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)
*twiċċan
1
*tyllan
1
*tæl
1
*tīmlīc
1
*tūtian
1
*unfrēondlīċ
1
*untō
1
*welþ
1
*wiermþu
1
*wiht
1
*wildēornes
1
*wlappan
1
*wrinclian
1
*wæst
1
*wæsċende//*wasċende
1
*wēdnesdæġ
1
*þiht
1
*ċippian
1
*ēaghlid
1
-dōm
1
-en
1
-er
7
-feald
1
-flycge
1
-ful
1
-had
1
-hād
1
-ig
2
-ing
1
-isc
1
-leas
2
-less
2
-ling
1
-ly
6
-lēas
8
-līce
3
-līċ
1
-līċe
1
-mest
1
-nes
10
-ness
12
-rǣden
1
-scipe
5
-ship
1
-sum
5
-weard
7
-y
2
a-
6
aac
1
abufan
1
abūtan
1
acan
2
adela
4
aelan
1
afyrhtan
1
afæran
1
Agustus
1
ald
2
altar
1
amang
1
an
5
ancol
1
ancor
2
and
1
andlang
1
andswaru
3
angel
1
anlic
1
anġel
1
apa
1
apostol
1
ariht
1
arisan
assa
2
aweg
1
awæcnan
1
axan
1
axe
1
bacan
5
Badimyncgtun
1
balca
1
bald
2
bana
2
bannan
2
batt
1
baþian
2
be sīdan
1
be-
79
bealcian
1
beald
1
bealdlīċe
1
bealu
1
beam
1
beard
2
bearn
3
becuman
2