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)
circulacioun
1
circuler
1
circumstaunce
1
circus
4
cirurgical
1
citacioun
1
cite
1
citeseyn
1
claimen
1
clarifien
1
claritee
1
claspe
2
clause
1
cleche
1
cleken
1
clenchen
1
clene
1
clener
1
clenly
1
clensen
1
clere
1
clerli
1
clernesse
1
clew
1
client
1
climat
3
climben
1
clingen
1
clippen
1
cliver
1
clog
1
cloistre
1
cloke
1
clokke
1
clos
1
closen
1
closure
1
clot
1
cloteren
1
cloth
1
clothes
1
clothing
1
cloud
1
cloudy
1
clubbe
1
clucchen
1
clusen
1
clyf
1
clymbere
1
clymbyng
1
coagulaten
1
cocodrill
1
code
1
coffyn
1
coke
1
colane
1
cold
1
cole
2
colen
1
coler
1
colier
1
colleccioun
1
collecten
1
collectour
1
college
1
colour
1
columne
1
comaundour
1
comb
1
combinacioun
1
comen
1
coment
1
comete
1
comfortable
1
comforten
1
commanden
1
commencen
1
commendacioun
1
commenden
1
commentator
1
commissioner
1
commissioun
1
committen
1
communicate
1
communite
1
companion
1
companye
1
comparable
1
comparatif
1
comparen
1
comparisoun
1
compassioun
1
compellen
1
compensacioun
1
competent
1
compilen
1