legumen (bean): see lego
lemures: ghosts
lemur, lemuriform, lemurine, lemuroid
lenis: soft
lenate, lenience, leniency, lenient, leniently, lenis, lenition, lenitive, lenity
lens (gen. lentis): lentil seed
lens, lenticel, lenticular, lenticulation, lenticule, lentiginose, lentigo, lentil, lentoid, retrolental, sublenticular
-lentia etc.: full of
turbulence etc. (= Eng. -lence etc.)
lentus: flexible, tough, slow
festina lente, letamente, rallentando (It), relent, relentless, relentlessly, unrelenting
leo (gen. leonis): lion (lewn)
chameleon, dandelion, Leo, Leon, Leonard, Leonid, leonine, leopard, liger, lion, lioness, lionize, mountain lion, tigon
OED suggests that leo, not lewn, may be the primary influence on all English derivatives.
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