Roots (definition) | Paronyms |
lap (to light, burn) | lamp, lantern, and eclampsia |
dnghu-(tongue) | tongue, language, lingo, linguine, and linguist |
leuk (light, brightness) | light, lightning, lux, lucent, Lucifer, illumination, lunar, luster, illustrate, lucid, and lynx |
mei-2 | meiosis, menu, mince, minute, minor, minus, diminish, minimum, minister, ministry, and administration |
man-1 | man, manikin, mannequin, Manu, and mensch |
poti (powerful; lord) | possess, power, possible, potent, and pasha |
saewel-(the sun) | sun, south, southern, solar, and solstice |
gene (to give birth, beget) | gender, general, generate, generic, genre, gene, genocide, genius, engine, genuine, gonad, kin, kind, gentle, progeny, pregnant, nascent, natal, nation, native, innate, puny, and renaissance. |
s(w)e-(self) | self, gossip, suicide, swami, secede, seclude, secret, secure, seduce, segregate, select, separate, sever, sure, sober, sole, solo, solitary, idiom, idiot, and Sinn Fein. |