lent- root words — words with the lent- root

The root lent- comes from Latin lentus, meaning pliant, slow. 8 words in Dendril are built from it, including relent, relented, relenting, relentless, relentlessly, relents, unrelenting, unrelentingly. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the lent- root

Explore words with lent- — words containing the lent- root and sharing its sense of "pliant, slow". Examples include relent, relented, relenting, relentless, relentlessly, relents, unrelenting, unrelentingly. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The lent- root means pliant, slow, from Latin lentus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.