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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Italian (155)

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Spanish (53)

la-new (53)

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gml (36)

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odt (25)

Medieval Latin (24)

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pro (16)

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Portuguese (13)

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English (12)

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no (4)

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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)

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ga (2)

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ml (2)

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sga (2)

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axm (2)

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osp (2)

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dra-pro (2)

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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)

Welsh (1)

Turkic (1)

Tupi (1)

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Romani (1)

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Kongo (1)

Hawaiian (1)

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Egyptian (1)

Dhivehi (1)

Choctaw (1)

Cantonese (1)

Burmese (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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