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)
wefan
1
weg
7
wegan
3
wel
2
wela
2
wella
1
wellcumian
1
weorc
12
weorcmann
1
weorold
1
weorpan
2
weorþ
6
weorþian
1
weorþlēas
1
weorþscipe
1
weorþsċiepe
1
werian
4
werre//wyrre
1
wesan
2
west
6
westerne
1
westweard
2
weþer
1
weġ
2
wicca
1
wicce
3
wiccian
3
wicdæġ
1
wicu
1
widuwe
2
wielle
1
wierrest
1
wiersa
2
wierġan
1
wiht
3
wilcuma
1
wilddeōren
1
wilde
2
willa
3
willan
1
willende
1
willendlīċe
1
willung
1
wincian
1
wind
1
windan
1
windiġ
1
windung
1
winnan
1
winter
3
winċe
1
wise
1
wisian
1
wisnian
1
witan
3
wittiġ
1
wið
1
wiþ
6
wiþ eallum
1
wiþinnan
1
wiþūtan
2
wiċe
1
wiċċa
1
wolcen
1
wolde
1
word
4
woruld
1
woruldlīċ
1
wos
1
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1
wrecan
1
wrecca
1
wrenċ
1
wringan
1
wrist
2
wrēgan
2
wrītan
7
wrītende
1
wrītere
1
wrīþan
1
wrīġian
1
wrōtan
1
wudu
4
wulf
1
wull
2
wund
1
wundian
1
wundor
3
wundorful
1
wundres
1
wundrian
1
wunian
2
wyllen
1
wyrcan
1
wyrd
1
wyrgan
2