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)
boga
1
bolla
1
bolster
1
bolt
2
bord
7
bordclāþ
1
borgian
2
borian
1
botl
1
botm
1
box
3
brand
1
brecan
11
bregdan
1
bremman
1
breotan
2
bridd
3
bringan
2
brocen
1
bryce
2
brycġ
1
brycġian
1
brynstān
1
bryċe
1
brægen
7
bræmbel
1
bræs
3
bræsen
1
bræġn
1
brād
5
brēad
2
brēdan
3
brēme
1
brēosa
1
brēost
3
brēowan
1
brēr
1
brīdel
1
brōc
1
brōd
3
brōm
1
brōþor
3
brōþorrǣden
1
brū
2
brūn
1
brǣdu
1
brǣþ
4
brȳd
3
brȳdealo
1
brȳsan
2
bucc
1
budda
1
bugan
2
buhsum
1
bula
1
burh
1
butere
5
buterflēoge
1
bycġan
1
byht
1
byldan
3
byrden
1
byrst
1
byrthen
1
byrġan
1
byrġels
1
bæc
10
bæcere
1
bæddel
1
bær
2
bærlic
1
bærlīċe
1
bærs
1
bæst
1
bæþ
2
bæþhūs
1
bā þā
1
bān
10
bāt
2
bēacn
1
bēacnian
2
bēam
1
bēamian
1
bēan
1
bēatan
3
bēo
2
bēocere
1
bēon
5
bēor
1
bēost
1
bī
2
bī healfe
1
bīdan
1
bītan
5
bōc
6
bōnda
1