Words

lāvaṇya लावण्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beauty, loveliness, charm".

laylak ليلك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lilac", derived from Persian.

le Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "together with".

lé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "exceed, increase".

leac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "leek, herb".

leah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "woodland, clearing".

leas Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "without, lacking".

leboha Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "thank".

leḥem לֶחֶם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "bread".

lei Polynesian, Hawaiian
Polynesian word meaning "garland, crown of flowers".

leiba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

leif Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "inheritance, legacy, remainder, remnant".

leih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "melody, tune".

leikr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "play, game, sport".

lēkjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "doctor, healer".

lemo לְמוֹ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "at, to, for".

leo 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lion".

leo 2 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "voice, sound".

leof Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear, beloved".

leon λέων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lion".

ler 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sea".

letha Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to bring".

leub Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "dear, beloved".

leubaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dear, beloved".

leudīz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "people".

leugō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "marriage".

leuhtą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "light".

leukos λευκός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "white, bright".

lev לֵב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "heart".

leva Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

levana לְבָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "moon".

Levi לֵוִי Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "Levite".

lewo Old High German, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "lion".

li לִי Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to me, for me, my, mine".

liber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "free".

licc Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word (unattested) meaning "stream".

liepa Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "linden tree".

lijer лијер South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "lily" (of Egyptian origin, via Greek).

lil 𒆤 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "wind, breeze, phantom".

līlā लीला Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "play, amusement".

lilium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lily" (of Egyptian origin, via Greek).

lin Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flax".

lind 1 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "soft, flexible, tender, mild".

lind 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

lind 3 Albanian
Albanian word meaning "to give birth".

linda 1 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to wait, to guard".

linda 2 Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

lindō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "linden tree, lime tree".

linnaea Various
Latin scientific word meaning "twinflower", after the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus.

linta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

linþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "soft, flexible, tender, mild".

linum Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "flax".

liob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dear, beloved".

liod Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "people".

lioht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "light".

liros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sea, ocean".

lirou Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "sea".

lisŭ лисъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fox".

lītilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small".

lítill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small".

liud Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "people".

liut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people".

lĭvŭ льбъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "lion".

llanw Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "tide, flow".

lliant Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flow, flood".

llin Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flax, linen" (probably of Latin origin).

llwyd Welsh
Welsh word meaning "grey".

llys Welsh
Welsh word meaning "plant".

lo לֹא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "not".

lob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "praise".

locana लोचन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eye".

locus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "place".

logos λόγος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "word, speech".

longus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "long", distantly related to English long (see lang).

lonĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pot".

lubą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "praise".

lubō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "love".

ľuby Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "love".

lucky English
English word meaning "lucky".

ľudŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "people".

lufu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "love".

lugal 𒈗 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "king".

lule Albanian
Albanian word meaning "flower".

luna Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "moon".

lundr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "grove".

lunga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be correct".

luo λύω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to loosen".

lupus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wolf".

lux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "light".

luxus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "luxury, extravagance".

luzil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small".

lykos λύκος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wolf". The genitive form is λύκου (lykou).

lyng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heather".

lysis λύσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "a release, loosening".

lyssa λύσσα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "madness, rabies".

lysŭ лꙑсъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bald".

m Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "my, me" (first-person pronoun).

má 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "know".

maa маа Mongolian
Mongolian feminine suffix, originating in Tibetan meaning "mother".

maʿase מַעֲשֶׂה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "deed, work".

macc Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "son".

macer Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thin".

mache μάχη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "battle".

macian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to make".

macon Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to make".

mad Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good, fortunate".

madaḥa مدح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to praise".

madhu मधु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honey, sweet".

madhukara मधुकर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bee, honey-maker".

madīna مدينة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "city".

madonna Italian
Italian title for the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady".

máel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bald, shaved, tonsured", and by extension "devotee, servant".

mael Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Welsh and Breton word meaning "prince, chieftain, lord".

mær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "girl, maid".

mære Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

mærr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

mageną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "power, strength".

magister Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "teacher, master, leader".

maglos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "noble, chief".

magn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "power, strength".

magnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "great".

Magyar Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "Hungarian".

māh ماه Persian
Persian word meaning "moon".

mahā महा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "great".

mahal Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "meeting, assembly, court".

mahhon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to make".

maḥmūd محْمود Arabic
Arabic word meaning "praised, commendable".

maht Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "might, strength".

mahtiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "might, strength".

main Welsh
Welsh word meaning "slender, thin".

maior Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "greater", later acquiring the meaning "civic leader, mayor" in Medieval Latin.

maiorana Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "marjoram".

maith Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "good".

maius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "May (month)".

majada مجد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be glorious".

mājid ماجد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "glorious".

majīd مجيد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "glorious".

mäki Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "hill, mountain".

makon Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "to make".

makōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to make".

makram مكْرم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "noble trait".

makros μακρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "long, tall".

makwos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "son".

malʾaḵ מַלְאָךְ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "messenger, angel".

malak ملك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "angel".

malaḵ מָלַךְ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to reign".

malaka ملك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to acquire, to possess".

mālatī मालती Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "jasmine".

malik ملك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "king".

malina Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "raspberry".

malmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sand, ore".

malmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ore, metal".

malŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "small".

man 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "person, man".

man 2 من Persian
Persian pronoun meaning "I, me, my".

mana 2 Polynesian, Hawaiian
Polynesian word meaning "power".

manā منا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to tempt, to put to the test".

manag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "many".

managaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "many".

manah 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "thought, mind".

manas मनस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mind, intellect, spirit".

mancus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "maimed, crippled".

mandala Old High German
Old High German word meaning "almond", of Latin origin.

manīṣā मनीषा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "thought, wisdom".

mañju मञ्जु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lovely, beautiful".

mañjula मञ्जुल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasing, beautiful".

mañjūṣā मञ्जूषा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "small box, small chest".

mann Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "person, man".

mannô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "person, man".

mansus Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "dwelling".

manta Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian and Latvian word meaning "property, wealth".

mantra मन्त्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "instrument of thought, prayer, advice".

mantus Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian word meaning "intelligent".

maqṣid مقْصد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "goal, purpose, intention".

marah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".

marāl مرال Persian
Persian word meaning "deer".

marama Maithili
Maori word meaning "moon".

marar מָרַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be bitter".

marca Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "border, boundary, march", of Germanic origin.

marchisus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "marquis".

marcus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hammer".

mare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sea".

margarites μαργαρίτης Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pearl".

marhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horse".

mari Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

mariscalcus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "groom", ultimately derived from the Germanic roots *marhaz "horse" and *skalkaz "servant". This is the origin of the English word marshal.

marjān مرْجان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "coral".

marka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "border, boundary, march".

markō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "border, boundary, march".

māros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "great, big".

martellus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "hammer".

mashiyaḥ מָשִׁיחַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "anointed, Messiah".

maslo Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "butter".

maṯ מַת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "man".

math Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bear (animal)".

maþlą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "meeting, assembly, council".

maðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).

mati मति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mind, thought".

mātīr Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "mother".

matis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "good".

matta Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "reed mat".

mattan מַתָּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift".

mattaṯ מַתָּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift".

matus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear (animal)", possibly originally from *matis "good".

maur Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "great, big".

maurus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "Moorish, North African" (of Greek origin).

mawar Malay
Malay word meaning "rose".

mawī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "girl, maid".

māyā माया Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "illusion, magic".

mayra майра Chechen
Nakh word meaning "husband, brave man".

mayūra मयूर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "peacock".

māza ماز Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to separate, to distinguish".

mé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "do, act".

mečĭ мечь Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sword".

medea μήδεα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "plans, counsel, cunning".

medicus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "doctor".

medo μέδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to protect, to rule over".

medomai 1 μέδομαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on".

medomai 2 μήδομαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to plan, to plot, to intend".

medvědĭ медвѣдь Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bear (animal)".

meeli Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "mood, mind".

megas μέγας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "big, great".

megha मेघ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "cloud".

megin Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "power, strength".

meier Medieval German, Medieval Dutch
Middle High German and Middle Dutch word meaning "bailiff, administrator, steward" (of Latin origin). It also came to mean "tenant farmer".

meir מֵאִיר Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "giving light".

meiros Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "peace".

mel Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "honey".

mela Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to stand for, to represent".

melaina μέλαινα Ancient Greek
Feminine form of melas.

melas μέλας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "black, dark".

meldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "gentle, mild, pleasant".

melek Turkish
Turkish word meaning "angel", ultimately from Arabic.

meleḵ מֶלֶךְ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "king".

meli μέλι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "honey".

melissa μέλισσα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bee".

melodia μελῳδία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, chant".

melon μῆλον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fruit".

melos μέλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".

melti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grind, mill".

mene μήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

menis μῆνις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wrath".

meno μένω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to stay, to wait, to remain, to last".

menos μένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, strength, courage, force".

menta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "mint".

mercari Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to trade, to sell".

merces Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "reward, wages", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity".

meri 1 Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "sea".

meri 2 Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "lake".

meritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "deserving".

mērjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

meros μέρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "part, share".

mers 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

měrŭ мѣръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "great, famous".

merula Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "blackbird".

merx Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "merchandise, goods".

mes 𒈩 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "hero, young man".

mespilum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "medlar tree" (of Greek origin).

meta μετά Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "with".

meter μήτηρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mother". The genitive form is μητρός (metros).

methystos μέθυστος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "intoxicated, drunk".

mezi Igbo
Igbo word meaning "repair, correct".

mezzirahs Old High German
Old High German word meaning "knife".

mi 6 מִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "who" (interrogative pronoun).

mi 8 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "me, my".

mi 9 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to stand".

middel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "middle".

mihr 𐭬𐭲𐭥 Middle Persian
Middle Persian word meaning "friendship, love, kindness" and "sun".

milde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gentle, mild, pleasant".

mille Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "mill".

milovati Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to show mercy, to caress, to love".

miltos μίλτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "red earth".

milŭ милъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "gracious, dear".

mimosa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "mimosa flower", ultimately from Greek μῖμος (mimos) "mimic".

mīna मीन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fish".

minetei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to think, to remember, to mention".

minna 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "love, remembrance".

minna 2 منّة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "favour, grace".

mintis Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "thought".

mīra मीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sea, ocean".

mirabilis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wonderful".

miraculum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "miracle, wonder".

mirandus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "admirable, wonderful, worthy of being admired".

mirare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to wonder at, to be astonished at".

mirĭnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "peaceful".

mirŭ миръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "peace, world".

miśra मिश्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mixed, mingled, honourable".

mĭstĭ мьсть Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "vengeance, revenge".

mita मित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "measured".

miðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "middle".

mithra 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "oath, covenant, agreement".

miti Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "sea, salt".

mitra मित्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "friend".

mlk 𐤌𐤋𐤊 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "to rule, king".

mma Igbo
Igbo word meaning "goodness, beauty".

mnester μνηστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wooer, courter".

mo Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "I" (first-person pronoun).

moana Polynesian, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Maori, Samoan, Tongan
Polynesian word meaning "ocean".

mōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mind, mood".

mōdēr Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mother".