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)
wyrm
1
wyrman
1
wyrċende
1
wyrġan
1
wæcce
2
wæcnan
1
wælisc
1
wær
2
wærc
1
wærmiġende
1
wæs
1
wæscan
2
wæsp
1
wæter
2
wæterġefeall
1
wæċċan
1
wā
1
wāclīċe
1
wē
1
wēdan
1
wēnan
1
wēod
1
wēpan
2
wērig
2
wēriġ
1
wīd
2
wīf
2
wīfmann
2
wīn
1
wīnberġe
1
wīpian
1
wīr
2
wīs
1
wīsdōm
1
wīse
3
wōgian
1
wōp
1
wǣg
1
wǣge
1
wǣpen
1
wǣpn
1
wǣr
1
wǣre
2
wǣrloga
1
wǣt
wǣtan
1
wȳsċan
1
yfel
2
ynċe
1
æce
1
æcer
1
æfre
1
æftan
1
æfter
7
æfterweard
1
æfteweard
1
æg
2
æmete
1
æppel
2
æsce
1
æsċe
1
æt
2
æt ān
2
æx
1
ðǣrbig
1
þanc
1
þancas
1
þancful
1
þancfullīċe
1
þanne
1
þas
1
þencan
2
þenċan
1
þenċende
1
þicce
1
þiccet
1
þicnes
1
þider
1
þing
2
þis
1
þorniġ
1
þresċold
1
þridda
1
þrote
1
þrāwan
1
þrēat
1
þrēatian
1
þrēatnian
1
þrēotīene
1
þrī
1
þrīfeald
1
þrītiġ
1
þrǣd
2
þrǣl
1
þunor
1
þurh
3