Middle English 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 (4638)
bakwarde
1
bal
2
balaunce
1
balled
1
band
3
baner
1
banishen
1
banke
2
bannen
1
bar
1
barbour
1
bare
1
barel
1
bareyne
1
bargaynen
1
barke
1
barn
1
barren
1
barryer
1
base
1
basket
1
basyn
1
batel
1
baten
1
bath
1
bathen
1
bathhous
1
batten
1
batteren
1
bay
1
be
1
bec
2
becomen
1
bed
1
bedel
1
bedsyde
1
beef
1
beem
1
been
2
beeste
1
before//bifore
1
beggen
1
beginnen
1
begynner
1
begynnyng
1
behaven
1
behavoure
1
behinde
1
beken
1
beleven
1
belongen
1
beloved
1
belwen
1
bely
1
bemen
1
bench
1
benden
1
bene
6
benefytt
1
benethe
1
benigne
1
benignely
1
bent
1
berd
1
berded
1
bere
2
beringe
1
bernen
1
berȝe
1
besegen
1
beside
1
best
1
bestowen
1
beten
1
betrayen
1
better
1
betwene
1
beutifien
1
bever
1
bewteful
1
bewty
1
bi
2
bi cause
1
bidden
1
biforhand
1
bihalve
1
biheste
1
bike
1
bilden
1
bile
1
bileve
1
bilive
1
bill
1
bilooghe
1
binden
1
biquethen
1