Lene

Morpheme

Lene

Type

bound base

Denotation

soft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm

Etymology

Latin lēnītus, from lēnīre, from lēnis

Evidence

delenition, lenes, lenience, leniency, lenient, leniently, lenified, lenifies, lenify, lenifying, lenis, lenite, lenited, lenites, leniting, lenition, lenitively, lenitiveness, lenity, overleniency, overlenient, semperlenity, superlenient, ultralenient, unlenient, unleniently, unlenited