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La
- labio-, labi-, labr- (Latin: lip, lips)
- labor-, laborat- (Latin: work)
- labrum (Latin: a lip)
- labyrinth- (Greek: maze; the inner ear)
- lachano-, lachan- (Greek: vegetable, of vegetables)
- laconi-, lacon- (Latin: concise, abrupt; literally, resembling the style of the Lacedaemonians or Spartans)
- lacrimo-, lacrim-, lacri-, lachrymo-, lacrym-, lacrymi-, lachry- (Latin: tears, tear [from the eye])
- lacto-, lact-, lacti- (Latin: milk)
- lacuno-, lacun- (Latin: small pit, gap)
- lagneuo-, lagneu- (Greek: sexual intercourse)
- -lagnia, -lagny, -lagnic (Greek > Latin: a suffix; lust, lustful, lecherous; a sexual predilection specified by the combining root)
- lalo-, lallo-, lalio-, lal-, -lalia, -lalic (Greek: speech, babbling, chattering)
- lambda (Greek: the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet)
- lamelli-, lamell- (Latin: thin plate or layer)
- lamino-, lamin-, lamina-, lamn- lamell- (Latin: thin plate or layer; the neurophysis of a vertebra)
- lampro- (Greek: bright, clear)
- lano-, lan- (Latin: wool)
- laparo-, lapar- (Greek: the soft part of the body between the ribs and the hip, flank, loin; denotes the flank or loins and the abdominal wall)
- lapid-, lapis- (Latin: stone, rock)
- laps-, lab- (Latin: to slip, to fall; to glide)
- larcen-, latro- (Latin: theft, robbery, felony; from latrocinium, service of mercenaries; freebooting, robbery; latro, "a mercenary soldier; robber")
- lard (Greek: fat > Latin: [lardum] bacon)
- larvi-, larv- (Latin: insect in its grub stage; from Latin larva, "mask" and by extension, "ghost", the idea being that an insect in its grub stage is merely a ghost of its future self and bears no resemblance to its future form)
- laryngo-, laryng- (Greek: throat, upper part of the windpipe; the vocal-chord area of the throat; the musculocartilaginous structure below the tongue root and hyoid bone and above the trachea)
- later-, lateral-, -late, -lat, -lation, -lative (Latin: bear; carry)
- latero-, later-, lateri-, -lateral, -laterally (Latin: side, sideways; flank)
- Latin numerals: unus to M (mille)
- laud- (Latin: praise)
- lauro- (Greek: a drain, passage; sewer)
- lav-, lava-, lavat- (Latin: wash, bathe)
- lax- (Latin: loose; slack)
Le
- lecitho-, lecith- (Greek: yolk of an egg; a reference to the ovum)
- leg-, lex (Latin: pertaining to the law, legal)
- legi-,-lectic (read, recite) words: collect to sortilege.
- leio-, lei-, li-, lio- (Greek: smooth)
- lemma- [singular], lemmata- [plural] (Greek > Latin: to take [something for granted])
- lemmo-, lemm-, lemma- (Greek: sheath, husk)
- lenti-, lent- (Latin: lens, lentil)
- lenticulo-, lenticul- (Latin: lentil-shaped, lentil; a term later used to refer to "the lentil-shaped lens of the eye")
- lepido-, lepid-, lepo-, -lepis (Greek: flake, scale)
- lepidopter- (Greek: moths, butterflies; a combination of lepido-, "flake" or "scale" and ptero, "wing")
- lepo-, lep- (Greek: take, seize)
- lepor- (Latin: rabbit, hare)
- lepro-, lepr- (Greek, [lepra]: scaly, scabby, leprous)
- -lepsy, -lepsia, -lepsis, -leptic (Greek: a suffix; a violent attack, a seizing)
- lepto-, lept- (Greek: thin, small, fine, delicate; from "peeled, husked"; used primarily in the sense of "abnormally thin, narrow, or delicate")
- lesbi- (Greek > Latin: Greek Lésbios through Latin Lesbius; lesbian; homosexual relations between women)
- letha- (Latin: deadly, mortal)
- letho-, leth- (Greek > Latin: lie hidden, secretely; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; also sleepy, drowsy, dull, sluggish)
- leuco-, leuc-, leuko-, leuk-, -leukemia (Greek: white; the primary meaning now is the color "white"; but it comes from "light, clear, bright")
- lev-, levi- (Latin: light in weight, lightness; raise, lift)
- levo- (laevo-, British)
- levulos-, laevulos- (Latin: fructose; from laev[us], "left")
- lexico-, -lexia (a word; a saying) words: alexia to paralexia.
Li
- liber- (Latin: free)
- libido-, libidi-, libid- (Latin: sexual lust, lascivious, full of desire, sensual passion; sexual instinct)
- libr-, libel (Latin: book; originally, the "inner bark of a tree", whence "the text written on this", "collection of leaves for writing", and finally "book")
- libra-, liber- (balance, level, even): deliberate to libration
- lieno-, lien- (Greek > Latin: spleen)
- lig- (Latin: tie, bind)
- ligni-, lign- (Latin: wood)
- ligyro-, ligyr- (Greek: clear, sharp, distinct)
- limi-, lim- (Latin: mud)
- limin, lim- (Latin: threshold [of consciousness]; boundary, limit)
- limno-, limn- (Greek: lake, marshy lake, pool, marsh)
- limo-, lim- (Greek: hunger, appetite)
- linguo-, lingu-, lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical, -linguistically (Latin: tongue, language)
- lino-, lin-, line- (Greek > Latin: line, thread, string, cord, net)
- lipo- (Greek: to leave [behind], fail, lack; lacking)
- lipo-, lip- (fat, fatty): adenolipoma to lipodology, part 1 of 2.
- lipo-, lip- (fat, fatty): lipodystrophy to myolipoma, part 2 of 2.
- liqu-, lique- (Latin: flow, fluid, wave)
- lisso-, liss- (Greek: smooth, polished)
- liter- (Latin: letter)
- liter- (Latin: letter)
- litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites (Greek: stone, rock)
- -littoral (Latin > Italian: a suffix; seashore; pertaining to the seashore)
- livid-, liv- (Latin > French: bluish, livid; bluish color)
Lo
- lobo-, lob- (Greek > Latin > French: a rounded projection, especially a rounded projecting anatomical part; such as, lobe of the ear, lobe of the liver, lobe of the lung; seed, pod)
- lochio- (Greek: childbirth; vaginal discharge following childbirth)
- lochmo-, lochm- (Greek: thicket, bush)
- loco- (Latin: place; from place to place; where something is placed)
- locu-, loc- (Latin: talk, speak, say, word, speech)
- logo-, log-, -logia (word, talk, speech, speak; word) words: alogia to logomancy, part 1 of 2.
- logo-, log-, -logia (word, talk, speech, speak; word) words: logomania to teralogism, part 2 of 2.
- long-, longi- (Latin: long)
- lopho-, loph-, lophio-, lophi- (Greek: ridge; crest, tuft; by extension, hill top)
- loqu-, -loquence (talk, speak, say) words: alalieniloquent to veriloquent
- loutro-, loutr- (Greek: bath, bathing)
- loxo-, lox- (Greek: slanting, oblique)
Lu
- lucifer (Latin: literally, "light-bringer" or "bringing light" devil, demon, Satan)
- luco-, luc-, luci-, lux, -lucence, -lucent (Latin: light, shine)
- lucr- (Latin: wealth, wealthy, rich; gain, profit, money; avarice)
- lud-, ludi-, lus- (Latin: play, make sport of, jest; sportive; pastime)
- lue- (Latin: pestilence, infection, plague; a synonym for "syphilis")
- lugubri-, lugubr- (Latin: pertaining to mourning, mournful, painful; lament, bewail)
- lumbo-, lumb- (Latin: loin)
- lumen-, lumin- (light, shine; torch, lamp; heavenly body) words: bioluminescence to unilluminated
- luna, luni-, lun-, lunu- (Latin: moon, light, shine)
- Luna, the earth moon, words from myths.
- lupus, lup- (Latin: wolf [pertaining to or connected with a "wolf"])
- lustr-, lust- (Latin: light up, shine)
- lut- (Latin: mud; clay; dirt; filth; mire)
- lute- (Latin: the color yellow, orange-yellow)
- luto-, lut-, luv-, lu- (Latin: wash, clean; washing of water against the shore; a flood)
- lutra-, lutr- (Latin: otter; aquatic animal)
- luxur- (Latin: excess, have to excess; grow profusely)
Ly
- lyco-, lyc-, lycos- (Greek: wolf)
- lygo-, lyg- (Greek: shadow, shadowy; shade, darkness; twilight; gloomy)
- lympho-, lymph- (Greek: water, yellowish fluid; connected with, or containing, lymph, a transparent fluid that is derived from body tissue and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels)
- lype- (Greek: grief; melancholia)
- lyso-, lyo-, ly-, -lysin, -lys-, -lysis, -lytic, -lyt-, -lyz- (Greek: loosening, dissolving, dissolution)
- lysso-, lyss-, lyssa-, lytta- (Greek: madness, fury, rage)
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