lex
word, speech; word-book
Greek · lexis, lexikon (λέξις, λεξικόν)
Lex comes from Greek lexis, "word, speech", and lexikon, "word-book". It appears in words about vocabulary, dictionaries, and trouble reading words.
Memory trick
LEXicon holds all the LEXis: every word in the language.
Words from this root
- alexia (a + lex + ia) — loss of ability to readपढ़ने की क्षमता खो देना
- dyslexia (dys + lex + ia) — difficulty reading wordsपढ़ने में कठिनाई
- lexeme (lex + eme) — a basic unit of vocabularyशब्द की मूल इकाई
- lexical (lex + ical) — of words and vocabularyशब्दावली संबंधी
- lexically (lex + ical + ly) — in terms of wordsशब्दों की दृष्टि से
- lexicographer (lexico + grapher) — a dictionary writerकोशकार
- lexicographic (lexico + graphic) — of dictionary writingकोश-लेखन संबंधी
- lexicography (lexico + graphy) — the writing of dictionariesकोश-निर्माण
- lexicologist (lexico + logist) — an expert on word meaningsशब्दार्थ विशेषज्ञ
- lexicology (lexico + logy) — the study of wordsशब्द विज्ञान
- lexicon (lexicon) — a dictionary; a vocabularyशब्दकोश
- lexis (lexis) — all the words of a languageकिसी भाषा के सभी शब्द