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)
bōsm
1
bōt
1
būc
1
būend
1
būr
1
būtan
1
bȳl
1
calu
1
camb
1
camel
1
camp
1
campian, compian
1
candel
1
cann
1
carful
1
carfullīċe
1
carlēas
1
carlēasnes
1
caru
3
castel
1
catt
3
ceaf
2
cealc
1
ceap
1
cearig
1
cell
1
cemban
1
cennan
1
ceorfan
1
ceorl
2
ceorlisc
1
ceosan
1
cicen
1
ciele
4
cierr
1
cild
3
cinu
1
clam
3
clatrian
1
clauster
1
clawu
1
clenċan
2
clenġan
1
clerc
1
clif
1
climban
1
clingan
1
clott
1
cluster
1
clyft
1
clyppan
1
clyċċan
1
clæne
1
clænlic
1
clæppan
1
clāþ
3
clāþas
1
clāþian
1
clēofan
1
clēowen
1
clūd
3
clūdiġ
1
clūt
1
clǣman
1
clǣne
1
clǣnlīċ
1
clǣnra
1
clǣnsian
1
clȳsan
1
cnafa
1
cniht
1
cnocian
2
cnotta
3
cnucel
1
cnyttan
1
cnāwan
4
cnāwen
1
cnēow
1
cnēowlian
1
cnīf
1
cod
1
cofa
1
col
3
colt
1
comēta
1
coper
2
copian
1
copp
1
corn
4
corsian
1
cost
1
cotsǣta
1
crabba
1
cracian
1
crafian
1
crafing
1