OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
128 word families · M
macro11 related words
large
macro-structure · macrocosm · macrocosmic
mad5 related words
insane
half-mad · mad · madhouse
made10 related words
created
american-made · chinese-made · french-made
magn13 related words
great; large
magnanimity · magnanimous · magnanimously
mail6 related words
postal items
mail · mailbag · mailbox
main9 related words
principal
main-course · mainland · mainline
malari2 related words
malaria
antimalarial · malarial
malt3 related words
germinated grain
malt · malted · malty
mammo2 related words
breast
mammogram · mammography
mani9 related words
hand
manicure · manicurist · manifest
mania18 related words
madness
dipsomania · egomania · egomaniacal
manu14 related words
hand
amanuensis · manipulative · manual
manual2 related words
hand
manual-shift · non-manual
mao2 related words
name
maoism · maoist
marc2 related words
mark
demarcate · demarcation
margin7 related words
edge
marginal · marginalia · marginality
mari2 related words
sea
mariculture · maritime
marine3 related words
sea
submarine · ultramarine
marriage3 related words
state of being married
marriage · marriageable · remarriage
marry3 related words
to wed
intermarry · marrying · remarry
marx2 related words
proper name
marxian · marxist
mascul4 related words
male
emasculate · emasculated · emasculation
masculin4 related words
male
masculinity · masculinization · masculinize
mash3 related words
to crush
mash · mashed · masher
mask4 related words
covering
mask · mask-like · masked
masoch3 related words
name
masochism · masochist · masochistic
mason3 related words
stoneworker
freemason · mason · masonry
mastic2 related words
chew
masticate · mastication
mate17 related words
companion
cellmate · classmate · housemate
mater5 related words
mother; matter
mater · material · materiel
material7 related words
physical substance
dematerialization · dematerialize · immaterial
matri11 related words
mother
matriarch · matriarchal · matriarchy
matrix2 related words
grid
active-matrix · dot-matrix
matter3 related words
physical substance
anti-matter · dark-matter · matter
matur3 related words
ripe
maturation · maturing · maturity
mature3 related words
fully developed
immature · mature · maturely
maxim6 related words
greatest
maximalist · maximise · maximization
meander2 related words
to wind
meandering · meanderings
meaning5 related words
sense
meaning-making · meaningfully · meaningfulness
mechan14 related words
machine
mechanic · mechanically · mechanics
medal3 related words
award
gold-medal · medal · medal-winning
medi25 related words
middle
immediacy · intermediary · intermediate
medium10 related words
intermediate
medium-grain · medium-high · medium-hot
mega15 related words
large
mega-project · megabuck · megachurch
megalo3 related words
great
megalomania · megalomaniac · megalomaniacal
melan6 related words
black
melancholia · melancholic · melancholy
melod3 related words
song
melodic · melodious
member9 related words
constituent part
eight-member · four-member · nine-member
memor10 related words
remember
commemorate · commemoration · commemorative
mening3 related words
membrane
meningeal · meningioma · meningitis
mens2 related words
measure
dimension · immensity
mensur4 related words
measure
commensurability · commensurate · mensuration
mer11 related words
part
dimer · elastomer · elastomeric
merci4 related words
mercy
merciful · unmerciful
mes2 related words
middle
mesic · meson
mesh3 related words
net
enmeshed · enmeshment · mesh
meso7 related words
middle
mesoamerican · mesophilic · mesopotamian
meta26 related words
beyond
meta-analysis · meta-analytic · metacarpal
meter72 related words
measure
allometric · altimeter · anemometer
method3 related words
procedure
method · methodologically · methodology
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.