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)
spēd
4
spīr
1
spīwan
1
spīþra
1
spōn
4
spǣċ
1
staca
1
stamerian
1
standan
6
standende
1
stapol
1
starian
1
steall
3
stearc
2
steartlian
1
stede
4
stedefæst
2
stelan
2
stemn
1
stenc
1
steor
1
steorbord
1
steorfan
1
steorra
3
steort
1
steppan
2
sticca
1
stician
1
stille
4
stincan
3
stingan
1
stiċe
1
stocc
5
stoppian
4
storm
1
strang
1
stranglīċe
1
streccan
1
streng
1
strengþu
5
strenġ
1
streċċan
2
streċċende
1
strica
1
stricen
1
strop
1
strācian
1
strēam
1
strēaw
1
strēawberġe
1
strēon
1
strēġan
1
strīcan
1
strīdan
2
strīepan
1
strūtian
1
strǣt
1
strȳnd
1
stund
1
stunian
1
stybb
2
styrian
2
styrne
2
styrtan
3
stæf
1
stæg
1
stælwierðe
1
stæpe
2
stær
1
stæþþiġ
1
stān
5
stānig
1
stānweorc
1
stēam
1
stēap
2
stēop-
6
stēopfæder
1
stēopmōdor
1
stēor
1
stēoran
2
stēpel
1
stīele
1
stīf
1
stōl
1
stōw
1
stūpian
1
stǣġer
1
sum
3
sum dǣl
1
sumor
1
sunnan lēoht
1
sunnandæġ
1
sunnbēam
1
sunne
6
sunu
2
swan
1