Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Middle English (4182)
hey
3
note
3
to
3
ton
3
a
2
axen
2
bal
2
been
2
bere
2
bot
2
bothe
2
brood
2
budde
2
but
2
celer
2
circus
2
confused
2
counseil
2
defenden
2
defens
2
delicat
2
despit
2
dewe
2
dishoneste
2
dividen
2
economike
2
erne
2
ese
2
est
2
estat
2
fantasie
2
finden
2
fresen
2
gendre
2
grom
2
haven
2
her
2
here
2
honeste
2
hostel
2
humain
2
ignominious
2
ille
2
injurie
2
knowen
2
lees
2
lesse
2
logge
2
madame
2
marien
2
mele
2
mi
2
minor
2
or
2
patron
2
per
2
prise
2
pro
2
reden
2
refuge
2
+ 4122 more
Latin (2384)
dis-
9
caput
6
ex
6
campus
5
carrus
5
con-
5
-ber
4
ad-
4
computō
4
dīrēctus
4
in-
4
ad
3
bellus
3
bombus
3
cauda
3
com-
3
contrā
3
ex-
3
gradus
3
historia
3
inclūdō
3
maior
3
medius
3
officium
3
physica
3
polītīa
3
probō
3
reālis
3
salsus
3
strictus
3
tonus
3
accessibilis
2
ad montem
2
adiungō
2
agēns
2
alternō
2
anonymus
2
aptus
2
assistō
2
astrum
2
auctor
2
basis
2
battuō
2
broccus
2
capitulum
2
capiō
2
captō
2
cavea
2
cella
2
certus
2
chaos
2
circulus
2
claustrum
2
clausus
2
colligō
2
commercium
2
competō
2
complēmentum
2
conductus
2
consuetudo
2
+ 2324 more
Old English (1669)
in
4
an
3
don
3
rinnan
3
sum
3
þurh
3
*grōm
2
a-
2
bannan
2
be-
2
bera
2
brād
2
bēon
2
bī
2
coper
2
cruma
2
dragan
2
eallswā
2
fers
2
findan
2
floterian
2
force
2
forma
2
hete
2
hire
2
holh
2
hwīl
2
hām
2
hōd
2
lagu
2
lætra
2
mīn
2
mōna
2
notu
2
of
2
rāp
2
rǣdan
2
sand
2
streċċan
2
stān
2
swerian
2
sċeamol
2
tæppa
2
tō
2
upp
2
wrītan
2
āmasian
2
ġelīċ
2
ġelīċe
2
ǣfre
2
*bangian
1
*beall
1
*beginnende
1
*beonot
1
*blerian
1
*blincan
1
*blǣrettan
1
*brēdende
1
*budde
1
*buht
1
+ 1609 more
Proto-Germanic (1350)
*ab
3
*bannaną
3
*bi-
3
*draganą
3
*ga-
3
*hailaz
3
*hiz
3
*hringaz
3
*mū-
3
*rubbōną
3
*salą
3
*stakô
3
*walkaną
3
*wesaną
3
*agjō
2
*ainaz
2
*andijōną
2
*balluz
2
*bankiz
2
*bazaz
2
*bi
2
*biginnaną
2
*blōþą
2
*brandaz
2
*brekaną
2
*brestaną
2
*brinnaną
2
*brōdijaną
2
*bugja-
2
*burgijaną
2
*buskaz
2
*bō-
2
*drinkaną
2
*dusāną
2
*dūnaz
2
*fehtaną
2
*flutrōną
2
*flutōną
2
*frumjaną
2
*furai
2
*furþą
2
*galīkaz
2
*getaną
2
*grautaz
2
*grōaną
2
*habjaną
2
*hailijaną
2
*haimaz
2
*hnappaz
2
*huppōną
2
*hwīlō
2
*hē₂r
2
*hūsą
2
*klumpô
2
*krakōną
2
*laibijaną
2
*laidijaną
2
*landą
2
*libjaną
2
*lusą
2
+ 1290 more
Old French (1255)
accepter
2
ante
2
delivrer
2
deshoneste
2
destachier
2
enoiier
2
estraier
2
glacier
2
guarantie
2
iconomike
2
lesser
2
ponchonner
2
prosperer
2
reel
2
referer
2
relever
2
residu
2
(li) dis mals
1
*buker
1
*fixer
1
*mus
1
*remedie
1
*scavage
1
-arde
1
-enc
1
abandoner
1
abeter
1
abile
1
ablete
1
abondant
1
abonder
1
absolu
1
abus
1
achever
1
acointance
1
acointier
1
acompagner
1
aconte
1
acoustumer
1
acquisicion
1
acreue
1
actif
1
acusacion
1
acuser
1
adition
1
admettre
1
administration
1
adorer
1
adrecier
1
adversité
1
aesme
1
afaire
1
agreer
1
ahuge
1
aigre
1
air
1
aisié
1
ajoindre
1
ajouster
1
ajurie
1
+ 1195 more
Proto-Indo-European (1077)
*dʰeh₁-
61
*per-
48
*kap-
41
*keh₂p-
31
*h₂er-
27
*h₃reǵ-
27
*leǵ-
25
*steh₂-
25
*sem-
24
*speḱ-
24
*weyd-
24
*ǵenh₁-
24
*bʰeh₂-
22
*h₂eǵ-
22
*sekʷ-
22
*dewk-
21
*mey- (change)
20
*ǵneh₃-
20
*sed-
19
*(s)ker-
18
*bʰer-
18
*peh₂-
18
*teh₂g-
18
*m(y)ewh₁-
17
*ten-
17
*wert-
17
*deyḱ-
16
*gʷem-
16
*krey-
16
*men-
15
*ḱers-
15
*bʰuH-
14
*deh₃-
14
*tḱey-
14
*bʰel-
13
*kʷ-
13
*ped-
13
*pewH-
13
*pleh₁-
13
*dʰegʷʰ-
12
*h₂ey-
12
*sek-
12
*tend-
12
*(s)ker- (turn)
11
*(s)kleh₂w-
11
*h₂eḱ-
11
*men- (think)
11
*pleḱ-
11
*telh₂- (bear)
11
*wed-
11
*ḱerd-
11
*ḱh₂d-
11
*ḱley-
11
*(H)yeh₁-
10
*gel-
10
*gʰed-
10
*gʰeh₁bʰ-
10
*h₁es-
10
*med-
10
*mer-
10
+ 1017 more
Proto-West Germanic (954)
*aigan
2
*aiw
2
*banki
2
*brekan
2
*graut
2
*habbjan
2
*krakōn
2
*libbjan
2
*mīn
2
*skamul
2
*stoppōn
2
*strakkjan
2
*tūn
2
*abbjā
1
*aftar
1
*aggju
1
*ahtō
1
*aik
1
*aikwernō
1
*ain
1
*ainīg
1
*aiskōn
1
*aiþ
1
*aiʀ
1
*akan
1
*aki
1
*akr
1
*ald
1
*all
1
*alljas
1
*allswā
1
*andadōn
1
*andarādan
1
*andī
1
*angil
1
*angul
1
*ankul
1
*applu
1
*apō
1
*arhu
1
*arm
1
*askā
1
*augahlid
1
*augā
1
*austr
1
*auwjuland
1
*auʀahring
1
*auʀā
1
*awi
1
*bablōn
1
*badi
1
*bait
1
*baitijan
1
*bak
1
*bakan
1
*baki
1
*bakku
1
*balgi
1
*baltī̆
1
*balþ
1
+ 894 more
Middle French (512)
advertir
2
iconomique
2
ignominieux
2
-ien
1
abhorrer
1
abject
1
aboliss-
1
absorber
1
abstraction
1
absurde
1
acceptance
1
acces
1
accidentel
1
achevement
1
activité
1
actor
1
acuntant
1
adjuster
1
admirable
1
admiration
1
admirer
1
adopter
1
advertissement
1
affectation
1
affecter
1
agilité
1
aisle
1
alier
1
aligner
1
alluder
1
alternatif
1
ambassee
1
ambitieus
1
amusement
1
analyser
1
annoncement
1
anticipation
1
aptitude
1
architecte
1
aristocratie
1
arrivaille
1
artifice
1
assistant
1
athome
1
attractif
1
audicion
1
automne
1
avantageus
1
avarie
1
axiome
1
ballon
1
balote
1
banque
1
barque
1
batterie
1
beegueule
1
bienfait
1
blandir
1
bleu
1
bombarde
1
+ 452 more
Ancient Greek (413)
κριτικός
3
μικρός
3
ποινή
3
πολιτεία
3
βάσις
2
βραχίων
2
δίπλωμα
2
κάννα
2
κέντρον
2
κυνικός
2
μαθηματικός
2
μοναστήριον
2
Μοῦσα
2
οἰκονομῐκός
2
πλατύς
2
ποιητής
2
σχολή
2
τόνος
2
τῦφος
2
φαντασία
2
φυσική
2
φωνή
2
χάος
2
χάρτης
2
χυμεία
2
ψυχή
2
ἀνάλυσις
2
ἀρχιτέκτων
2
ἄστρον
2
ἐπίσκοπος
2
ἱλαρός
2
ὄργανον
2
ὑστερικός
2
-γραφία
1
-λογία
1
αἰσθητικός
1
αὐτόματον
1
αὔρα
1
βήρυλλος
1
βλασφημέω
1
βολβός
1
βουλιμία
1
βούτῡρον
1
βόμβος
1
βύρσα
1
βᾶρις
1
γένεσις
1
γίγας
1
γίγνομαι
1
Γαγάτης
1
γενεά
1
γενετικός
1
γεω-
1
γραμματική
1
γραφείον
1
γραφικός
1
γυμναστικός
1
Γόριλλαι
1
δάκτυλος
1
δίλημμα
1
+ 353 more
la-lat (348)
ab ante
2
campānia
2
cappa
2
gaudia
2
nūtrīcia
2
proba
2
prode
2
repertōrium
2
*accapō
1
*bilancia
1
*carito
1
*crusciō
1
*dīrēctiāre
1
*imbracchiāre
1
*quaranta
1
*salvāticus
1
*stunō
1
*trītō
1
acceptābilis
1
accessibilitas
1
accidēntālis
1
actuālis
1
additivus
1
advisō
1
aeternālis
1
agonizare
1
ambactia
1
annuālem
1
apologia
1
apostolus
1
apprendō
1
appretiātus
1
appunctō
1
artista
1
assalio
1
assimilātus
1
attractīvus
1
ballare
1
ballō
1
bannum
1
barca
1
bascauda
1
batto
1
battālia
1
beneficiālis
1
benna
1
blasphēmo
1
blāvus
1
bombitō
1
branca
1
bulga
1
burgus
1
burra
1
buxis
1
cambiāre
1
cambiō
1
camīnāta
1
cancellārius
1
capitellum
1
capitāneus
1
+ 288 more
French (295)
carton
2
chef
2
collaborateur
2
isolé
2
plant
2
psychologie
2
académique
1
accommodation
1
acide
1
adhésion
1
adulte
1
adverbe
1
agoniser
1
ajustement
1
alerte
1
alignement
1
alliance
1
altruisme
1
amateur
1
analyste
1
antonyme
1
apologie
1
apostrophe
1
appartement
1
appréciation
1
architecture
1
arrangement
1
artiste
1
artistique
1
association
1
attachement
1
attaque
1
attitude
1
aubergine
1
Baby
1
ballade
1
bandage
1
baroque
1
bicycle
1
bikini
1
billard
1
billion
1
bombe
1
bondir
1
boucanier
1
Bouquet
1
brassière
1
brochure
1
bronze
1
bureau
1
bénéficiaire
1
cabinet
1
cafetière
1
calamiteux
1
calorie
1
calorifique
1
campagne
1
cantine
1
capsule
1
carrière
1
+ 235 more
la-med (280)
analysis
2
clocca
2
custumarius
2
rotulus
2
scaccus
2
taxa
2
werra
2
*credentāre
1
*dētrīmentālis
1
*ingratiatus
1
*initiativus
1
*pernula
1
abstrāctiō
1
acadēmicus
1
accessōrius
1
acousticus
1
agentia
1
allaudō
1
allocō
1
alternātīvus
1
alterō
1
annexāre
1
anniversāria
1
appreciātus
1
aptitudo
1
aptitūdō
1
aqua vītae
1
aristocratia
1
armāta
1
articulatio
1
assessare
1
assimilatio
1
assimulo
1
assistentia
1
auctorizo
1
baga
1
bagea
1
barrare
1
buccus
1
burglātor
1
bursa
1
campio
1
capanna
1
capitāle
1
causāre
1
charactērizō
1
chimista
1
cimitērium
1
clausa
1
coalitiō
1
cocodrillus
1
cognitīvus
1
coincido
1
collectare
1
compatibilis
1
complangere
1
complexiō
1
computātōrium
1
concerno
1
confines
1
+ 220 more
xno (226)
confus
2
*desmaiier
1
*kitoun
1
*leser
1
*robel
1
a part
1
abundant
1
actuel
1
acunte
1
adjoindre
1
afrayer
1
aleger
1
allouer
1
ambassadeur
1
angele
1
anguise
1
aquaintaunce
1
autour
1
avancier
1
aveir
1
aversaire
1
avoider
1
awarder
1
bage
1
baraigne
1
baschet
1
benfet
1
beof
1
blew
1
brevité
1
bruiser
1
buisart
1
cachier
1
carier
1
carier,cariour
1
carpenterie
1
certeinte
1
chacer
1
cherise
1
citesain
1
clyent
1
colur
1
commite
1
compleint
1
conformer
1
convicter
1
cornere
1
corone
1
cosen
1
cotage
1
counté
1
coustume
1
criminal
1
curiouseté
1
curtesie
1
dancier
1
deceivre
1
decheoir
1
defendour
1
delaier
1
+ 166 more
Old Norse (169)
rinna
3
rubba
2
rǫgg
2
taka
2
*brenka
1
*getsa
1
*glenta
1
*glówa
1
*happa
1
*hernest
1
*hlenkr
1
*kytja
1
*slahtr
1
*sprenta
1
*wrek
1
*þóh
1
agi
1
angr
1
angra
1
baggi
1
banga
1
banna
1
blanda
1
boli
1
bragr
1
braka
1
burðr
1
báðir
1
bóndi
1
búa
1
búlki
1
bútr
1
býr
1
bǫllr
1
draga
1
drúpa
1
dumpa
1
dúnn
1
dúsa
1
dǫkk
1
eggja
1
fasta
1
ferja
1
flaga
1
flaðra
1
flytja
1
fló
1
fors
1
frami
1
frjó
1
fáni
1
félagi
1
gagn
1
gap
1
gapa
1
gefa
1
geispa
1
gervi
1
gestr
1
geta
1
+ 109 more
la-vul (125)
capus
2
*abanteāre
1
*adiuxtāre
1
*adventūra
1
*aetāticum
1
*altiare
1
*anteānus
1
*arrestō
1
*attangere
1
*baccinum
1
*bellitātem
1
*biber
1
*bilia
1
*bruscia
1
*brustia
1
*busca
1
*būcus
1
*cadentia
1
*captiāre
1
*causīre
1
*certānitās
1
*chīrurgiānus
1
*contrata
1
*convio
1
*corna
1
*corāticum
1
*coxīnus
1
*crītāre
1
*cāsicāre
1
*cōsuīnus
1
*damnāticum
1
*dantiāre
1
*destrugō
1
*disfidare
1
*disiūnō
1
*diurnāta
1
*dominārium
1
*eciferus
1
*escarnire
1
*exaurare
1
*excambiō
1
*excappāre
1
*excoāctiāre
1
*exfortiō
1
*exmagare
1
*exquadra
1
*extufāre
1
*extūfa
1
*exvanire
1
*fallire
1
*fallita
1
*fatidus
1
*flātor
1
*forānus
1
*ga(v)ota
1
*gagās
1
*glacia
1
*gorga
1
*grammāria
1
*imputō
1
+ 65 more
frk (107)
*hring
3
*ballu
2
*baʀ
2
*bord
2
*brand
2
*busk
2
*grātan
2
*hauh
2
*hnapp
2
*laibijan
2
*raubōn
2
*stakkā
2
*wadi
2
*walkan
2
*wardēn
2
*werru
2
*ansiju
1
*anwadjōn
1
*bakō
1
*ban
1
*baril
1
*bend
1
*blank
1
*blāu
1
*borganjan
1
*brandijan
1
*bristijan
1
*brust
1
*bukk
1
*bungjo
1
*burg
1
*bursti
1
*but
1
*butt
1
*būk
1
*fehu
1
*filtir
1
*flaskā
1
*flokko
1
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1
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