Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*legʰ-
10 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-, most common first.
- lawThe body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- layTo place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- lieTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- ledgerA book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- LeicestershireAn inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.
- lairA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
- ledgeA narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- leesThe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- LoireThe longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
- liasA type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales.