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)
þursdæġ
1
þurst
1
þurstiġ
1
þuruh
1
þus
1
þynne
1
þæt
1
þē
1
þēah
1
þēof
1
þēoh
1
þēr
1
þīefþ
1
þōht
1
þūma
1
þūsend
1
þǣræfter
1
þȳ lǣs þe
1
þȳrlian
1
āberan
2
ābicgan
1
ābregdan
1
ābufan
1
ābīdan
4
āc
2
ācen
1
ācsian
1
ācweorna
1
āgan
3
āgen
2
āgān
1
āhte
1
ālecgan
1
ālīhtan
1
āmasian
2
ān
2
āna
6
ānes
1
ānlīċ
1
ārīsan
1
āscian
1
āseolcan
1
āsolcennys
1
āsċamian
1
āsċamod
1
āweġ
1
āwiht
1
āþ
1
āþor
1
āċēocian
1
ċeallian
1
ċearm
1
ċeorian
1
ċernan
1
ċicen
1
ċiele
1
ċietel
1
ċild
1
ċildhād
1
ċildisċ
1
ċinn
1
ċipp
1
ċirictūn
1
ċiris
1
ċiriċe
1
ċyrn
1
ċēac
1
ċēapian
1
ċēast
1
ċēce
1
ċēoce
1
ċēosan
1
ċīese
1
ēa
1
ēacian
1
ēaganbrū
1
ēage
1
ēare
4
ēarhring
1
ēast
4
ēasterne
1
ēastweard
1
ēaþe
1
ēaġan
1
ēow
1
ēower
1
ġealla
1
ġeard
1
ġeat
1
ġebearded
1
ġebyrddæġ
1
ġebēon
1
ġelīc
1
ġelīclīċe
1
ġelīċ
2
ġelīċe
2