Old 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.
Old English (2565)
hāmettan
1
hāmlēas
1
hāmstede
1
hāmweard
1
hān
1
hās
1
hāt
4
hē
1
hēafod
6
hēafodeċe
1
hēah
4
hēahweġ
1
hēahþu
1
hēalīce
1
hēap
1
hēdan
5
hēla
1
hēo
1
hēr
9
hīeran
2
hīeġ
1
hīgian
1
hōc
3
hōd
3
hōn
1
hū
2
hūs
6
hūsbonda
1
hǣlan
1
hǣling
1
hǣlþ
1
hǣr
4
hǣtu
1
hȳdan
2
hȳr
2
hȳrian
1
ic
1
ieg
1
ieldra
1
ieldu
1
igland
1
ilca
1
impian
1
in
7
inca
1
incyme
1
inn
2
inne
1
innemest
2
innera
1
insiht
1
intō
1
inweard
1
is
2
lacan
1
lagu
10
lama
1
lamb
1
land
12
landhlāford
1
landmearc
1
landsċipe
1
lang
6
langian
2
langsum
1
lanu
1
lator
1
latost
1
leaf
1
leas
1
lecgan
5
left
1
lenden
1
lendenu
1
lengþ
1
lengþu
3
lenġan
1
leogan
1
leoht
2
leornian
3
leornung
1
leosan
1
leþer
1
leġer
1
libban
3
liccian
2
licgan
2
lifer
1
lifian
2
lifiġende
1
lihtan
1
lilie
1
lim
1
limpan
1
lippa
1
liss
1