WORD FAMILIES

One root. A family of words.

Connect words through shared components and learn them together.

82 word families · L

loaf2 related words

idle

loafer · loafing

loc19 related words

place

allocate · allocated · allocation

locut5 related words

speak

circumlocution · circumlocutory · interlocutor

logy108 related words

study; discourse

anthology · anthropologically · anthropology

lone3 related words

alone

lone · loneliness · lonesome

loqu12 related words

speak

colloquial · eloquent · grandiloquent

lord4 related words

ruler

lord · lordly · lordship

love12 related words

affection

love-hate · love-in · loveless

loyal5 related words

faithful

disloyal · disloyalty · loyalist

luc7 related words

light

lucid · lucidity · lucidly

luck7 related words

fortune

good-luck · hard-luck · luckless

luct2 related words

struggle

reluctance · reluctant

lud2 related words

play

ludic · ludicrous

lumber3 related words

wood

lumber · lumberjack · lumberyard

lumin20 related words

light

bioluminescent · illuminate · illumination

lump3 related words

mass

lump · lumper · lumpish

lun2 related words

moon

lunacy · lunar

lunch6 related words

midday meal

lunch-hour · lunchbox · lunchroom

lung2 related words

organ

heart-lung · lungful

lust3 related words

desire

lust · lustful · lustfully

lympho3 related words

lymph

lymphoblastic · lymphocytic

lysis8 related words

loosening

dialysis · electrolysis · haemodialysis

Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.