OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
lid3 related words
cover
eyelid · lid · lidless
light54 related words
illumination
backlight · backlighting · blue-light
lim6 related words
threshold
prelim · prelims · sublimate
limin10 related words
threshold
eliminate · elimination · eliminator
lineage2 related words
line of descent
matrilineage · patrilineage
lingu16 related words
language; tongue
bilingual · bilingualism · ethnolinguistic
link6 related words
connection
comlink · cross-link · downlink
lion3 related words
lion
lion · lionfish · lionize
lipo3 related words
fat
lipoprotein · liposuction
liquid9 related words
fluid
liquid-crystal · liquid-fuel · liquidation
liter16 related words
letter
alliterate · alliterative · literacy
literate3 related words
able to read and write
literate · non-literate · semi-literate
lith11 related words
stone
megalith · megalithic · monolith
litho6 related words
stone
chromolithograph · lithograph · lithographic
liturg2 related words
public service
liturgical · liturgist
liver3 related words
organ
cod-liver · liver · liverwurst
lix2 related words
to flow
prolix · prolixity
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
macro11 related words
large
macro-structure · macrocosm · macrocosmic
mad5 related words
insane
half-mad · mad · madhouse
made10 related words
created
american-made · chinese-made · french-made
magn13 related words
great; large
magnanimity · magnanimous · magnanimously
mail6 related words
postal items
mail · mailbag · mailbox
main9 related words
principal
main-course · mainland · mainline
malari2 related words
malaria
antimalarial · malarial
malt3 related words
germinated grain
malt · malted · malty
mammo2 related words
breast
mammogram · mammography
mani9 related words
hand
manicure · manicurist · manifest
mania18 related words
madness
dipsomania · egomania · egomaniacal
manu14 related words
hand
amanuensis · manipulative · manual
manual2 related words
hand
manual-shift · non-manual
mao2 related words
name
maoism · maoist
marc2 related words
mark
demarcate · demarcation
margin7 related words
edge
marginal · marginalia · marginality
mari2 related words
sea
mariculture · maritime
marine3 related words
sea
submarine · ultramarine
marriage3 related words
state of being married
marriage · marriageable · remarriage
marry3 related words
to wed
intermarry · marrying · remarry
marx2 related words
proper name
marxian · marxist
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.