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)
bredyng
1
breef
1
breefly
1
breeth
1
brekefast
1
brekelayeer
1
breken
1
brembel
1
brere
1
brese
1
brest
1
bresten
1
breth
1
brethen
1
bribe
1
bridale
1
bride
1
bridel
1
brigge
1
briggen
1
bright
1
brightliche
1
brik
1
brim
1
brimme
1
brimmen
1
brinke
1
bristli
1
broder
1
broken
1
brood
2
brother-in-lawe
1
brotherhod
1
brotherrede
1
broun
1
browsen
1
broylen
1
bruisen
1
brusshe
1
brymston
1
bryngen
1
budde
2
bugge
3
buk
1
buket
2
bulb
1
bulk
1
bulki
1
bullet
1
bunche
1
bunne
1
bunsen
1
burden
1
bush
1
busines
1
busken
1
busten
1
bustlen
1
but
2
buter
1
buterflie
1
by
1
byen
1
byldere
1
byldynge
1
bynne
1
caban
1
cable
1
caboche
1
cacchen
1
cage
1
cake
1
calculation
1
calf
1
calkelatour
1
callar
1
callen
1
calm
1
campen
1
can
1
can not,cannot,cannouȝt
1
cancellen
1
cane
1
canevas
2
canon
1
capacite
1
capitain
1
capitale
1
cappe
1
captif
1
caracter
1
carde
1
care
1
careful
1
careles
1
carfulli
1