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Etymology

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.

Latin(5848)

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Old English(2565)

Old French(1897)

Proto-Germanic(1736)

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French(452)

la-lat(405)

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xno(253)

Italian(155)

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la-new(53)

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gml(36)

onomatopoeic(27)

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odt(25)

Medieval Latin(24)

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goh(16)

pro(16)

osx(15)

cel-gau(15)

Portuguese(13)

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English(12)

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gmh(7)

Japanese(7)

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Russian(6)

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la-ecc(6)

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peo(5)

Turkish(5)

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Chinese(5)

da(5)

cy(5)

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egy(4)

iir-pro(4)

Irish(4)

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no(4)

tnq(4)

ta(4)

nds(4)

ett(3)

ms(3)

gd(3)

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ca(3)

nci(3)

rom(3)

sv(3)

Vulgar Latin(3)

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hi(3)

ira-pro(3)

gmq-pro(2)

jv(2)

Aramaic(2)

Czech(2)

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ga(2)

vls(2)

ml(2)

pal(2)

sga(2)

sem-pro(2)

axm(2)

ber-pro(2)

osp(2)

Polish(2)

Old Persian(2)

Old High German(2)

dra-pro(2)

egx-dem(2)

mga(2)

ofs(2)

en(2)

sh(2)

ota(2)

Yiddish(2)

nen(1)

nn(1)

non-oen(1)

oban(1)

otk(1)

oty(1)

phn(1)

syc(1)

tilt(1)

tl(1)

tpw(1)

trk-pro(1)

ur(1)

urj-pro(1)

vai(1)

valt(1)

vot(1)

wa(1)

wlm(1)

wo(1)

xgn-pro(1)

xtg(1)

zoss(1)

pl(1)

pms(1)

poz-pro(1)

pra-sau(1)

puse(1)

rau(1)

rim(1)

rme(1)

ro(1)

roa-opt(1)

roa-pro(1)

sexe(1)

sit-pro(1)

skak(1)

sons(1)

sux(1)

arc(1)

akk(1)

afa-pro(1)

af(1)

adle(1)

Wiradjuri(1)

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Turkic(1)

Tupi(1)

Scottish Gaelic(1)

Romani(1)

Quechua(1)

Powhatan(1)

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Occitan(1)

New Latin(1)

Narragansett(1)

Kongo(1)

Hawaiian(1)

Gaulish(1)

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Egyptian(1)

Dhivehi(1)

Choctaw(1)

Cantonese(1)

Burmese(1)

Breton(1)

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Akkadian(1)

Afrikaans(1)

nds-de(1)

nap(1)

mr(1)

mkh-pro(1)

mi(1)

mh(1)

mdf(1)

lysu(1)

lopt(1)

la-ren(1)

ko(1)

keni(1)

kaw(1)

jam(1)

hu(1)

hoen(1)

gu(1)

grc-dor(1)

gmq-oda(1)

fon(1)

eu(1)

es-ear(1)

enm-wmi(1)

en-ear(1)

emk(1)

cu(1)

cr(1)

cop(1)

awd-pro(1)

arw(1)

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