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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter L. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples jac-lie: Latin: jaceo "to be thrown": adjacency, adjacent, circumjacency ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples lab-, lep-[1]grasp, seize, take: Greek: λαμβάνειν (lambánein), λῆψις (lêpsis), λῆμμα (lêmma)
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized ...
Capital yogh (left), lowercase yogh (right) In Modern English yogh is pronounced / j ɒ ɡ /, / j ɒ x / using short o [2] or / j oʊ ɡ /, / j oʊ k /, / j oʊ x /, using long o. [3]It stood for / ɡ / and its various allophones—including [ɡ] and the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] —as well as the phoneme / j / ( y in modern English orthography).
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).