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English Word Roots/Root Lists A ~ Z

List of English Etymology and English Word Roots Dictionary: [W]

There are 82 English roots starting with [W].
There are 147 words in the top 5,000 most frequently used
English words.
There are 393 words in total.
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Root   Meaning Words(Top5,000) Other words
wage   wage engage ****, wage **** wageless, wagelessness,
wages
wagon   wagon wagon ** bandwagon
wait   wait wait ****, waiter ***, waiting ☆, waitress ☆ await, waitingly
walk   walk,
move round
walk ****, walking **  
wall   wall, rampart,
dike, earthwork
wall **** walled, wallless,
wall-less, walllike
wallet   wallet, roll,
knapsack
wallet **  
wander   wander wander *** wanderer, wanderingly
want   want want **** unwanted
war   war war ****, warfare ☆ post-war, warship
ward
(ward-)
  warde, warder afterwards ***, toward ***, towards **** awardable, awardee,
awarder, downward,
downwardly,
downwardness,
downwards, ward,
wardless
ware   ware,
beware; protect
aware ****, awareness ***, unaware ☆ beware, unawarely,
unawareness, ware
warm   warm warm ****, warmth ** warmer, warming,
warmish, warmly,
warmness, warmthless


warn   warn,
be cautious
warn ****, warning ****  
wash   wash wash **** awash, greenwash,
greenwashing, washable,
washy
watch   watch awake ***, wake ****, watch **** watchful
water   water water ****, watery ☆ waterer, waterily,
wateriness, waterish,
waterless, waterlike
wave   wave wave **** heatwave, microwave,
waveless, wavelike,
wavingly, wavy
way   way always ****, anyway ****, away ****, highway ***,
subway ☆, way ****
crossways, fairway,
faraway, freeway,
leeway, passageway,
underway
we   we we ****  
weak   weak weak ****, weaken **, weakness ***  
weapon   weapon weapon **** weaponed, weaponize,
weaponless
wear   wear wear ****  
weather   weather weather ****, wither ☆ weathering, witherer,
withering, witheringly
web   web web ***, website *** webby, webless,
weblike
wed   wed wed ☆, wedding ****  
weed   weed weed ** knotweed
week   week week ****, weekend ****, weekly **  


weigh   weigh, thing cannot ***, naught ☆, not ****, weigh ****, weight **** notwithstanding,
outweigh, weighable,
weigher, weighter,
weightly, weightness,
weighty
weird   weird weird *** weirdly, weirdness
well   well farewell ☆, wealth ****, wealthy ***, welcome ****,
welfare **, well ***
unwelcome, unwell,
weal, wellbeing,
wellness
west   west west ****, western **** westerner
whale   whale whale ** whalelike
wheat   wheat wheat *** wheaten, wheatless
wheel   wheel wheel **** wheelless, wheel-less
whelm   whelm, cover overwhelm ** overwhelming,
overwhelmingly, whelm
when   when when ****, whenever ****  
where   where anywhere ****, elsewhere ****, everywhere ****,
somewhere ****, where ****, whereas ****, whereby **,
wherever ***
nowhere
which   which which ****  
while   while meanwhile ****, while ****, whilst **  
whimwham   whim-wham whim ☆ whim-wham


whistle   whistle whistle ** whistleable
white   white, bright,
clear, fair
white **** whitehead, whitely,
whiten, whiteness,
whitish
who   who, what, why what ****, whatever ***, whatsoever **, whether ****,
who ****, whoever ***, whose ***, why ****
whomever
wide   wide wide ****, widely ****, width **, worldwide *** widen
widow   widow widow ** widowed, widowhood,
widowly
wife   wife, woman,
female person
wife ****, woman **** businesswoman,
kinswoman, midwife,
womanish, womanize,
womanless, womanlike,
womanly, womanness
wild   wild wild ****, wildlife ***, wildly ** bewilder, wildfire,
wildish, wildness
will   will, wish unwilling **, will ****, willing ****, willingly **,
willingness **, would ****
freewill, unwelcomely,
unwelcomeness,
unwillingly,
unwillingness,
welcomely, welcomeness,
welcomer, willer,
willful, will-less
win   win win ****, winner ****, winning ** winnable, winningly,
winningness
wind   wind wind **** enwind, windable,
windbag, windless,
windlessly, windy
window   window window **** windowless
wing   wing wing *** winglike, wingy
wink   blink, wink wink ☆  


winter   winter winter **** winterer, winterish,
winterless,
winter-like
wipe   to wipe,
cleanse
wipe ***  
wire   wire wire **** hardwire, hardwired,
haywire, wirable,
wirelike, wiry
wise   wise otherwise ****, wisdom ***, wise *** wisdomless, wisely,
wiseness
wish   to wish,
cherish a desire
wish **** wishful
wit
(wit-)
  wit, know wit **, witness **** unwitting, unwittingly,
witting
wolf   wolf wolf ** wolfish, wolflike
womb   womb womb ☆ enwomb, wombed,
womblike
wonder   wonder wonder ****, wonderful ****  
wood   wood wood ****, wooden **** plywood, woodenly,
woodenness, woodless,
woodsy, woody
wool   wool wool **, woollen ☆, woolly ☆  
work   work network ****, work ****, worker ****, working **** clockwork, co-worker,
framework, networked,
overworked, workless,
worklessness,
worksheet
world   world world ****, worldwide *** worldly
worm   worm worm ☆ wormer, wormish,
wormless, wormlike,
wormy
worry   worry worry ****, worrying ** worried, worriment,
worrisome, worryingly


wort   vegetable,
plant root
orchard ☆  
worth   worth unworthy ☆, worth **** trustability,
trustable, truster,
trustful,
trustworthily,
trustworthiness,
trustworthy, trusty,
untrustworthiness,
untrustworthy,
unworthily,
unworthiness, worship,
worshipable,
worshipful,
worshipingly,
worshipper, worthily,
worthiness, worthy
wrap   wrap wrap ****, wrapper ☆ unwrap
write   write write ****, writer ****, writing **** handwrite, handwriting,
typewriter, writable,
writerly, writership
wrong   crooked, wrong wrong ****, wrongly ** wronger, wrongful,
wrongness, wrongous


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