List of English Etymology and English Roots Online Dictionary: [M]

There are 105 English roots starting with [M]. There are 289 words in the top 5,000 most frequently used English words. There are 1551 words in total.

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Root		Meaning	Words(Top5,000)	Other words
mad		mad	mad ***[3067]	madness
mag		magic	magic ***[2204], magical **[3408], magician ☆[5175]	magically
magazine		magazine	magazine ****[1237]
magistr (magistr-)		chief, director	master ****[1316]	magistrate, miss, mistress, mistressship
magnet		lodestone	magnet ☆[4641], magnetic **[3383], magnetism ☆[5374]	bioelectromagnetism, biomagnetism, diamagnetic, diamagnetism, electromagnet, geomagnetic, magnesium, magnetically, magnetisable, magnetisation, magnetise, magnetiser, magnetite, magnetizable, magnetization, magnetize, magnetizer, magnetobiology, magnetologist, magnetometer, magnetosome, manganese, paramagnetic, paramagnetism
mail		mail	email ***[2759], mail ***[2930]	e-mail
main		main	main ****[709], mainstream ***[2300]	mainly
major		greater	major ***[2080], majority ****[1468], mayor ***[3056]	majesty, majorship, majuscule, semimajor, supermajority
make		make, match	made **[3657], make ****[39], maker ***[2307], make-up **[3546], making **[3654]	homemade, makable, makeable, makeless, makeover, makeup, peacemaker, remake, remaker
mamm		mother, breast, female breast	grandma ☆[4643], mammal ☆[4640], mom **[4335], mummy ☆[5370]	mama, mamm, mamma, mammals, mammary, mammogram, mum
man		human being, person	businessman ***[3129], gentleman ****[2023], man ****[100], mankind ☆[4599], woman ****[104]	businesswoman, caveman, freeman, freshman, kinsman, kinswoman, manbag, manful, manlike, manliness, manly, manned, mannish, statesman, statesmanlike, statesmanship, womanish, womanize, womanless, womanlike, womanly, womanness
man (man-, main, mans-)		stay	permanent ****[2052], permanently ☆[5456], remain ****[575], remains **[4308]	immanence, immanent, immanuel, impermanence, impermanent, maisonette, man, manor, manorial, manse, mansion, meiny, menage, menagerie, menial, messuage, nonpermanence, nonpermanent, permanence, quasipermanent, remainder, remanence, remanent, remnant, semipermanent
mand (mand-, -mend-)		order, commit, entrust	command ****[1690], demand ****[961], mandate **[4386], mandatory **[3790], recommend ****[1413], recommendation ***[2672]	commandant, commander, commandership, commandment, commend, commendable, commendam, commendation, commendatory, counterdemand, countermand, demandant, encomienda, mand, mandamus, mandatary, mandator, recommendable, recommendatory, recommender, remand, remandment
mantle			mantle ☆[5097]	dismantle

manu (manu-)		hand	maintain ****[1263], manage ****[713], management ****[1408], manager ****[923], managing **[4280], manifest ☆[5079], manipulate ***[2696], manipulation ☆[5073], manner ****[1822], manual **[3565], manufacture **[3601], manufacturer ***[2182], manuscript ☆[4924]	adminicle, amanuensis, Bimana, bimanous, bimanual, emancipate, mainour, maintenance, manacle, manageability, manageable, managerial, managerially, managership, mandamus, manege, maneuver, manicure, manifer, manifestation, manifesto, maniform, manikin, maniple, manipulative, maniraptoran, maniraptoriform, mansuetude, manu, manually, manuary, manubrial, manubrium, manuduction, manufacturable, manufactural, manufacturing, manumission, manumit, manuport, manure, manus, micromanage, micromanagement, micromanager, mortmain, Quadrumana, quadrumanous
many		many	anymore ***[2108], many ****[64]
map		map	map ****[1675]
march		march	march ***[2481]
mare		mare	nightmare ***[2546]	mare, nightmarish, nightmarishly, nightmarishness
margin		edger, margin, border, brink, border, margin	margin **[3696]	marginal, marginalise, marginality, marginally
marin (marin, mari-)		sea	marine ***[2847]	maar, mariculture, marina, marinade, marinara, marinate, marination, mariner, maritime, submarine, ultramarine
mark		mark, sign	mark ****[1041], marker **[3687], remark ***[2991], remarkable ***[2293], remarkably **[4790]	demarcate, demarcation, pockmark, pockmarked, remarkability, remarkableness, remarker
marry		marry	marriage ****[873], marry ****[946]	married, marrier
Mars		Mars, war, March	March ***[2933], Mars ☆[4520], martial ☆[5248]	martialism, martialist, martially, martialness, Martian
mas		male, man	male ****[861], masculine ☆[4731]	emasculate, emasculation, emasculator, male-dominated, masculate, masculinity
mask		mask	mask ***[2167]	masklike
mass		lump, mass, ball	mass ****[1363], massive ****[1568]	massedly, massively, massiveness, massy
mat		thinking, animated	automate ☆[4626], automatic ***[2605], automatically ***[2652], automation ☆[4603]	automatable, automaticity, automatism, automatist, automatize, automaton, automatous
match		mate, companion	match ****[1284], matching **[4454]	matchable, matcher

match		match	match ***[3192]
mate		mate	classmate ☆[5398], inmate **[4402], mate ***[2526]	crewmate, mateless, mateship, mating
mathem (mathem-, math-, mathy-)		learn, science, knowledge, mathematical knowledge	mathematics ***[2960]	mathem, mathematic, mathematical, mathematician, maths, polymath
matr (matr-, mater-)		mother, substance	material ****[554], maternity ☆[5491], matter ****[473], metropolis ☆[4880], metropolitan ☆[5420]	mater, materfamilias, materiality, materialize, materially, materialness, maternal, matriarch, matrimony, matrix, matron, mattery, metro
mature		mature	mature **[3608]	immature, maturely, matureness, maturity, premature, prematurely, prematureness, prematurity
maxim (max-, maxim-)		greatest	maximum ***[2882]	max, maxim, maximal, maximation, maximisation, maximise, maximiser, maximization, maximize, maximizer, maximumly, merely, submaximal
may		may	may ****[88], maybe ****[230]
maze		maze, amazed	amaze **[3349], amazed **[4461], amazing ****[1766]	amazingly, maze
meal		meal	meal ****[1122]	meal-less
mean (mean, moan)		mean, moan	mean ****[83], meaning ****[1139], meaningful **[3820], meaningless ☆[5122], means ***[2243]	bemoan, meaningly, moan, moaner, moanful, moaningly
meat		meat	meat ****[1107]	meatball, meatless, meaty
mechan		machine, instrument	machine ****[651], mechanic **[4117], mechanical ***[3405], mechanism ***[2206]	machinability, machinable, machineable, machineless, machine-like, machinery, mechan, mechane, mechanicalism, mechanically, mechanicalness, mechanics, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia
medi		middle	immediate ****[1738], immediately ****[1055], intermediate ☆[5460], meantime ***[2860], meanwhile ****[1623], media ****[760], medieval **[3574], Mediterranean ☆[4653], medium ***[2111]	dimidiation, immediacy, intermediary, intermediately, mean, meddler, meddlesome, meddlingly, medi, mediaeval, mediaevally, median, mediate, mediation, medievalize, medievally, mediocre, meridian, mitten, mitts, moiety, multimedia, postmeridian, submediant
medic (med-, medic-)		heal	medical ****[629], medication ***[2612], medicine ****[1003], remedy **[3663]	biomedical, med, medic, medically, Medicare, medicate, medicinal, phytoremediate, phytoremediation, remedial, remediate, remediation
medit (medit-)			meditate ☆[4768], meditation **[3398]	meditative, meditatively, meditativeness, meditator

melo		song, singing	melody **[3968]	melodic, melodious, melodize
melt		melt	melt ***[2298]	meltability, meltable, melter, meltingly, meltingness, molten
member		member	member ****[523]
memor		remember	memoir ☆[5440], memorable **[3817], memorandum ☆[5115], memorial **[4065], memory ****[608], remember ****[231]	commemorate, commemoration, commemorative, commemoratively, commemorator, commemoratory, immemorial, memo, memor, memorabilia, memorability, memorandom, memoriaist, memorise, misremember, remembrance
mend		fault, blemish	amendment **[4384], mend ☆[4578]	amend, emend, mendacious, mendacity
mens (mens-, meas-)		measure	dimension **[3752], measure ****[698], measurement ***[2638]	commensurable, commensurate, demension, dimensional, immense, immensely, immenseness, immensity, incommensurable, incommensurate, mens, semester
ment		remember, mind	comment ****[1304], mental ****[858], mentality ☆[4702], mentally ***[2931], mention ****[498], reminiscent ☆[5195]	commentable, commentarial, commentary, commentate, commentative, commentator, commenter, dement, dementia, demential, memento, ment, mentionable, mentioner, reminisce, reminiscence
mentor		mentor	mentor **[3921]	mentorial
merc (merc-)		reward, wages, hire, merchandise	commerce **[4324], commercial ****[1209], market ****[358], marketing ****[1938], marketplace **[4265], merchandise ☆[5165], merchant **[3746], mercy **[4167], supermarket ***[2414]	amercement, commerciality, commercialize, commercially, marketer, merc, mercantile, mercenary, mercery, noncommercial
mere		mere	mere ***[2699]	centromere, centromeric, merely
merge (merge-, mers-)		dip, plunge	emerge ****[1998], emergency ****[1475], merge **[3662]	demerge, demersal, demerse, demersion, emergence, emergent, emerging, emersion, immerge, immergence, immerse, immersible, immersion, immersive, reemerge, reemergence, reimmerse, submerge, submergence, submerse, submersible, submersion
merit		merit	merit ***[3694]
meta		above, beyond, among	metaphor **[3378], method ****[830]	ametabolic, meta, metabolic, metabolism, metalogic, metamorphic, metamorphose, metamorphosis, metapause, metaphase, metaphoric, metaphorical, metaphorically, metaphysics, metastasis, metastatic, metaverse, meteor, methodical, methodically, methodological, methodologically, methodologist, methodology
metal (metal-, metall-)		mine mine	medal **[4217], metal ****[1099]	dimetallic, electrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, medaled, medalled, medallic, medallist, metalled, metallic, metalliferous, metalline, metallize, metalloid, metallophobia, metallophone, metallurgist, metallurgy, organometallic, polymetal, polymetallic, pyrometallurgy, tetrametallic, trimetallic
meter (meter, metr)		measure	kilometre ***[2804], meter ☆[4633], metre ***[2393]	altimeter, anemometer, anemometric, antisymmetric, antisymmetry, astrometry, asymmetric, asymmetry, axonometric, barometer, barometric, bathometer, bolometer, bolometric, bolometrically, bolometry, calorimeter, centimeter, centimetre, chronometer, diameter, diametral, diametric, diametrically, dysmetria, galvanometer, gasometer, geometric, geometrical, geometrize, geometry, graphometer, hexameter, hygrometer, hygrometry, isodiametric, isometric, isoperimetric, kilometer, metric, metrology, metronome, monosymmetric, nanometre, parameter, parameterize, parametric, parametrize, pedometer, pentameter, perimeter, polymeter, speedometer, symmetric, symmetry, telemeter, telemetric, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, trimeter, trimetric

mid		middle	amid ***[2693], middle ****[747]	mid, midlife, mid-morning, midsummer
migr		wander, move	emigrate ☆[5332], immigrant ****[1836], immigration **[4190], migrant ☆[4716], migrate ☆[4839], migration **[3825]	countermigration, emigrant, emigration, emigre, immigrate, immigrational, immigrator, immigratory, intermigration, migr, migrational, migrator, migratory, nonmigratory, remigrant, remigrate, remigration, transmigrant, transmigrate, transmigration, transmigratory
milit		soldier	militant ☆[5252], military ****[737]	ex-military, milit, militarily, militarize, militia
milk		milk	milk ****[1416]
mill		thousand	billion ****[384], mile ***[2469], million ****[182], trillion **[3522]	billionaire, billionth, millennial, millennialist, millennially, millennials, millennium, milli, trillionth
mimic		mimic	mimic ☆[4886]	mimicker, mimicry
min		jut, project, jut out	imminent ☆[5482], prominence ☆[5047], prominent ***[2435]	eminence, eminent, imminence, imminently, imminentness, preeminence, preeminent, prominently, prominentness, promontory, supereminence, supereminent
min (minor, min-)		less, smaller, make small	diminish **[3704], menu ***[2483], minimal **[4119], minimise ☆[4819], minimize **[4105], minimum ***[2589], minor ****[2827], minority ****[1952], minus ☆[4980], minute ***[2073]	min, minestrone, minim, minimally, minstrel, minuscule, quasiminuscule, semiminor
mind		memory, mind	mind ****[313], remind ****[805]	mindful, remindful
mine		mine, dig, ore	mine ****[1497], miner **[4793], mineral ***[2864], mining **[3420], undermine **[3672]	minable, mineable, mineralize, underminer, underminingly
minister (minister-)		serve, attend, wait upon	administer **[4381], administrative **[4376], administrator ***[3054], minister ****[1289], ministry ***[3074]	admin, administrate, administration, administrational, administratively, administratorship, administratrix, maladminister, maladministration, minestrone, ministerial, ministerialis, ministerium, ministership, ministrant, ministrate, ministration, ministrative, minstrel, minstrelsy
mir (mir-)		wonder, amazement	admiration **[4303], admire ***[2535], marvel ☆[4637], marvellous ☆[4968], miracle ***[3422], mirror ****[1798]	admirability, admirable, admirableness, admirably, admirative, admired, admirer, admiringly, marvellously, marvellousness, marvelous, marvelously, marvelousness, mir, miraculous, mirage, Miranda, mirative, mirativity, mirror-like
misc (misc-, mix-)		mix	meddle ☆[5102], mix ****[1165], mixture ****[2666]	admix, admixtion, admixture, commix, commixture, immiscibility, immiscible, immix, immixture, intermix, intermixture, maslin, meddler, meddlesome, meddling, meddlingly, mestizo, Metis, miscellanea, miscellaneous, miscellany, miscibility, miscible, mixable, permiscible, permix, permixtion, postmix, premix, promiscuity, promiscuous, remix
miser		miser, wretched, pitiable	miserable **[3652]	miser, miserly
miss		miss	miss ****[719]	missing

mit		send, put	admission **[3404], admit ****[976], commission ****[1982], commissioner **[4412], commit ****[1380], commitment ****[1666], committee ***[2838], compromise ***[2675], dismiss ****[2028], dismissal ☆[5269], emission ***[2125], emit ☆[4722], mess ***[2291], message ****[691], messenger ☆[4828], missile ***[2752], mission ***[2103], missionary **[4666], permission ***[2359], permit ****[1866], premise **[3830], promise ****[1066], promising **[4230], submit ***[2774], transmission **[3766], transmit **[3950]	admissibility, admissible, admissive, admittatur, admittee, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commissional, commissionary, commissive, commissural, commissure, committable, committal, committed, committer, compromis, compromissary, decommission, decommit, decommitment, demise, demiss, demit, dimissory, dimit, dismissible, dismission, dismissive, emissary, emissitious, emissive, emissivity, emittent, entremet, fideicommissary, fideicommissum, impermissible, inadmissibility, inadmissible, intermission, intermittent, intromissible, intromission, intromissive, intromit, intromittent, manumission, manumit, messy, mise, missionize, missive, mit, mittimus, neurotransmitter, noncommittal, omissible, omission, omissive, omissiveness, omit, omitter, permissible, permissive, permissory, permittee, permitter, premiss, premit, pretermission, pretermit, promisee, promiser, promisingly, promissive, promissory, readmission, readmit, recommit, remise, remiss, remissible, remission, remissive, remissory, remit, remittal, remittance, remittee, remittence, remittent, retransmission, retransmit, subcommittee, submissible, submission, submissive, submittable, submittal, submitter, surmisable, surmise, surmiser, transmissibility, transmissible, transmissive, transmittal, transmitter
mn			autumn ***[3145]
mob (mob-. mov-, mot-)		move, motion	automobile **[3412], emotion ****[1061], emotional ****[1059], emotionally ***[2747], mob ☆[4859], mobile ***[2397], mobility ☆[5081], moment ****[375], momentum **[3907], motion ***[2928], motivate ***[2342], motivation ***[2749], motive ***[2730], move ****[176], movement ****[572], movie ****[472], moving **[4468], promote ****[1162], promotion **[3814], remote ****[1918], removal **[4140], remove ****[854]	admove, amotion, amove, bimotor, cocommutator, commotion, commove, commutable, commutation, commutative, commutativity, commutator, countermotion, countermove, countermovement, demote, demotion, demotivate, emote, emotionable, emotionality, emotionless, emotive, emotivity, emove, equimomental, immobile, immutation, immute, incommutable, locomotion, locomotive, mobilisable, mobilisation, mobilizable, mobilization, mobilize, mobilizer, molt, momental, momentaneous, momentary, momentous, moped, motation, motif, motile, motility, motional, motionless, motivated, motivational, motivator, motiveless, motivelessly, motivelessness, motivity, motor, motorbike, motorise, motorised, motorist, moult, movant, moveless, movent, mutability, mutable, mutineer, mutinous, mutiny, noncommutative, noncommutativity, nonmotile, nonmotility, nonmutual, pari-mutuel, permutable, permutate, permutation, permutational, permute, promotable, promotional, promotive, promotor, promove, remotely, remotion, removed, subpermutation, transmove, transmutable, transmutate, transmutation, transmute, transmutual, trimotor
mode		measure, change, manner	accommodate **[4226], accommodation **[4291], commodity **[3407], mode **[4349], model ****[524], moderate **[3902], moderation ☆[5298], modern ****[611], modest **[3382], modify ***[2979], mould ☆[5022]	accommodative, accommodator, bimodal, bimodality, bimodular, bimodule, commode, commodification, commodious, decommodification, demodulate, demodulation, demodulator, immodest, immodesty, intermodal, intermodulation, modal, modality, modeller, moderatism, moderato, moderator, modernity, modesty, modicum, modification, modiolus, modular, modularity, modulate, modulation, modulator, module, modulo, modulus, modus, mold, mood, multimodal, multimodality, postmodern, postmodernism, postmodernist, postmodernity, Quasimodo, remodel, remodulate, remould, supermodel, trimodal, trimodality, ultramodern, ultramodernity, unimodal, unimodality, unimodular, unimodularity
mol		grind	mill **[4123]	millable, molar, treadmill
mon		warn, remind	money ****[156], monitor ****[2000], monument **[4243]	admonish, admonisher, admonishingly, admonishment, admonition, admonitor, admonitory, edmonition, mon, monetarily, monetary, monetize, monition, monitorial, monitorially, monitoring, monitorship, monitory, monumental, premonition, premonitory, resummon, summon
mong		to mingle, mingling, crowd, company	among ****[458], amongst ☆[4612]
monkey		monkey	monkey ***[2673]	monkeyish
mono		one, single, alone	monk **[3620], monopoly ☆[5437]	Mon(o)acid, monachism, monad, monadic, monadical, monadically, monarch, monarchal, monarchally, monarchial, monarchic, monarchical, monarchically, monarchism, monarchist, monarchy, monastery, monastic, monasticism, monatomic, monaural, monism, monist, monkish, monoacid, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromical, monochromist, monodrama, Monofilm, monogamy, monograph, monoid, monolayer, monolingual, monolith, monometer, monopod, monopolism, monopolist, monopolistic, monopolistically, monopolize, monopsony, monorail, monotone, monoxide
monstr (monstr-, monster-)		show, wonder	demonstrate ****[1570], demonstration **[4201], monster ***[2395]	counterdemonstration, counterdemonstrator, demonstrability, demonstrable, demonstrableness, demonstrably, demonstrant, demonstrational, demonstrationist, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrativeness, demonstrator, demonstratory, indemonstrable, monstr, monstrance, monstration, monstrosity, monstrous, monstrously, monstrousness, Muster, premonstrant, premonstrate, Premonstratensian, premonstration, premonstrator, remonstrance, remonstrant, remonstrate, remonstration, remonstrative
mont		mountain	amount ****[459], mount ***[2646], mountain ****[1236]	Belmont, cismontane, dismount, insurmountable, intermontane, montage, montan, Montana, montane, montant, monticello, monticule, montiform, montigenous, mountable, mountaineer, mountainous, mountainy, mounter, mouselike, nonremontant, paramount, piedmont, remontancy, remontant, remontoire, remount, submontane, surmount, surmountable, tantamount, tramontana, tramontane, transmontane, ultramontane, Vermont
mood		mood	mood ****[1522]	moody
moon		moon	Monday ***[3171], month ****[270], monthly **[3756], moon ****[1330]	Mondayish, moonish, moonless, moony
mor		customs, manners, morals	immoral **[3708], moral ****[1239], morality **[3707], morally ***[2244]	immorality, immorally, mor, morale, moralist, moralistic, moralistically, moralize, mores, morigerous, morose, morosity
morn		morning	morning ****[427], tomorrow ****[1748]	morn

mort		death	mortality **[3933]	antemortem, immortal, immortality, mortal, mortally, mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, mortuary
most (most, more, much)		much, more, most	almost ****[341], furthermore ***[3245], more ****[175], most ****[148], mostly ****[1409], much ****[74]	evermore, innermost
mother		mother	grandmother ****[1888], mother ****[286]	maternal, motherhood, mothering, motherlike, motherly, mothery
mouse		mouse	mouse ***[2231]	mouselike
mouth		mouth	mouth ****[733]	mouther, mouthful, mouthpiece, mouthy
mud		mud	mud ***[3113]	muddle, muddled, muddledness, muddlement, muddling, muddlingly, muddly, muddy
mum		make silent	mum ***[2720]
mun		immune, immunity	immune ***[2492], immunity ☆[4979], municipal **[4439]	immunohistochemical, immunohistochemistry
murder		murder	murder ****[1294], murderer ☆[4607]	murderess, murderous
mus		mouse	muscle ****[1208]	mussel, nutmeg
muse		Muse, music, song	amuse **[3717], amusing **[4309], muse ☆[4594], museum ****[1367], music ****[279], musical ****[1632], musician ****[1821]	amusable, amusement, amuser, musicality, musically, musicalness
mushroom		mushroom	mushroom **[3346]
must (must, meet)		must, meeting	empty ****[1381], meet ****[247], meeting ****[877], must ****[237]	emptiable, emptily, emptiness, meeter, meetly, moot
mut		change	mutual ***[3175]	commutability, commutable, commutableness, commute, immutability, immutable, immutableness, immutably, mut, mutability, mutable, mutate, mutation, mutative, mutineer, mutinous, mutiny, mutualism, mutualist, mutuality, mutually, mutualness, noncommutative, noncommutativity, nonmutual, pari-mutuel, permutable, permutate, permutation, permutational, permute, subpermutation, transmutable, transmutate, transmutation, transmute, transmutual
myst		secret, mystic	mysterious ***[2540], mystery ****[1780]	myst, mysteriously, mysteriousness, mystic, mystification, mystifier, mystify, mystifying, mystifyingly

myth

story

myth **[3337], mythical ☆[5144], mythology ☆[4984]

mythic, mythically, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythos

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