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)
liþ
1
liċġan
1
loc
2
loca
1
long
1
loren
1
los
2
losian
2
losod
1
losode
1
lufian
1
lufu
5
lungen
1
lust
6
lyft
1
læt
3
lætan
2
lætra
4
lætt
1
lāc
1
lād
2
lār
1
lāwerce
1
lāþ
1
lāþian
1
lēac
1
lēactric
1
lēad
1
lēaf
1
lēafa
1
lēas
1
lēaþor
1
lēgere
1
lēht
1
lēof
2
lēoht
4
lēohtlīċe
1
līam
1
līcian
2
līcness
1
līf
7
līflēas
1
līflīċ
1
līhtan
1
līm
1
līne
1
līnen
1
līste
1
līþe
3
lōcian
3
lūcan
1
lūs
1
lǣce
1
lǣdan
3
lǣdende
1
lǣdere
1
lǣfan
4
lǣnan
1
lǣs
1
lǣssa
1
lǣst
1
lǣstan
5
lǣste
1
lǣtan
1
lǣwede
1
lȳtel
2
macian
4
macung
1
maegden
1
maga
2
mancynn
1
mangere
2
manig
1
manigeo
1
manigfeald
1
maniġ
1
manlic
1
mann
16
market
1
masc
4
matt
1
mearc
5
mearcian
2
mearg
1
meet
1
mege
1
meltan
1
melu
1
mengan
4
meolc
3
mersċ
1
mete
2
meter
1
midd
4
midde
2
middel
3