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)
twifeald
1
twig
1
twin
3
twinclian
2
twā
2
twēntiġ
1
twīġes
1
tyhtan
1
tyrnan
1
tyrnende
1
tæppa
2
tæppian
1
tæġl
1
tā
1
tācen
2
tāde
1
tēag
1
tēam
1
tēon
1
tīd
2
tīdan
1
tīen
1
tīenfeald
1
tīma
9
tīwesdæġ
1
tō
3
tō morgne
1
tō niht
1
tōdæġ
1
tōforan
1
tōgædere
1
tōh
1
tōl
2
tōm
1
tōweard
2
tōþ
1
tōþeċe
1
tūcian
1
tūn
2
tūnmann
1
tūr
1
tǣcan
1
tǣsan
2
tǣċan
1
tǣċende
1
tȳnan
1
tȳrian
1
un-
242
unclæne
1
uncūth
1
under
23
undergān
1
underliċġan
1
undern
1
underneoþan
1
understandan
1
understandende
1
unefen
1
unfealdan
1
unfæġer
1
unlīċ
1
untīġan
1
unwīs
1
unēaþe
1
unġecnāwen
1
unġehīered
1
upon
1
upp
3
upriht
1
upweardes
2
ut
5
wacan
3
wacian
4
wafian
2
wan-
2
wana
1
wandrian
2
warnian
1
waru
1
wascan
2
wase
1
wealcan
1
wealcende
1
wealcian
1
wealhhnutu
1
weall
1
wealwian
1
weard
1
wearm
2
weax
1
weaxan
1
webb
1
weddian
1
weddung
1
weder
1
wederian
1