allotment)


lops | alop | loppy | lopper | lopped | lopping

From Old English lop 'leap, spring', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lope and German laufen 'to run'.


lophs | metaloph | paraloph | ectoloph | metalophs | ectolophs


verbal expression | act of speaking | spoken words | mental process

allocution | circumlocution | colloquial | colloquy | elocution | eloquent | eloquence | grandiloquent | interlocution | interlocutor | loquacious | loquacity | magniloquent | obloquy | soliloquy | grandiloquence | res ipsa loquitur | somniloquy | ventriloquist

loqui | Old English loren | pp. of leosan : to lose


eloquent, loquacious, soliloquy, colloquy, loquaciousness


lords | lordly | lorded | milord | belord | unlord

Old English hlāford "bread-ward" (bread + keeper)


knowledge | tradition | body of information

lores | lored | loreal | faxlore | doglore | catlore

Old English lār 'instruction, learning, doctrine'


abandoned | left behind | to suffer loss | bereft

lornly | forlorn | lovelorn | lasslorn | lornness | forlornly

Old English lorn, past participle of loren 'to lose', from Proto-Germanic *laizaną


large heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods

From Old English 'læger' or 'lægerwægn', meaning 'wagon' or 'cart', of Germanic origin.


to be deprived of | to fail to win | to misplace

loser | losel | loses | losed | losers | loseth

Old English lēosan 'to be lost, to perish'


lossy | losses | lossful | lossily | unlossy | lossless


misplaced | gone | unable to be recovered


distribute randomly | allocate by chance

lots | allot | loted | allots | lotted | carlot

Greek klēros 'lot, object used for casting lots'


a man who behaves in a seductive or unscrupulous manner toward women

Proper name (from the character Lothario in the play 'The Rover')


A liquid preparation for application to the skin | A topical ointment | A skincare product


lottery, lottery ticket, lottery winner, lottery pool, lottery draw


Latin 'ludus' meaning 'game' or 'play', referring to games of chance.


having a sound that is strong and easily heard | having a strong or noticeable effect

aloud | loudly | louden | loudish | loudens | loudness


Named after King Louis XIV of France; from French Louisiane.


Louisville Slugger, Louisville Cardinals, Louisville Metro

Named after King Louis XVI of France; 'ville' from French 'ville' meaning town.


lounged | lounges | lounger | loungers | loungeth | loungest

Middle French 'longue' (long) or 'lounger' (to idle)


loused | louses | delouse | deloused | delouses | delouser


a clumsy or awkward person | a boorish person

louts | louty | belout | loutish | loutsome | loutishly


Proper Noun, Location, Architecture, Art

From French 'le Louvre', originally referring to a medieval fortress (possibly from Frankish *hluvjo* 'heap, pile'), later the royal palace and now the famous art museum.


From Latin 'love' (amare), likely via proper name Lovett or dialectal variation.


not high | small in amount | deep in position

lows | alow | below | lowly | lower | lowed


lower-class, lower-middle-class, lower-ranking, lowered, lowermost


Loxodonta, loxodrome, Loxosceles, Pyrrhuloxia

From Greek loxos meaning 'slanting' or 'oblique'


loyally | unloyal | loyalist | loyalism | loyalize | nonloyal

Latin fidelis 'faithful', from fides 'faith'


diamond-shaped | rhombus-shaped | sweet | hard candy

lozenges | lozenged | lozengelike | lozengewise | lozengeways

Middle French 'losange' from 'losange' (rhombus)


abluent | ablution | alluvium | colluvium | deluge | depollute | diluent | dilute | dilution | dilutive | diluvial | diluvian | diluvium | elute | elution | eluvial | elluviation | eluvium | illuviation | illuvium | lutaceous | lutite | pollution

luere (see also diluere | fluere and pluere) | fluereand pluere)


Middle English lubber, of unknown origin, possibly related to Old Norse lobbi 'lazy fellow'


Middle English lubber, of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch lubber or Middle Low German lubbe


Latin lubricus 'slippery, slippery, slippery'


From Latin 'lucerna' meaning 'lamp' or 'lantern', via the Italian city of Lucca (historically associated with light/lamps) or directly from the Latin word for a place of light, though in modern English it primarily refers to the Swiss city. However, as a morpheme/root in a TCG context, it likely derives from the Latin 'lucere' (to shine) or 'lucus' (grove/sacred wood). Given the form '-lucerne-', it is most likely a variant of 'luc-' (light) or a proper noun root. Let's assume the semantic root is 'light' or 'shining' based on Latin 'lucerna' (lamp) and 'lucere'.


lucid, elucidate, translucence, translucent

lucids | lucidly | unlucid | pellucid | lucidity | nonlucid

Latin lūcidus 'clear, bright', from lūx 'light'


Proper noun referring to the King of Babylon who adopted the name of the planet Venus, as described in Isaiah 14:12 | A term used in religious or historical contexts to denote this figure | A name associated with the biblical reference to the fall of Babylon

Derived from Latin lūcifer, meaning 'light-bearer,' referring to the planet Venus.


lucky | lucks | unluck | lucker | luckily | potluck

Middle English 'luk', related to Old Norse 'lukka'


reluctant | ineluctable | reluctance | reluctivity

Latin luctari 'to wrestle, struggle', from PIE *leug- 'to strip, flay'


engage in play | participate in games | jest | mock

allude | collude | delude | elude | elusive | elusory | illude | illusion | ludicrous | lusory | prelude | interlude | ludic | postlude


ludicrously | unludicrous | ludicrousness | cockaludicrous

Latin 'ludicrus' (sportive, playful), from 'ludus' (game, play)


the action of washing | to carry out washing

lugs | tolug | lugger | lugged | luggage | lugging


From Latin lūgere 'to mourn, grieve', likely from Proto-Indo-European *leug- 'to bend, bow down' (cf. Greek leukos 'white' via sense of 'pale with grief' or Oscan leug- 'to swear'), though the exact PIE root is debated.


Latin lugubris 'mournful, sad', from lugeo 'to mourn, lament'


lulls | lulled | luller | belull | lulling | lullers

Middle English lullen, related to lullaby


illuminate | luminous | translucent | lucid | luster

Latin lūmen 'light' (stem lūc-), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- 'light, brightness'


lumbars | sublumbar | prelumbar | nonlumbar | midlumbar | iliolumbar


lumbers | lumberer | lumbered | lumbering | lumberman | lumbermen

Middle English 'lumber', related to 'lumb' (heavy/clumsy)


lumbosacral | lumbopelvic | lumbocrural | lumbocaudal | thoracolumbosacral


measure of light intensity | unit quantifying luminous flux

dislimn, enlumine, illuminable, illuminance, illuminant, illuminate, illuminati, illumination, illumine, intraluminal, limn, lumen, luminaire, luminal, luminance, luminant, luminaria, luminary, lumine, luminescence, luminescent, luminiferous, luminosity, luminous, relumine, subluminal, subluminous, superluminal, transluminal

lumens | lumenal | lumened | kilolumen | decalumen | endolumen

Latin lumen 'light', from the root *leuk- 'to shine'


dislimn | enlumine | illuminable | illuminance | illuminant | illuminate | illuminati | illumination | illumine | intraluminal | limn | lumen | luminaire | luminal | luminance | luminant | luminaria | luminary | lumine | luminescence | luminescent | luminiferous | luminosity | luminous | relumine | subluminal | subluminous | superluminal | transluminal | bioluminescence | electroluminescent | noctilucent | thermoluminescence Variant Spellings: lumen


lumps | lumpy | lumper | lumpen | lumped | lumpish

Middle English lump, perhaps of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse lumpr 'lump, clod')


circumlunar | cislunar | demilune | luna | lunar | lunate | lunatic | lunation | lune | lunette | luniform | lunisolar | mezzaluna | mezzelune | plenilunary | semilunar | sublunar | sublunary | superlunary | translunar | apolune | lunacy | lunular | translunar Variant Spellings: loony | loony


circumlunar | cislunar | demilune | luna | lunar | lunate | lunatic | lunation | lune | lunette | luniform | lunisolar | mezzaluna | mezzelune | plenilunary | semilunar | sublunar | sublunary | superlunary | translunar

lunars | solunar | cislunar | sublunar | nonlunar | lunarite


Middle English lunch, from a shortening of luncheon


contraction of 'for the luncheon' (lunch)


to move forward suddenly and quickly | to thrust or dash

lunged | lunges | lunger | lungers | lungeing

From Old French 'longer' (to stretch, extend) or 'lunge' (a thrust), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*lungaz' (long).


a large wild canine | symbol of ferocity in mythology


lures | lured | illure | lureth | lurest | illured

Middle English 'luren', related to 'allure'


vivid | glaring | sensational | shocking

Latin luridus 'sallow, pale, ghastly', from lurere 'to be pale'


to remain hidden | to wait in ambush | to exist in a state of concealment

lurks | lurky | lurker | lurked | delurk | lurking

Middle English lurken, from Old English locian 'to look' (related to Old Norse loka 'to close')


allude | collude | delude | elude | elusive | elusory | illude | illusion | ludicrous | lusory | prelude | allusion | collusion | prolusion


Latin 'luscus' (blind in one eye) -> 'lusciosus' (seductive, alluring, hence 'delicious' via the idea of being eye-catching or pleasing to the senses)


growing profusely | abundant | luxuriant

lushy | lushly | lushes | lushness | overlush | lushnesses

Middle English lush, likely related to lushness/luxuriance


strong desire | intense longing | carnal appetite

lusty | lusts | luster | lusted | unlust | lustic

Latin lustra 'purification rites' (plural of lustrum), later 'period of five years', then 'lust, lechery' via association with purification rituals.


lusters | deluster | lusterware | lusterwares

Latin luster 'brightness, splendor', from lustrare 'to purify, brighten'


lustrous | illustrate | illustrious | luster | lustrum

Latin lustrare 'to purify by sacrifice, to make bright', from lustrum 'purification sacrifice' (related to lux 'light')


abluent | ablution | alluvium | colluvium | deluge | depollute | diluent | dilute | dilution | dilutive | diluvial | diluvian | diluvium | elute | elution | eluvial | elluviation | eluvium | illuviation | illuvium | lutaceous | lutite | pollution | elutriate | lute (clay) | pollute | lavatory


corpus luteum, luteal, lutein, luteinizing hormone, luteous


From Latin -amentum, a suffix used to form nouns denoting the result of an action or the instrument of it.


from luth (lute) + -ist (suffix denoting agent)


yellow | golden | rich orange-yellow | corpus luteum

corpus luteum | luteal | lutein | luteinizing hormone | luteous | luteolysis | luteoma

luteolysis | luteocobalt | luteotropic | luteoxanthin | luteocobaltic | luteoprotective


deluxe, luxe, luxuriant, luxuriate, luxury unrelated: lux, luxate

luxes | isolux | kilolux | millilux | microlux


Luxembourgish, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

From Old Frankish *Lutzingas, meaning 'people of Lutzo', referring to the historical region and country.


unluxury | nonluxury | semiluxury | antiluxury | ultraluxury | superluxury

Latin luxuria 'excess, extravagance', from luxus 'loosening, laxity'


abluent, ablution, alluvium, colluvium, deluge, depollute, diluent, dilute, dilution, dilutive, diluvial, diluvian, diluvium, elute, elution, eluvial, elluviation, eluvium, illuviation, illuvium, lutaceous, lutite, pollution

luere (see also diluere, fluere and pluere)


characterized by a way of | possessing the attribute of

represents Old English -líce | -ly suffix1 OED | represents the Old English -lῑc


relaxing | freeing | untangling | breaking apart

analyse | analysis | analytic | aparalytic | autolysis | catalyse | catalysis | catalyst | catalytic | cytolysis | dialysis | electrolysis | electrolyte | electrolytic | hydrolysis | hydrolyte | hydrolytic | lysigeny | lysine | lysis | lysosome | lytic | meta-analysis | palsy | paralyse | paralysis | paralytic | plasmolysis | proteolysis | haemolytic | hemolytic | proteolytic | acolyte | polyelectrolyte | proselyte | lyonnaise | lyophilised | lyophilize | Hippolyte

λύειν (lúein) | λυτός (lutós) | λυτικός (lutikós) | λύσις (lúsis) | λύσις(lúsis)


ally | rally | rely Variant Spellings: alloy | alloy


place of learning | academy | hall of study


λύκος (lýkos)


lymph, lymphatic, lymph node, lymphadenopathy

lymphy | lymphoid | endolymph | lymphlike | perilymph | lymphitis


antilymphoma | adenolymphoma | lymphomatosis | adenolymphomas | pseudolymphoma | lymphomagenesis

Greek lympha (clear water, though used in medical contexts for lymph)


To execute someone without legal trial, typically by hanging | To carry out a mob-based execution | To perform an unlawful killing by a group

Lynchy | lyncher | lynchet | lynched | lynching | lynchets


analysis, paralysis, catalysis, glycolysis

analyse, analysis, analytic, aparalytic, autolysis, catalyse, catalysis, catalyst, catalytic, cytolysis, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, electrolytic, hydrolysis, hydrolyte, hydrolytic, lysigeny, lysine, lysis, lysosome, lytic, meta-analysis, palsy, paralyse, paralysis, paralytic, plasmolysis, proteolysis, analytic, catalytic, electrolytic, haemolytic, hemolytic, hydrolytic, paralytic, proteolytic, acolyte, electrolyte, hydrolyte, polyelectrolyte, proselyte, lyonnaise, lyophilised, lyophilize

lyonium | lyoniums | lyotropy | lyophobe | lyophile | lyotropic

λύειν (lúein), λυτός (lutós), λυτικός (lutikós), λύσις (lúsis)


stringed instrument | musical instrument

lyres | lyrelike | lyretail | lyrebirds | lyretails


lyrics | lyricist | lyricism | nonlyric | lyricize | lyricists

Greek lyrikos 'of or for song' from lyre


analyze, catalytic, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, hydrolyze, lyophilize, lyophobic, lysergic acid diethylamide, lysimeter, lysine, lysis, Lysol™, lysosome, lysozyme, paralysis, pyrolyze, urinalysis Variant Spellings: Apollyon

Indo-European *me- : first person singular pronoun --> Latin meus : mine


unfastening | liberation | disintegration | fragmentation

analysis, glycolysis, paralysis, hemolysis

analyse | analysis | analytic | aparalytic | autolysis | catalyse | catalysis | catalyst | catalytic | cytolysis | dialysis | electrolysis | electrolyte | electrolytic | hydrolysis | hydrolyte | hydrolytic | lysigeny | lysine | lysis | lysosome | lytic | meta-analysis | palsy | paralyse | paralysis | paralytic | plasmolysis | proteolysis | haemolytic | hemolytic | proteolytic | acolyte | polyelectrolyte | proselyte | lyonnaise | lyophilised | lyophilize | biolysis

biolysis | isolysis | dialysis | myolysis | exolysis | pyrolysis

Greek λῠ́σῐς (lúsis) | loosen | release | λύειν (lúein) | λυτός (lutós) | λυτικός (lutikós) | λύσις (lúsis) | < Greek λύσις a loosening | parting OED


lysogen | lysogeny | lysozyme | lysosome | lysogens | lysogenic

From Greek lysis 'a loosening, dissolution', from lyein 'to loosen, dissolve'


loosening | release | dissolution | unbinding

analysis, paralysis, catalysis, dialysis

analyte | anolyte | analytes | anolytes | tachylyte | zincolyte


pertaining to | relating to | characterized by

biolytic | exolytic | autolytic | homolytic | mesolytic | mucolytic


to loosen | to release | to free | to analyze

lyzed | lyzes | autolyze | autolyzed | autolyzes


Greek -ma (denoting result of an action)


Greek -ma (suffix denoting result of an action)

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contraction of French madame (ma dame, 'my lady')


mabs | atinumab | carlumab | cetuximab | votumumab | efungumab

Truncation of 'monoclonal' combined with 'antibody', coined in the 1980s for pharmaceutical nomenclature.


Old French macabre, from Medieval Latin macabreus, possibly from Hebrew ma'akov 'agony' or Arabic maqābir 'cemeteries'


macaroni, macaroni salad, macaroni and cheese


From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonia)


reduce in size or become thin | render pliable or supple | soften to a delicate state


macerater | macerates | maceraters | unmacerated

Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare 'to soften, soak, waste away', from macer 'soft, thin, weak'


machine, mechanic, machinery, machination

Greek 'machina' meaning 'machine, engine, contrivance'


a large heavy knife or short sword with a broad blade


Machiavellian | cunning | deceitful | manipulative

Proper noun referring to Niccolò Machiavelli


mechanic, mechanical, mechanism, mechanicize, mechanicist

machines | machiner | machined | machiners | submachine | machinegun


hyper-masculinity | exaggerated masculinity


centauromachy | logomachy | naumachy | sciamachy | tauromachy | Gigantomachy | Titanomachy

zoomachy | theomachy | monomachy | pyromachy | psychomachy


mackerels | mackereler | mackerelly | mackerelers | mackerelled


large | long | precisely long | typically large | extensive | considerable

macrophage | Examples: macropod ("big foot") | Macrodontophion ("big tooth snake") | Macrogryphosaurus ("big enigmatic lizard") | macroscopic | macroplankton | macrobiotic | amphimacer | macrocosm | macroeconomics | macron | macrencephaly | macrobiotics | macrocephaly | macroclimate | macrocyte | macroscopic Variant Spellings: amphimacer

macropod | macroion | macrocup | macroRNA | macroMEC | macrogel

Descriptives | Medical and Scientific | Attribute intensifier | scale | Anomalous form

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immaculate, macula, maculate, maculation

macular | nonmacular | submacular | epimacular | panmacular | paramacular


extremely confused | highly excited | mentally unstable

mads | madly | bemad | madman | madcap | madnep

Derived from Old English 'mæd' meaning 'mad'.


lady | woman of rank | respectful form of address

madams | bemadam | madamji | madamish | bemadams | madamhood

Middle French 'madame', from 'ma' (my) + 'dame' (lady)


From Portuguese Madeira, meaning 'wood', derived from Latin materia.


Madras (city in India) | cotton fabric from Madras

From Tamil 'mattirāsu' (white cloth), via Portuguese 'madras', referring to the city of Madras (now Chennai) where the fabric was originally produced.


Proper noun, Geographical location, City

From Arabic al-Majrīṭ (الماجرط), likely from a pre-Roman Iberian name for the Manzanares River.


madrigaler | madrigalic | madrigalist | madrigalers | madrigalists

Italian madrigale, from Old French madrigal, of unknown origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *matricalis


whirlpool | violent storm | state of confused turmoil

Middle Dutch malen "to grind" + storm "storm"


Italian maestro, from Old Italian maestro, from Latin magister 'master, chief'


mags | webmag | webmags | magsman | diskmag | discmag


cataclysmic destruction | end of the world

Marmageddon | ratmageddon | beemageddon | Snowmageddon | treemageddon | hairmageddon

Portmanteau of 'Armageddon' and '-geddon' suffixation pattern


Named after the Battle of Magenta (1859); derived from French magenta, likely from the place name Magenta.


Middle English maggot, related to maggoty


Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more'


magisterial | magisterium | magistral | magistrate Variant Spellings: master | magistrate | master

magn / magn, mistr / mistr / : compare ministr / ministr

From Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more' + -ister (agent suffix)


magmas | postmagma | magmalike | magmasphere | magmaspheres

Greek magma "mass, lump, congealed mass"


magnanimity | magnanimous | magnate | magnificent | magnify | magnitude | magnum | Charlemagne | Magna Charta | magna cum laude | Magnavox™ | Magnificat | magniloquence | magnum opus unrelated: magnesium | magnet

comparative form: major / major / : superlative form: maxim / maxim / : magistr / magistr, maha / maha, mega / mega / : compare min2 / min


magnanimity, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magnitude, magnum


magnesiothermic | magnesioferrite | magnesiofoitite | magnesiochromite | magnesiohornblende | magnesiostaurolite

From Latin magnesius (magnesian) + -o (nominal suffix), derived from Magnesia (a region in Thessaly, Greece, known for its magnetic stones).


bioelectromagnetism | biomagnetism | diamagnetic | diamagnetism | electromagnet | geomagnetic | magnesium | magnet | magnetic | magnetism | magnetite | magnetize | magnetobiology | magnetologist | magnetometer | magnetosome | manganese | paramagnetic | paramagnetism

bioelectromagnetism, biomagnetism, diamagnetic, diamagnetism, electromagnet, geomagnetic, magnesium, magnet, magnetic, magnetism, magnetite, magnetize, magnetobiology, magnetologist, magnetometer, magnetosome, manganese, paramagnetic, paramagnetism

magnets | magnetic | magnetar | magneton | magnetism | magnetite

μάγνης, μάγνητος (mágnēs, mágnētos)


Middle English magpie, from Old French pie


From the endonym 'Magyar', referring to the Magyar people; historically linked to the Onogur-Bulgar confederation.


maharani, maharajah, maharishi, mahatma, Mahayana, mahout


a type of dark reddish-brown wood | a tropical tree

Spanish mahogani (from Mayan/Taíno origin)


Examples: Maiasaura ("Good Mother/Maia's lizard"); Eomaia ("dawn Maia"); Juramaia (Jurassic Maia"); Maiacetus ("mother whale")

From Greek Μᾶια (Maia), the name of a nymph, daughter of Atlas, associated with nurturing and growth; possibly related to Greek μαῖα (maia) 'nurse, wet-nurse' or the verb μαίω (maiō) 'to nurse'.


maid, maidservant, chambermaid, housemaid

maids | maiden | maidly | mermaid | barmaid | maidens

Old French 'maide' (young woman, servant)


Gmail | mails | maily | mailer | mailed | admail


maims | maimed | maimer | maimee | maiming | maimers


coup de main, legerdemain, maintain, maintenance

mains | amain | mainly | mainer | maintop | midmain


maintains | maintained | maintaining | maintaineth | maintainest | mismaintain


Latin 'domus' (house) with the locative suffix '-ionem' (accusative of '-io')


Latin magister 'master, teacher', from magis 'more' + -ter 'agent suffix'


maizes | nonmaize | maizemeal | maizelike | maizefield | maizefields


more significant | bigger | more crucial

majesty | major | majority | majuscule | mayor | semimajor | supermajority | majestic


Latin maiestas 'greatness, dignity, majesty', from maior 'greater' (comparative of magnus 'great')


possessing grandeur or solemnity | more prominent

maestoso | force majeure | majesty | major | Majorca | majority | majuscule Variant Spellings: mayor | mayor

majors | majored | majorly | comajor | majority | majoring

comparative of magn / magn / : compare minor / minor

Latin maior 'greater, larger', comparative of magnus 'great'


maker | makes | maken | maked | remake | makers

Proto-Germanic *makōną 'to make, prepare', from PIE *mag- 'to knead, shape'


unfavorable | unhealthy | inappropriate | non-operational | inadequate | malevolent | defective | insufficient | erroneous | poorly | inappropriately | erroneously | miserably | wretched

malfunction, maladapted, malformed, malady, malpractice

mals | malism | malfed | malodor | malcode | malparry

comparative form: pejor / pejor / : superlative form: pessim / pessim / : compare bon / bon, ben1 / ben

Latin mal- (variant of male) 'badly, ill'

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dismal, malady, malcontent, maladroit, malaise, malediction, malefaction, malevolent, malfeasance, malfunction, malice, malicious, malignancy, malnourished, malodorous, premalignant


malacologist | malacology | malacia | bronchomalacia | keratomalacia | osteomalacia

malacologist, malacology, malacia, bronchomalacia, keratomalacia, osteomalacia

malacoid | malacology | malacofauna | malacophagy | malacologist | malacofaunal


osteomalacia | malacologist | malacology | malacia | bronchomalacia | keratomalacia

malacias | osteomalacia | leukomalacia | myelomalacia | keratomalacia | tracheomalacia

Greek μαλακία (malakía), soft, weak, self-indulgent


maladroits | maladroitly | maladroitness


Old French maladie, from mal (bad) + aide (help/assistance)


discomfort | unease | feeling of illness

French 'malaise' from 'mal' (bad) + 'aise' (ease)


misuse of words | erroneous use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one

derived from the character Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play 'The Rivals'


From Latin 'malaria' (bad air), from 'malus' (bad) + 'aer' (air)


From the Malay name 'Malaysia', derived from 'Melayu' (Malay) + '-sia' (a suffix used for country names, from Sanskrit 'stāna' meaning place/region).


males | shemale | nonmale | maledom | malesub | malebot


malices | maliced | maliceful | maliceless


maligns | maligned | malignly | maligner | malignin | unmalign


a heavy tool for striking | instrument used for pounding

malleable | malleolus | mallet | malleus | Malleus Maleficarum | pall-mall Variant Spellings: maul | maul

malls | malling | megamall | mallcore | minimall | Mallwart


Middle English maldard, from Old English mældere, from malr (male) + dera (duck)


capable of being shaped | pliable | impressionable

Latin malleus 'hammer' + -abilis 'capable of'


Middle English malet, from Old French maillet


mallows | mallowwort | rosemallow | marshmallow | mallowworts | rosemallows

Latin malva 'mallow' (a genus of flowering plants)


malts | malty | malted | malter | maltol | maltin

Old English 'melt' (grain prepared for brewing)


mamas | mamaji | godmama | mamajis | stepmama | mamahood


mammitis | mammiform | mammalgia | mammectomy


mammas | stepmamma | grandmamma | stepmammas | mammaplasty | grandmammas

Latin 'māter' (genitive 'mātris') meaning 'mother'


mammals | mammalian | mammalogy | mammalial | mammality | mammaldom

Latin mammalis, from mamma 'breast, udder'


submammary | perimammary | inframammary | intramammary | extramammary | intermammary


mammoths | mammothlike | weremammoth | weremammoths


hypermania, hypomania, kleptomania, mania, maniac, manic, megalomania, monomania, pyromania, pyromaniac

mans | axman | reman | manly | deman | manny

μαίνεσθαι(maínesthai), μανία (manía), μανικός(manikós), μάντις


supernatural knowledge-seeking | future prediction | vision

manometer, manoscopy, manostat, sphygmomanometer

Old French -mancie (comb. form) Greek manteia : divination, prophecy mantis : prophet, seer


emanant, emanate, emanation, immanant, immanation


From Old English 'mann' (human being, man), from Proto-Germanic '*mannaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*man-' (mind, think). Note: The record's 'affix_form: -man' and 'example_words: businessman' likely refer to the agentive suffix '-man' (from Old English '-mann'), which is historically identical to the root word for 'man' but functions derivationally in modern English.


remain in a place | continue in a state or position | reside or live in a location

immanence | immanent | impermanence | impermanent | maisonette | manor | manorial | manse | mansion | ménage | menagerie | menial | meiny | messuage | nonpermanence | nonpermanent | permanence | permanent | quasipermanent | remain | remainder | remanence | remanent | remnant | semipermanent | permanent Variant Spellings: remain


spiritual energy | life force | magical power

Melanesian/Polynesian 'mana' (supernatural power/efficacy)


manacles | manacled | unmanacle | immanacle | unmanacled | unmanacles

Latin manica 'sleeve, armlet' (from manus 'hand')


management, manageable, manager, mismanagement

manager | managed | manages | managee | managers | managees

Latin 'manus' (hand) + '-agere' (to do, drive)


foretell future events | practice fortune-telling | perform magical rituals

From Latin 'mancus' meaning 'mutilated' or 'defective', derived from 'manus' (hand), referring to the loss of a hand as a mark of shame or curse, later associated with sorcery and ill omen.


oneiromancy, pyromancy, necromancy, aeromancy, geomancy

ailuromancy | aleuromancy | alphitomancy | arithmancy | athermancy | belomancy | bibliomancy | capnomancy | catoptromancy | cephalomancy | dactylomancy | dendromancy | diathermancy | dormancy | entomomancy | necromancy

geomancy | myomancy | zoomancy | xylomancy | pyromancy | logomancy


direct | instruct | undertake | to direct | to instruct

command | commandant | commandment | commend | commendable | commendam | commendation | commendatory | counterdemand | countermand | demand | demandant | encomienda | mandamus | mandatary | mandate | mandator | mandatory | recommend | recommendation | remand | remandment | commandeer | commando | remand Variant Spellings: commodore | commodore

comb of man1 / man + dat / dat / : mend1 / mend


Latin mandare 'to commit to one's charge, order', from com- 'together' + mandare 'to put in one's hand, entrust'


mandibles | hemimandible | hemimandibles | micromandible

Latin mandibula 'jawbone, jaw', from mandere 'to chew'


mandibulohyoid | mandibuloacral | mandibulofacial | mandibulomaxillary

From Latin mandibulum 'jaw', derived from mandere 'to chew'.


mandolins | mandoliner | mandolinist | mandoliners | mandolinists | mandolinlike

Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola


From Latin mandrillum, diminutive of mandrum 'jack, lever'.


maneuvers | maneuvered | maneuverer | maneuvering | maneuverers | mismaneuver

Middle French 'manœuvre' from 'main' 'hand' + 'œuvre' 'work'


blancmange | mange | manger | mangy Variant Spellings: mandible unrelated: mangle | mandible


Latin 'mangere' meaning 'to eat' or 'to devour'


manganeses | dimanganese | ekamanganese | nonmanganese | octamanganese | nonamanganese


Latin 'manducare' 'to eat' (frequentative of 'mandere')


mangles | mangled | mangler | manglers | manglest | bemangle

Middle English manglen, related to mangle (to crush or disfigure)


Latin 'manus' (hand) + '-farius' (made of), literally 'made with many hands'; the form 'mani-' in English is a truncation or folk etymological association with 'many', but the morpheme itself is not a productive prefix in Latin or English.


intense longing | mental disorder | obsessive fixation | to erupt in fury | unreasonableness

pyromania, kleptomania, hypomania, mania

maniac | manias | egomania | maniacal | Obamania | Leomania

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hypomania, pyromania, kleptomania, megalomania

egomaniac | logomaniac | pyromaniac | theomaniac | egomaniacs | oenomaniac


manifests | manifested | manifestly | manifester | unmanifest | immanifest

Latin manifestus 'clear, evident, palpable', of uncertain origin, perhaps from manus 'hand' + festus 'festive' or related to manere 'to remain'


From Old English 'manigfeald', composed of 'manig' (many) + 'feald' (fold, from Proto-Germanic *falþaz)


Manila (city in the Philippines) | Manila hemp (fiber from Musa textilis)

Manila envelope, manila folder, manila hemp, Manila paper

From Tagalog 'Maynilà', meaning 'where indigo is grown', from 'nilà' (indigo). The 'manila' in 'manila hemp' is a metonymic extension from the city where the fiber was exported.


Latin manipulus 'handful, bundle' (from manus 'hand')


manners | mannered | mannerly | mannerism | mannerist | mannerize

Latin maner- 'to stay, remain', from manere 'to stay'


mannoprotein | mannohexaose | mannopeptide | mannopyranose | mannoproteins | mannopentaose

PIE *snéks / *snéks (related to numerical roots for six)


Greek mano- 'thin/small' + metron 'measure'


remain in a place | reside in a location | continue to be in a state


mansions | McMansion | mansionry | mansioned | mansionette | minimansion

Latin mansionem (nominative mansio) 'a staying, dwelling', from manere 'to stay'


dismantle, manta, manteau, mantel, mantelpiece, mantilla, mantle, mantua, portmanteau


mantels | overmantel | manteltree | mantelpiece | mantelshelf | overmantels

Latin mantellum 'cloak, covering', from mantus 'covered'


manticism | zoomantic | manticisms | aeromantic | chiromantic | astromantic

Greek -mantikos (prophetic), from -manteia (divination)


mantles | mantled | unmantle | immantle | mantleth | mantlest

Latin mantellum 'cloak, covering', from mantere 'to remain, stay'


manuals | manually | bimanual | manualism | manualist | nonmanual


manual, manipulate, mandate, manufacture


manumits | manumitted | manumittor | manumitter | manumitting | manumittors

Latin manumissus, past participle of manumittere 'to set free', from manus 'hand' + mittere 'to send'


manured | manures | manurer | manurey | manurers | humanure


manyfold | manyness | manycore | manywise | overmany | manyplies

From Proto-Germanic *manigaz, from PIE *men- (to count)


maps | remap | unmap | demap | bitmap | mapped

Latin 'mappa' meaning 'napkin, cloth, map'


From Old English 'mapel' or 'mapul', referring to the maple tree, of Germanic origin.


mare (horse), marshal (all senses), Marshal

mars | mardy | bemar | marrer | marred | marses


body of saltwater | vast oceanic area | marine environment

maar | mariculture | marina | marinade | marinara | marinate | marination | marine | mariner | maritime | submarine | ultramarine | aquamarine | mare (sea) | mare clausum | mare liberum | mare nostrum | Marlin | Marlow | marsh | Marvin | rosemary

mare | maris | Old English mere | fem. of mearh : horse


Mars (god of war)|martial (war-like)|martial art (art of war)|martial law (law of wartime)

From Latin 'Mars' (god of war), from Proto-Italic *Mārtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗr- 'to boundary' (originally 'protector of boundaries').


maraschino cherry, maraschino liqueur, maraschino


marathons | marathoner | marathonic | marathoners | marathoning | nonmarathon


to raid | to plunder | to roam for plunder

marauds | marauder | marauded | marauders | marauding | maraudings


marbles | marbled | marbler | marblers | emmarble | enmarble


stressing each note individually | a dividing line | establishing a boundary

marcato | demarcation | march (all senses) | marchese | marchioness

Latin marca 'boundary, boundary stone' (possibly of Germanic origin)


to walk with steady heavy steps | to advance

marchy | Marchy | marcher | marched | marching | marchers

Latin 'marchare' (to march, stride) or 'marcus' (Mars, god of war), related to 'marcus' (warlike)


margarines | margariney | margarined | oleomargarine | margarinelike | antimargarine

From Greek margarites 'pearl', via French margarine


Greek amphi- 'on both sides, around' + hagios 'holy'


margins | marginal | marginals | marginally | marginless | marginalize

Latin 'margo' (genitive 'marginis') meaning 'edge, border'


Maria | Marian | Marie | Marietta | marigold | Marilyn | Marion | marionette | Mary Variant Spellings: Maureen | Miriam | Maureen


marined | submarine | nonmarine | cismarine | submariner | submarines

Latin 'marinus' meaning 'of the sea', derived from 'mare' (sea)


premarital | nonmarital | postmarital | extramarital | premaritally | intramarital

Latin marītus 'married, nuptial', from marīta 'wife'


Latin maritimus 'of the sea', from marinus 'of the sea', from mare 'sea'


exchange goods/services | acquire through payment

Marko | smark | marked | Markan | marker | Markie

Latin 'mercari' (to buy) or 'merx' (merchandise)


upmarket | marketed | marketer | demarket | comarket | remarket

Latin mercatus 'market, trade', past participle of mercari 'to buy, trade'


marms | schoolmarm | schoolmarms | schoolmarmish | schoolmarmishly | schoolmarmishness

Latin -marg-, variant of -merg- 'to bear, carry'


From French 'marmotte', of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Latin European substrate or Germanic 'marmosette'.


maroons | marooned | marooner | marooning | marooners | maroonish


Old French marquis, from Italian marchese, from march (border)


marquisate | marquisdom | marquisates | marquisdoms | marquisship

Old French 'marquis', from 'march' (borderland)


Latin marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married'


remarry | unmarry | marryed | marrying | dismarry | mismarry

Latin marītus 'married' (of a man), from marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married' (of a man), from marītāre 'to marry', from marītus 'married' (of a man), ultimately from Proto-Italic *marito- 'to marry', from PIE *mer- 'to rub, wear away' (sense development: 'to rub together' -> 'to join' -> 'to marry')


Martian, martial, martial arts, Marsupial

marsling | Marsling | marsquake | marsquakes

Latin Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of war


From Greek Massalia, the ancient Greek name for the city of Marseille.


From Old French 'mareschal', from Frankish 'marhskalk' (horse servant), from 'marh' (horse) + 'skalk' (servant).


Middle English/French 'marsh' + 'mallow' (Althaea officinalis)


Latin 'marsupium' meaning 'pouch' or 'purse', derived from Greek 'marsupion'


Mars | deity associated with warfare | military | related to conflict

marts | minimart | hypermart | minimarts | supermart | hypermarts


martials | martially | immartial | unmartial | martiality | martialist

Latin 'martialis' (of Mars, the god of war), from 'Mars' (genitive 'Martis')


Latin martialis (adj.) 'of Mars', from Mars, Mart- (gen. Martis) 'Mars'


martingales | martingaled | submartingale | semimartingale | submartingales | semimartingales


From the Carib word 'Madinina' meaning 'land of flowers', via French.


From Old French 'martre', from Latin 'martes' (genitive 'martis'), a type of weasel-like animal.


martyr | one who suffers death for a cause

martyr, martyrdom, martyrology, protomartyr

Greek martyros 'witness, one who suffers for a cause'


martyrs | martyred | martyrer | martyrly | martyrdom | martyring


marvels | marveled | marvelous | marvelled | marveling | marveleth


Marxianly | antimarxism | Marxologist | Austromarxism

Proper noun derived from the surname of Karl Marx (1818–1883), the German philosopher and economist.


marzipan, marzipan cake, marzipan figure, marzipan pig, marzipan rose

Persian 'marzāban' (guardian of the border) + Arabic 'panīr' (cheese), originally referring to a sweet almond paste guarded by the state or sold in markets near borders; later reinterpreted as 'marz' (border) + 'pan' (bread/paste) in folk etymology


emasculate | emasculation | emasculator | masculate | masculine | masculinity

emasculate, emasculation, emasculator, masculate, masculine, masculinity

Xmas | Xmassy | masman | Shitmas | Giftmas | Christmas


antimasque, mascara, mask, masque, masquerade unrelated: mascot

Latin 'mascare' (to mask) or 'masca' (specter, hobgoblin)


Greek maskot 'maskot' (little dancer), from maskotēs 'dancer'


Latin masculus 'male, boy', diminutive of mas 'male'


mashy | smash | masher | mashed | mashup | mashes

Middle English mash, from imitative origin


unmask | masker | masked | bemask | immask | demask

Latin 'mascare' (to mask) or 'mappa' (napkin, cloth)


deriving pleasure from pain or humiliation

derived from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch


masons | masonry | masonic | nonmason | freemason | masonries

Latin 'māso' (to plaster) + '-on' (agent suffix)


masques | masquer | masqued | unmasque | masquers | antimasque


disguise | masquerade | false appearance

masquerader | masqueraded | masquerades | masqueraders


massy | masser | massed | admass | massic | upmass

Greek 'masse' (lump, mass) from 'maza' (barley cake)


massacrer | massacres | massacree | massacrers | massacrees | unmassacred


to manipulate muscles | to rub | to knead

massages | massaged | massager | massagers | remassage | unmassaged


Latin 'massa' meaning 'mass, lump, bulk'


top of a pole | upper part of a ship's mast

masts | masty | master | masted | unmast | demast

From Old English 'mæst' meaning 'mast, pole', related to Old Norse 'máss'.


masters | mastered | masterly | remaster | masterer | bemaster

Latin 'magister' (master, teacher, chief), from 'magis' (more)


Greek mastikos 'chewing gum' from masto 'chew'


mastopexy | mastology | mastodynia | mastopexies | mastoplasia | mastologist


extinct proboscidean | large prehistoric mammal

Greek mastodon 'tusk' (mastos 'breast' + odous 'tooth')


mastoids | mastoidal | bimastoid | otomastoid | paramastoid | postmastoid

Greek mastoeides 'breast-shaped', from mastos 'breast' + eidos 'form, shape'


To engage in self-stimulation for sexual pleasure, typically using one's hands or objects | To perform the act of sexual gratification through self-touch | To achieve sexual climax through self-manipulation

masturbated | masturbates | masturbater | masturbaters

From Latin 'masturbare', combining 'manus' (hand) and 'turbare' (to agitate)


the faculty of volition | the state of being willing

automat, automatic, automation, automaton

mats | matty | demat | matted | matting | doormat

Greek automatos 'acting of one's own will', from autos 'self' + -mat- (from manos 'mad, frenzied' or related to motion/will)


matchy | rematch | matched | matches | matchup | unmatch

Old French 'match' (diminutive of 'mache', meaning 'stick' or 'log', from Vulgar Latin *matuca'


mater | mates | matey | amate | mated | remate


female parent | uterus | surrounding material

maternal | maternity | matriarch | matrilineal | matrimony | matron | maternal (of mother) | maternity (motherhood)

mater | matris | Greek manthanein : to learn (stem math-) --> manthēma : what is learned

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Latin 'materia' meaning 'wood, timber, source material'


maternofetal | maternotoxic | maternotoxicity | maternoplacental

Latin 'maternus' (of a mother), from 'mater' (mother)


to acquire knowledge | to gain understanding

chrestomathy, mathematician, mathematics, polymath

maths | mathy | mathsy | mathcore | aftermath | mathletic


early part of the day | hours of daylight

Latin 'mane' (genitive 'matinis') meaning 'morning'


female parent | uterus | encircling matter | maternal kinship | female parent(s) | adult females

maternal | maternity | matriarch | matrilineal | matrimony | matron | matriculation | matrimonial | matriarchy | matricide

matriarch | matricide | matrimony | matriline | matriclan | matristic

From Latin 'māter' (mother) via the stem 'mātr-'

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Latin 'mater' (mother) + '-ix' (feminine agent suffix)


Latin matricula 'register, list of students', diminutive of mater 'mother' (originally 'mother roll' or 'list of dependents')


matrixes | bimatrix | comatrix | matrixed | Matrixism | submatrix

Latin 'matrix' (gen. 'matricis') meaning 'womb, source, origin', derived from 'mater' (mother)


matrons | matronly | matronal | matronage | matronize | matronism

Latin matrona 'married woman, matron', from mater 'mother' + -trona (feminine suffix)


From the verb 'mat' (to form a matted mass) + '-t' (past tense marker), reanalyzed as a bound root in compounds like 'mattress' or 'matted'.


substance | physical substance | material

matters | mattery | mattered | bymatter | mattering | mattereth


mattressy | mattresses | mattressed | mattresslike


matured | matures | maturely | matureth | premature | nonmature

Latin 'maturus' (ripe, early) of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'mas' (man, male) implying prime of life.


maudlins | maudlinly | maudlinism | maudlinisms | maudlinwort | maudlinness

Middle French maudlin (referring to Mary Magdalene)


mauls | mauled | mauler | bemaul | mauling | maulers

Middle English maulen, from Old French mauler


mauves | mauvely | mauveine | mauveines | mauveness | mauvelous

French mauve (derived from the mallow flower)


utmost | peak | extremely large | exceptionally lengthy | maximum | considerable in size

maximal | maxi-endowment | maxidress | maxi-skirt | maximum | maxim | submaximal | maxiskirt

maxipad | maxicoat | maxicoats | maxiskirt | maxiskirts | maxicircle

Latin maximus 'greatest', superlative of magnus 'large'

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maxilla, maxillary, maxilliped, maxillofacial


maximum | most expansive | utmost | substantial

maxim | maximal | maximum | submaximal | maxiskirt | Maximilian | maximize | maximum Variant Spellings: Maxine | Maxine

maxims | submaxim | supermaxim | supermaxims

superlative of magn / magn / : compare minim / minim

Latin maximus, superlative of magnus 'great'


Latin maximus (superlative of magnus 'great')


mays | maybe | mayfly | maybes | maying | formay

Old French 'maier' (to be able), from Frankish '*magan'


Latin maior 'greater, elder', from magnus 'great'


thick creamy sauce made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar or lemon juice

mayonnaise-based, vegan mayonnaise, spicy mayonnaise

mayonnaisey | mayonnaises | mayonnaiselike

from French mayonnaise, possibly from French moyen (middle) referring to the mixing process, or from the town Mahón in Menorca


mayors | mayoral | mayorly | mayoress | mayordom | mayorial

Latin maior (comparative of magnus 'great')


labyrinth | complex network | confusing path

amaze | mazes | amazes | bemaze | amazeth | mazeful


a lively Polish folk dance in triple time


med | mes | meds | meism | readme | meself


Latin 'meare' meaning 'to go, walk, pass through'


meads | meady | meaded | meadery | meadwort | meadlike

From Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu 'honey, mead'


meadows | meadowy | meadowed | meadowrue | meadowlark | meadowhawk


meagers | meagerly | meagerness | meagernesses


meagres | meagred | meagrely | meagreness | meagrenesses


coarse, compacted feed derived from {prev} | milled grain product

fishmeal | meal (milled grain) | mealy | oatmeal unrelated: meal (food served and eaten)

meals | mealy | mealer | midmeal | ryemeal | mealman


means | meany | demean | meanie | meanly | meaned

Latin -men- (stem of -men-, -min-) from PIE *men- 'to think'


meanders | meandered | meanderer | meandering | meanderers | meandereth


to signify | to indicate | to be a sign of

meaningful, meaningless, meaninglessless, signification, signify

Latin 'significare' (to signify), from 'signum' (sign) + 'facere' (to make)


a contagious viral disease characterized by fever and a distinctive skin rash

Middle English 'measles', related to 'measure' (in the sense of a mark or amount)


to calculate | to determine size or amount | to evaluate

measured | measures | measurer | remeasure | measurers | measureth

Latin mensura 'a measuring', from metiri 'to measure'


meathead, meatloaf, meatball, meaty, meatless

meats | meaty | meated | inmeat | nutmeat | catmeat

Old English mēat 'food, nourishment, flesh'


Mecca, ecclesiastical, mechanic, mechanic

Latin 'mecca' or 'meca' meaning 'city, town', from Greek 'mekke' or 'mekhe'


mechanics, mechanism, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia

μῆχος, μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)


pertaining to machinery | relating to mechanical systems

μηχανικός  OED

From Greek 'mēchanē' (machine, engine) + '-ikos' (pertaining to). The form 'mechanico-' is a learned combining form derived from the stem of 'mechanic' or 'mechanism', often used in scientific and technical neologisms.


mecometer | mecometers | mecocephalic | apomecometry


medical, medicament, Medicare, medicate, medicinal, medicine, remedial, remedy

Latin medicus 'of or pertaining to a doctor', from mederi 'to heal'


medals | medalet | medalist | medalled | medallic | medalets

Latin 'medalia' (coin), from 'medallus' (small coin), diminutive of 'medius' (middle)


meddles | meddler | meddled | meddlers | meddleth | meddlest

Middle English meddelen, related to meddle


From Greek Medea (Μήδεια), the name of a famous sorceress in Greek mythology, derived from the verb medesthai 'to think, plan'.


intermediary | medieval | mediocre | medium | dimidiation | immediate | media | median | mediate | mediation | Mediterranean | moiety | multimedia | postmeridian | submediant | mediolateral | in medias res | intermediate

meri / meri, mezz / mezz / : meso / meso, mid / mid

Position indicator | Positional | Spatial | quantity

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Median | medias | mediacy | bimedia | nonmedia | mediafan

Latin medius "in the middle, intermediate"


Latin mediaevalis, from mediaevalis 'of the middle ages', from medius 'middle' + aevum 'age, era'


medials | medially | bimedial | nonmedial | submedial | premedial


medians | medianly | bimedian | submedian | bimedians | nonmedian


mediated | mediates | mediately | unmediated | nonmediated | mediateness


medics | premedic | paramedic | premedics | paramedics

Latin medicus 'of or pertaining to a physician', from mederi 'to heal'


medical, medication, pharmacist, pharmaceutical

medicines | mediciner | medicined | mediciners | biomedicine | geomedicine

Latin medicīna 'healing, cure', from medicus 'healing, medical'


from Medieval Latin medievalis, from mediaevalis 'of the middle ages', from media 'middle' + aevum 'age'


Latin mediocris "moderate, middle-sized", from medius "middle" + ocris "rock, height"


reflect on | consider deeply | engage in introspection | analyze thoroughly

Latin meditari 'to think over, contemplate', from mederi 'to heal, tend to'


to reflect | to contemplate | to practice mindfulness

meditated | meditates | meditater | meditaters | meditateth | unmeditated

Latin meditari 'to think over, contemplate', from medus 'fitting, suitable'


Mediterraneanize | Mediterraneanise | submediterranean | oromediterranean | supramediterranean

Latin mediterraneus, from medius 'middle' + terra 'land'


Latin medulla "pith, marrow" (originally of plants, later extended to animals)


meeks | meekly | meeken | unmeek | meekens | meekish


to encounter | to come together | to join

meets | meetly | meeter | remeet | meeted | unmeet

Old English mētan 'to encounter, find, or come to'


expansion | a million | large | vast | immense | great | big | powerful

splenomegaly | megameter | Examples: Megarachne ("big spider") | Megalosaurus ("big lizard") | megalodon ("big tooth") | megahertz | megabyte | mega-millions | megastores | acromegaly | megacycle | megalomania | megalopolis | megaphone | adenomegaly | cardiomegaly | dactylomegaly | hepatomegaly | megastar | mega- (10) | megalith | megathere | megaton | megawatt | omega | megaphone (big phone) | megabyte (big (million) bytes) | megabytes (1 000 000 bytes)

megas | megaton | megabit | megamix | megaohm | megabat

superlative form: megist / megist / : extended form: megalo / megalo / : magn / magn

Medical and Scientific | Number multiplier 1 | 000 | Descriptives | scale | Attribute intensifier

μέγας | μεγάλη (mégas | megálē) | mega | μεγα-  OED


enormous | considerable | exceptionally large | excessively large | remarkable | one million | expanded | magnificence | excellence

megaton | megalopolis | megalomania | acromegaly | megacycle | megaphone | adenomegaly | cardiomegaly | dactylomegaly | hepatomegaly | splenomegaly | megaloblast | megalocardia | megalosaur

megalosaur | megalocyte | megalodisc | megalomania | megaloscope | megalosaurs

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acromegaly | megacycle | megalomania | megalopolis | megaphone | adenomegaly | cardiomegaly | dactylomegaly | hepatomegaly | splenomegaly

acromegaly, megacycle, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, acromegaly, adenomegaly, cardiomegaly, dactylomegaly, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly

acromegaly | cytomegaly | renomegaly | chiromegaly | karyomegaly | adenomegaly

μέγας, μεγάλου (mégas, megálou)


diminished | reduced | compacted | diminish

ameiosis | ameiotic | meiobenthos | meiosis | meiotic | meiofauna | meiosis Variant Spellings: Miocene unrelated: miosis | Miocene


Greek meiosis 'reduction' from meioun 'to lessen'


meisters | rapmeister | gagmeister | spinmeister | rapmeisters | gagmeisters

Middle High German meister, from Old High German mægister, from Latin magister 'master'


melanin, melanoma, melanophore, eumelanin

From Greek melas, melanos meaning 'black' or 'dark'


From Greek melankholía (black bile), from melas (black) + kholē (bile)


French 'mélange' from 'mélanger' 'to mix'


Named after Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister, by surveyor Robert Hoddle in 1837.


Old French 'meslee' from 'mesler' 'to mix'


Greek melia (ash tree) or melia (apple-like)


ameliorate | amelioration | meliorism | ameliorant | meliorate | melioration

comparative of ben1 / ben, bon / bon / : compare pejor / pejor

Latin melior (comparative of bonus 'good')


Latin melior 'better' + -ate (verb-forming suffix)


μέλισσα (mélissa)


melliferous | mellific | mellifluence | mellifluent | mellifluous | melliloquent | mellivorous

melliferous, mellific, mellifluence, mellifluent, mellifluous, melliloquent, mellivorous


Latin 'mel' (genitive 'mellis') meaning 'honey'


mellows | mellowy | mellowed | mellowly | unmellow | mellowing

Middle English melwe, from Old English melu 'flour, meal'


melomania | melograph | melophile | melogenic | melophobia | melographs


melons | melony | melonal | melonade | muskmelon | rockmelon


Greek μέλος (mélos), part of a body, limb, member


to become liquid | to dissolve | to soften

melts | melty | melted | remelt | melter | unmelt


members | membered | unmember | comember | endmember | unmembers

Latin 'membra' (limbs, parts of the body), from 'memor' (mindful, remembering)


dismember, member, membership, membrane unrelated: memor / remember.


membranous, semipermeable membrane, cytoplasmic membrane

membranes | membraned | biomembrane | geomembrane | membraneous | nonmembrane


commemorate | immemorial | memoir | memorabilia | memorable | memorandum | memorial | memory | remembrance

memos | memoize | memoise | memoizes | memoized | memoised


memorial, memorize, memorable, amnesia, amnesiac

memoirs | memoirist | memoirish | memoirists | memoiristic

Latin memoria 'memory' (from memor 'mindful')


retrieve memories | recollect | bring back to mind

commemorate | immemorial | memoir | memorabilia | memorable | memorandum | memorial | memory | remembrance | in memoriam | memorize | memory Variant Spellings: remember | remember

Latin memor 'mindful, remembering', from memini 'I remember'


objects worth remembering | items of interest

memorable, memorize, memorial, memorandum, amnesia

Latin memorabilis 'worthy of being remembered', from memorari 'to remember' (passive of memorare)


memorial, memorize, memorable, memorandum

Latin memor 'mindful' + -andus 'to be remembered' (gerundive of memorare 'to remember')


mens | women | womens | menfolk | mennish | antimen

Latin -men, from the neuter suffix -men (genitive -minis), derived from the root *men- 'to think' (cf. mens, mentis)


menacer | menaced | menaces | menacers | menaceth | menacest

Latin menaça 'threat, danger', from menāre 'to threaten'


French ménage 'household management', from Old French mesnage 'dwelling, household', from mesnée 'household members', from Vulgar Latin *mansionata 'dwelling place', from Latin mansio 'dwelling'


collection of animals | variety of creatures

Middle French 'ménagerie', from 'ménage' (household)


menarches | menarcheal | postmenarche | premenarcheal | postmenarcheal

Greek menarche (menarche), from men (month) + arche (beginning)


amend | amendment | emend | emendation | mendacious | mendacity | mend

mends | mended | mender | remend | mending | menders

Latin emendare 'to free from fault', from ex- 'out' + menda 'fault, blemish'


Latin mendax (genitive mendacis) 'lying, deceitful', from the root *mend- 'to blame, fault'


Latin mendicus 'beggar', from mendari 'to beg'


Latin 'menialis' (of a household), from 'menstrua' (monthly), referring to the monthly rotation of household duties


leptomeninges | meninges | meningioma | meningitis | meninx | meningococcus


inflammation of the meninges | membrane surrounding the brain or spinal cord

meningitis, meningococcal, meningocele, meningoencephalitis, meningismus

Greek meninges 'membrane' from meningos 'membrane'


leptomeninges, meninges, meningioma, meningitis, meninx

μήνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mēninx, mēningos)


Greek μῆνισκος (mēnisko) 'crescent-shaped'


Mennonite, Mennonitism, Mennonite church

From German Mennonit, named after Menno Simons (1496–1561), a Dutch Anabaptist leader


the monthly shedding of the uterine lining | the periodic discharge of the female reproductive tract

menopot | menopots | menopause | menorrhea | menophobia | menopausal

< meno- < ancient Greek μηνο- , ... μήνη  moon OED


menopausal, perimenopause, postmenopause, premenopausal


a standard for quantifying | the action of quantifying

commensurate | dimension | immense | mensuration | mensural

Latin mensur- 'a measuring', from meti 'to measure'


determine magnitude | the act of determining magnitude

commensurable | commensurate | dimension | immense | incommensurable | incommensurate | measure

mensura ~measurement~ | from metiri ~to measure~ | mensura"measurement" | from metiri "to measure"


act of, state or, result, action or process, condition, resemblance

containment | contentment | amendment | enchantment | argument | inclement | moment | vehement | mentalist

payment | ailment | oddment | fitment | hutment | onement

Latin -mentum, noun suffix formed from the stem of verbs (often past participle stems) + -um, denoting the result or means of an action.


mentals | mentally | bimental | mentality | mentalese | mentalist

Latin -mentum, noun suffix forming action or result of a verb


Aromatic herb used in cooking | Refreshing plant with strong scent


menthols | nonmenthol | neomenthol | isomenthol | mentholate | mentholated


mentions | mentioned | mentioner | remention | mentioning | nonmention

Latin mentionem (nominative mentio) 'a remembering, mention', from past participle stem of meminisse 'to remember'


mentors | mentored | mentoree | mentorly | mentoring | mentorial

Greek mentoros "teacher" (from Mentor, a character in the Odyssey)


list of food | selection | items for consumption

menus | menued | submenu | menuing | menuese | menuless

Old French meneu 'that which is served', from menue 'small, detailed' (past participle of menu 'to divide, detail'), from Latin minutus 'small, minute'


From German Mephistopheles, likely derived from Greek 'amethystes' (unwearing) or 'methistemi' (to change), popularized by Goethe's Faust.


mers | kmer | dimer | kmers | isomer | trimer


mermaid | merman | mal de mer | Meredith | Mervin Variant Spellings: meerschaum | meerschaum


compensation | payment | employment | exchange | acquisition

amercement | commerce | commercial | market | mercantile | mercenary | mercery | merchandise | merchant | mercy | noncommercial

Latin merces (genitive mercis) 'price, value, reward'


Latin mercantilis, from mercans (genitive mercantis) 'trader', from mercari 'to buy, trade'


containing a sulfhydryl group | containing sulfur and hydrogen

mercaptopurine | mercaptopropyl | mercaptosilane | mercaptopurines | mercaptosilanes | mercaptosuccinate

From Latin mercaptans, present participle of mercari 'to buy' + aptus 'fitted', literally 'one fitted for buying' (referring to its affinity for metals).


Latin mercator 'merchant, trader', from mercari 'to buy, trade', from merx 'merchandise'


Latin mercenarius 'hired for pay', from merces (genitive mercis) 'wage, hire'


mercer, mercenary, merchandise, mercantile, mercantility

mercerize | mercerized | mercerizes | mercerizing

From Latin mercer, from mercari 'to trade', from merx 'merchandise'


Latin merces (gen. mercis) 'hire, price, reward, wages'


exchange goods | acquire through purchase

Latin mercari 'to trade' (from merx 'merchandise')


goods | items for sale | tradeable commodities


commerce, mercantile, mercenary, merchandise, mercer

merchants | merchantly | merchantry | merchantman | merchantess | nonmerchant

Latin mercari 'to buy, trade', from merx 'merchandise'


merchant, merchandise, mercantile, mercenary

From Latin mercator, from merx (merchandise)


mercuric chloride, mercuric oxide, mercurial

Latin 'mercuricus' from 'Mercurius' (the god Mercury) + '-icus' (adjectival suffix)


quicksilver | liquid metal | messenger god

mercurial, mercuric, mercurous, calomel, hydrargyrum

Latin 'mercurius', name of the Roman god of trade, travel, and communication, likely derived from 'merx' (merchandise) or Etruscan 'Menrva'


Latin misericordia 'compassion', from miser 'wretched' + cordis 'heart'


Latin meretorius 'of a prostitute', from meretrix 'prostitute'


demerge, demersal, demerse, demersion, emerge, emergence, emergency, emergent, emersion, immerge, immergence, immerse, immersible, immersion, immersive, merge, reemerge, reemergence, reimmerse, submerge, submergence, submerse, submersible, submersion

merger | merged | merges | mergers | demerge | unmerge


medi / medi, mezz / mezz, / : meso / meso, mid / mid

Latin 'meridies' (midday, south), from 'medius' (middle) + 'dies' (day)


midday | peak | highest point | line of longitude

Latin meridies 'midday, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day')


meridionals | meridionally | meridionality | submeridional

Latin meridionalis, from meridiēs 'midday, south'


French meringue, likely from the name of François Massialot or related to 'meringue' (foam)


division of a whole into two parts | contrast of opposites

black and white, day and night, rich and poor

Greek merismos 'division, distribution', from merizein 'to divide'


warrant | gain through effort | labor under contract

demerit | merit | meritorious | meritocracy | meritable | merited | meritless | meritoriously | emeritus | meritorious Variant Spellings: meretricious | meretricious

Latin meritum 'that which is earned', neuter past participle of merēre 'to earn, deserve, serve'


Latin 'merula' meaning blackbird or seal, from 'merus' (pure, black)


mythical sea creature | half-human half-fish

Middle English 'mermaid', from Old French 'merette' (little sea creature) + English 'maid'


Middle English merman, from mer- (sea) + man


isomerous | allomerous | tetramerous | pentamerous | heptamerous | anisomerous


merrymaker | merrymaking | merrymakers | merrythought | merrymeeting | merrymakings