Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*leb-
7 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *leb-, most common first.
- labelA small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- lipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- lapThe loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- limboA speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.
- laveTo bathe or wash (someone or something).
- belapTo lap or wrap around (someone or something); to envelop, to surround.
- umbelapTo enshroud, to envelop; to surround.