More classical base words again, this time ones that start with “L.” Please keep in mind that these are base words, rather than prefixes or suffixes. We’ll come to those in a later post (though there are already some preliminary posts under the “affixes” tag). If you want to review the rest of the base words we’ve covered so far, here are the posts to go over:
- “A” Base Words
- “B” Base Words
- “C” Base Words
- “D” Base Words
- “E” Base Words
- “F” Base Words
- “G” Base Words
- “H” Base Words
- “I,” “J,” and “K” Base Words
| Base | Meaning | Example |
| lab | take | syllable |
| labor | work | laborious |
| later | side | unilateral |
| lav | wash | lavatory |
| leg, lig, lect | pick, read | legible, eligible, collect |
| leo(n) | lion | leonine |
| libr | book | library |
| lingu | language | linguistics |
| liter | letter | literate |
| lith | stone | monolith |
| loc(at) | place | local, location |
| locut, loqu | speak, talk | elocution, eloquent |
| log | word, reason, study | logic |
| luc, lumin | light | lucid, luminous |
| lud, lus | play, trick, mock | elude, illusion |
| lup | wolf | lupine |