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

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There are 108 English roots starting with [M]. There are 324 words in the top 5,000 most frequently used English words. There are 1565 words in total.

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Root		Meaning	Words(Top5,000)	Other words
ma		my	ma'am ☆[794]	madam
mad		mad	mad ***[710]	madness
mag		magic	magic ****[2071], magical ***[3002], magician ☆[5468]	magically
magazine		magazine	magazine ****[1483]
magistr (magistr-)		chief, director	magistrate ☆[5132], master ****[1833]	miss, mistress, mistressship
magnet		lodestone	magnet ☆[4693], magnetic ***[2974]	bioelectromagnetism, biomagnetism, diamagnetic, diamagnetism, electromagnet, geomagnetic, magnesium, magnetically, magnetisable, magnetisation, magnetise, magnetiser, magnetism, magnetite, magnetizable, magnetization, magnetize, magnetizer, magnetobiology, magnetologist, magnetometer, magnetosome, manganese, paramagnetic, paramagnetism
mail		mail	email ***[2655], mail ***[706]	e-mail
main		main	main ****[1088], mainstream ***[2469]	mainly
major		greater	major ****[1958], majority ****[1994], mayor ***[3345]	majesty, majorship, majuscule, semimajor, supermajority
make		make, match	made **[4076], make ****[39], maker ***[3021], makeup ☆[5018], make-up ***[3138], making **[3641]	homemade, makable, makeable, makeless, makeover, peacemaker, remake, remaker
mamm		mother, breast, female breast	grandma ☆[4640], mammal ☆[4645], mom **[754]	mama, mamm, mamma, mammals, mammary, mammogram, mum, mummy
man		human being, person	businessman ***[3317], freshman ☆[5022], gentleman ***[2885], man ****[112], mankind ☆[5322], woman ****[91]	businesswoman, caveman, freeman, kinsman, kinswoman, manbag, manful, manlike, manliness, manly, manned, mannish, statesman, statesmanlike, statesmanship, womanish, womanize, womanless, womanlike, womanly, womanness
man (man-, main, mans-)		stay	permanent ***[2758], permanently ☆[4970], remain ****[1106], remainder ☆[5057], remains **[4432]	immanence, immanent, immanuel, impermanence, impermanent, maisonette, man, manor, manorial, manse, mansion, meiny, menage, menagerie, menial, messuage, nonpermanence, nonpermanent, permanence, quasipermanent, remanence, remanent, remnant, semipermanent
mand (mand-, -mend-)		order, commit, entrust	command ****[2400], demand ****[1341], mandate **[4505], mandatory **[4189], recommend ****[1522], recommendation ***[2573]	commandant, commander, commandership, commandment, commend, commendable, commendam, commendation, commendatory, counterdemand, countermand, demandant, encomienda, mand, mandamus, mandatary, mandator, recommendable, recommendatory, recommender, remand, remandment

mantle			mantle ☆[5363]	dismantle
manu (manu-)		hand	maintain ****[1561], manage ****[1101], management ****[2047], manager ****[1260], managing **[4417], manifest ☆[4865], manipulate ***[2580], manipulation ☆[5012], manner ****[2197], manual **[3550], manufacture **[3559], manufacturer ****[2048], manuscript ☆[4814]	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 ***[2436], many ****[59]
map		map	map ****[595]
march		march	march ***[731]
mare		mare	nightmare ***[2537]	mare, nightmarish, nightmarishly, nightmarishness
margin		edger, margin, border, brink, border, margin	margin **[3844], marginal ☆[5154]	marginalise, marginality, marginally
marin (marin, mari-)		sea	marine ***[2753]	maar, mariculture, marina, marinade, marinara, marinate, marination, mariner, maritime, submarine, ultramarine
mark		mark, sign	mark ****[1358], marker **[3617], remark ***[3222], remarkable ****[2175], remarkably ☆[4791]	demarcate, demarcation, pockmark, pockmarked, remarkability, remarkableness, remarker
marry		marry	marriage ****[1213], marry ****[442]	married, marrier
Mars		Mars, war, March	March ***[3029], Mars **[3958], martial ☆[4893]	martialism, martialist, martially, martialness, Martian
mas		male, man	male ****[1262], masculine ☆[4673]	emasculate, emasculation, emasculator, male-dominated, masculate, masculinity
mask		mask	mask ****[2013]	masklike
mass		lump, mass, ball	mass ****[1590], massive ****[1676]	massedly, massively, massiveness, massy
mat		thinking, animated	automate ☆[4608], automatic ***[2617], automatically ***[2622], automation ☆[4629]	automatable, automaticity, automatism, automatist, automatize, automaton, automatous

match		mate, companion	match ****[1507], matching **[3943]	matchable, matcher
match		match	match ***[2880]
mate		mate	classmate ☆[788], inmate **[4516], mate ***[2619]	crewmate, mateless, mateship, mating
mathem (mathem-, math-, mathy-)		learn, science, knowledge, mathematical knowledge	mathematics ***[2843]	mathem, mathematic, mathematical, mathematician, maths, polymath
matr (matr-, mater-)		mother, substance	material ****[1019], matter ****[304], metropolis ☆[5182], metropolitan ☆[4931]	mater, materfamilias, materiality, materialize, materially, materialness, maternal, maternity, matriarch, matrimony, matrix, matron, mattery, metro
mature		mature	mature **[3531]	immature, maturely, matureness, maturity, premature, prematurely, prematureness, prematurity
maxim (max-, maxim-)		greatest	maximum ***[2738]	max, maxim, maximal, maximation, maximisation, maximise, maximiser, maximization, maximize, maximizer, maximumly, merely, submaximal
may		may	may ****[79], maybe ****[839]
maze		maze, amazed	amaze ***[2936], amazed **[3948], amazing ****[1839]	amazingly, maze
meal		meal	meal ****[1375]	meal-less
mean (mean, moan)		mean, moan	mean ****[806], meaning ****[1381], meaningful **[4131], meaningless ☆[5265], means ***[2461]	bemoan, meaningly, moan, moaner, moanful, moaningly
meat		meat	meat ****[473]	meatball, meatless, meaty
mechan		machine, instrument	machine ****[1062], mechanic **[3873], mechanical ***[2575], mechanism ****[2054]	machinability, machinable, machineable, machineless, machine-like, machinery, mechan, mechane, mechanicalism, mechanically, mechanicalness, mechanics, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia
medi		middle	immediate ****[1889], immediately ****[1619], intermediate ☆[4975], meantime ***[3173], meanwhile ****[1746], media ****[1119], medieval **[4069], Mediterranean **[4019], medium ****[1973]	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 ****[1037], medication ***[2963], medicine ****[1343], remedy ☆[4940]	biomedical, med, medic, medically, Medicare, medicate, medicinal, phytoremediate, phytoremediation, remedial, remediate, remediation

medit (medit-)			meditate ☆[4781], meditation ***[3003]	meditative, meditatively, meditativeness, meditator
melo		song, singing	melody **[4202]	melodic, melodious, melodize
melt		melt	melt ****[2149]	meltability, meltable, melter, meltingly, meltingness, molten
member		member	member ****[1041]
memor		remember	memoir ☆[4958], memorable **[4121], memorandum ☆[5386], memorial **[4438], memory ****[1031], remember ****[180]	commemorate, commemoration, commemorative, commemoratively, commemorator, commemoratory, immemorial, memo, memor, memorabilia, memorability, memorandom, memoriaist, memorise, misremember, remembrance
mend		fault, blemish	amend ☆[5107], amendment **[4504], mend **[4022]	emend, mendacious, mendacity
mens (mens-, meas-)		measure	dimension **[3606], measure ****[1112], measurement ***[2628]	commensurable, commensurate, demension, dimensional, immense, immensely, immenseness, immensity, incommensurable, incommensurate, measurable, mens, semester
ment		remember, mind	comment ****[1558], commentator ☆[5055], mental ****[1214], mentality ☆[4665], mentally ***[3144], mention ****[981], reminiscent ☆[5340]	commentable, commentarial, commentary, commentate, commentative, commenter, dement, dementia, demential, memento, ment, mentionable, mentioner, reminisce, reminiscence
mentor		mentor	mentor **[3706]	mentorial
merc (merc-)		reward, wages, hire, merchandise	commerce **[4464], commercial ****[1495], market ****[290], marketing ****[2308], marketplace **[4406], merchandise ☆[5302], merchant **[3797], mercy **[4457], supermarket ****[658]	amercement, commerciality, commercialize, commercially, marketer, merc, mercantile, mercenary, mercery, noncommercial
mere		mere	mere ***[3362]	centromere, centromeric, merely
merge (merge-, mers-)		dip, plunge	emerge ***[2682], emergency ****[1637], merge **[4084]	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 **[3807]	turmeric
meta		above, beyond, among	metaphor ***[2965], method ****[1217]	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 **[770], metal ****[1445]	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 ***[2698], meter ☆[772], metre ***[2511]	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 ***[2625], middle ****[393]	mid, midlife, mid-morning, midsummer
migr		wander, move	emigrate ☆[5338], immigrant ****[2191], immigration **[3832], migrant ☆[4652], migrate ☆[5200], migration **[3600]	countermigration, emigrant, emigration, emigre, immigrate, immigrational, immigrator, immigratory, intermigration, migr, migrational, migrator, migratory, nonmigratory, remigrant, remigrate, remigration, transmigrant, transmigrate, transmigration, transmigratory
milit		soldier	militant ☆[4897], military ****[1352]	ex-military, milit, militarily, militarize, militia
milk		milk	milk ****[549]	milkshake
mill		thousand	billion ****[907], mile ***[2558], million ****[151], trillion **[3499]	billionaire, billionth, millennial, millennialist, millennially, millennials, millennium, milli, millionth, trillionth
mimic		mimic	mimic ☆[5219]	mimicker, mimicry
min		jut, project, jut out	imminent ☆[5000], prominence ☆[5291], prominent ***[2509]	eminence, eminent, imminence, imminently, imminentness, preeminence, preeminent, prominently, prominentness, promontory, supereminence, supereminent
min (minor, min-)		less, smaller, make small	diminish **[4089], menu ****[2286], minimal **[3804], minimise ☆[4780], minimize **[3789], minimum ***[2660], minor ***[2783], minority ****[2325], minus ☆[5464], minute ****[612]	min, minestrone, minim, minimally, minstrel, minuscule, quasiminuscule, semiminor
mind		memory, mind	mind ****[876], remind ****[1169]	mindful, mindfulness, remindful
mine		mine, dig, ore	mine ****[1742], miner ☆[4789], mineral ****[2422], mining **[3453], undermine **[4109]	minable, mineable, mineralize, underminer, underminingly
minister (minister-)		serve, attend, wait upon	administer **[3927], administrative **[4498], administrator ***[3286], minister ****[1589], ministry **[3801]	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 **[4427], admire ****[2298], marvel ☆[4653], marvellous ☆[5220], miracle ***[3004], mirror ****[632]	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 ☆[5371], mix ****[1404], mixture ****[2375]	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 **[3556]	miser, miserly

miss		miss	miss ****[387]	missing
mit		send, put	admission **[4221], admit ****[1327], commission ****[2208], commissioner **[4524], commit ****[1635], commitment ****[1815], committee ***[2892], compromise ***[3057], dismiss ****[2346], dismissal ☆[4993], emission ****[1988], emit ☆[4682], mess ****[2156], message ****[1092], messenger ☆[5301], missile ***[3175], mission ****[1962], missionary **[4057], permission ****[2252], permit ***[2706], premise **[4132], promise ****[1364], promising **[3860], submit ***[3200], transmission **[3619], transmit **[3820]	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
mitis		gentle, soft, mild	mitigate ☆[5362]	mitigable, mitigation, mitigative, mitigator, mitigatory
mn			autumn ***[733]
mob (mob-. mov-, mot-)		move, motion	automobile **[4276], emotion ****[1360], emotional ****[1337], emotionally ***[2620], mob ☆[4825], mobile ****[2285], mobility ☆[4866], moment ****[895], momentum **[4212], motion ***[3096], motivate ***[2480], motivation ***[3020], motive ***[3044], move ****[147], movement ****[1002], movie ****[285], moving **[4560], promote ****[1397], promotion **[3652], remote ****[1947], removal **[3816], remove ****[1185]	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 **[4376], accommodation **[3909], commodity ***[3053], mode **[3919], model ****[296], moderate **[4056], moderation ☆[5445], modern ****[1043], modest **[3485], modify ***[2837], mould ☆[5267]	accommodative, accommodator, bimodal, bimodality, bimodular, bimodule, commode, commodification, commodious, decommodification, demodulate, demodulation, demodulator, immodest, immodesty, intermodal, intermodulation, modal, modality, modeller, moderatism, moderato, moderator, modernise, 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 **[3806]	millable, molar, treadmill
mon		warn, remind	money ****[132], monitor ****[1936], monument **[3871]	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 ****[383], amongst ☆[4613]
monkey		monkey	monkey ****[672]	monkeyish
mono		one, single, alone	monk **[4068], monopoly ☆[4952]	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 ****[2021], demonstration **[4357], monster ***[2502]	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 ****[956], mount ***[3364], mountain ****[538]	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 ****[1684]	moody

moon		moon	Monday ***[3275], month ****[231], monthly **[4266], moon ****[537]	Mondayish, moonish, moonless, moony
mor		customs, manners, morals	immoral **[4184], moral ****[1482], morality **[4344], morally ***[2459]	immorality, immorally, mor, morale, moralist, moralistic, moralistically, moralize, mores, morigerous, morose, morosity
morn		morning	morning ****[317], tomorrow ****[646]	morn
mort		death	mortality **[4220]	antemortem, immortal, immortality, mortal, mortally, mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, mortuary
most (most, more, much)		much, more, most	almost ****[888], furthermore ***[3402], more ****[818], most ****[821], mostly ****[1636], much ****[65]	evermore, innermost
mother		mother	grandmother ****[606], mother ****[244]	maternal, motherhood, mothering, motherlike, motherly, mothery
mouse		mouse	mouse ****[2114]	mouselike
mouth		mouth	mouth ****[385]	mouther, mouthful, mouthpiece, mouthy
mud		mud	mud ***[3298]	muddle, muddled, muddledness, muddlement, muddling, muddlingly, muddly, muddy
mum		make silent	mum ***[2656]
mun		immune, immunity	immune ***[2482], immunity ☆[5209], municipal **[4545]	immunohistochemical, immunohistochemistry
murder		murder	murder ****[1597], murderer ☆[4674]	murderess, murderous
mus		mouse	muscle ****[1439]	mussel, nutmeg
muse		Muse, music, song	amuse **[3588], amusing **[4433], muse ☆[4618], museum ****[1583], music ****[208], musical ****[1699], musician ****[1807]	amusable, amusement, amuser, musicality, musically, musicalness
mushroom		mushroom	mushroom **[3428]

must (must, meet)		must, meeting	empty ****[562], meet ****[198], meeting ****[1294], must ****[203]	emptiable, emptily, emptiness, meeter, meetly, moot
mut		change	mutual ***[3354]	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 ****[2369], mystery ****[1909]	myst, mysteriously, mysteriousness, mystic, mystification, mystifier, mystify, mystifying, mystifyingly
myth		story	myth ***[2920], mythical ☆[5412], mythology ☆[5474]	mythic, mythically, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythos

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