OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
204 word families · C
columb2 related words
dove
columbarium · columbine
combat7 related words
fight
combat-ready · combativeness · non-combat
comfort5 related words
ease
comfort · comfortless · discomfort
common7 related words
shared
commonality · commonalty · commoner
compar4 related words
compare
comparability · incomparably
complet2 related words
complete
incompletion · uncompleted
complete4 related words
whole
completely · incompletely · incompleteness
compost2 related words
decayed organic matter
compostable · composter
comprehend3 related words
understand
uncomprehending · uncomprehendingly
concept12 related words
idea
conceptual · conceptualism · conceptualist
condition6 related words
state
condition · precondition · preconditioning
conduct7 related words
to lead
conductance · conductivity · superconducting
conference3 related words
a formal meeting for discussion
conference · non-conference · videoconference
congress3 related words
assembly
congressional · congressman · congresswoman
connect15 related words
join
disconnect · disconnected · disconnectedness
conquer3 related words
to defeat
unconquerable · unconquered
conquest2 related words
act of conquering
post-conquest · preconquest
conscious25 related words
aware
body-conscious · budget-conscious · class-conscious
consider4 related words
think about
consider · reconsider · reconsideration
constitution4 related words
fundamental law
constitution · constitutionality · unconstitutionality
consult3 related words
seek advice
consult · consultant · consultative
contact4 related words
touch
contact-lens · non-contact · pre-contact
contempt3 related words
scorn
contemptuous · contemptuously · self-contempt
contest2 related words
dispute
incontestable · uncontested
contract4 related words
agreement
contract · contractual · contractually
conversation3 related words
noun
conversational · conversationalist · conversationally
copper5 related words
metal
copper-mining · coppersmith · coppery
cord20 related words
heart
accordance · according · concord
core4 related words
central part
core · dual-core · non-core
cori2 related words
skin
excoriate · excoriation
cork4 related words
material
cork · corked · uncork
coron5 related words
crown
coronal · coronation · coroner
corp5 related words
body
corporeal · corps · corpulence
corpor12 related words
body
corporate · corporation · corporatism
correct5 related words
right
correct · correctly · correctness
corrig3 related words
correct
incorrigibility · incorrigible · incorrigibly
corrupt3 related words
morally decayed
corrupt · incorruptibility · incorruptible
cosm9 related words
world; order
cosmetic · cosmetics · cosmic
cosmo6 related words
universe
cosmogony · cosmological · cosmology
cost26 related words
price
below-cost · cost-benefit · cost-conscious
cotton3 related words
material
cotton · cotton-candy · cottony
council3 related words
assembly
councillor · councilman
counsel3 related words
advise
counseling · counsellor · counselor
counter35 related words
against
counter-coup · counter-discourse · counter-example
county9 related words
administrative division
county-by-county · county-level · countywide
courage12 related words
bravery
courageous · courageously · discourage
covet3 related words
to desire
covetous · covetousness
cracy9 related words
rule
aristocracy · autocracy · democracy
craft15 related words
skill
crafter · crafting · craftsman
cranio2 related words
skull
craniofacial · craniotomy
crastin3 related words
tomorrow
procrastination · procrastinator
crat25 related words
rule; govern
aristocrat · aristocratic · autocrat
crawl3 related words
to move slowly
crawl · crawler · crawling
cred17 related words
believe; trust
credence · credential · credentialed
credit14 related words
trust
accredit · accreditation · accrediting
creep3 related words
to move slowly
creep · creeper · creeping
crest2 related words
peak
crested · cresting
crisp6 related words
brittle
crisped · crispier · crisply
croach2 related words
hook
encroaching · encroachment
croon2 related words
to sing softly
crooner · crooning
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.