OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
missile3 related words
projectile
guided-missile · missile · missile-defense
mit59 related words
send; release
admissible · admission · admit
mix12 related words
to combine
intermix · mixed · mixer
mnes3 related words
memory
amnesia · amnesiac
mobile4 related words
movable
bookmobile · mobile-home · mobile-phone
mock3 related words
to ridicule
mock · mockery · mockingly
modern14 related words
recent
anti-modern · modern-dance · modern-era
moist5 related words
damp
moisten · moistened · moisture
molest2 related words
to disturb
molestation · molested
moll3 related words
soft
emollient · mollify
mom2 related words
mother
grandmom · supermom
monger4 related words
dealer
versemonger · warmonger
mont4 related words
mountain
montage · montane · piedmont
monument2 related words
a structure
monumentality · monumentally
mood3 related words
state of feeling
mood · moodily · moodiness
mora2 related words
delay
moratorium · remora
moral6 related words
pertaining to right conduct
amorality · moral · moralistic
morbid3 related words
diseased
morbidity · morbidly
morning3 related words
the early part of the day
late-morning · mid-morning
morph37 related words
form; shape
amorphous · anamorphic · anthropomorphic
morse3 related words
bite
remorse · remorseful
mort11 related words
death
amortization · amortize · immortal
mortal3 related words
subject to death
immortality · immortalize
mot35 related words
move
commotion · demoted · emotion
mote4 related words
move
demote · promote · remote
motion5 related words
movement
full-motion · motion-picture · motionless
motor14 related words
engine
motorbike · motorcar · motorcoach
movie8 related words
film
action-movie · movie-going · movie-like
moving3 related words
in motion
fast-moving · quick-moving
muck4 related words
dirt
muckraking · mucky
mud7 related words
wet earth
mud · mud-brick · mud-caked
multiple3 related words
many
multiple-choice · multiple-regression
mune3 related words
duty
commune · immune
murder4 related words
to kill unlawfully
murder · murder-for-hire · murder-suicide
muscle3 related words
body tissue
muscle · muscle-bound · muscleman
muscul6 related words
muscle
intramuscular · muscularity · musculature
museum2 related words
museum
museum-like · museum-quality
music14 related words
art of sound
chamber-music · classical-music · ethnomusicologist
must3 related words
obligation
must · must-read · must-win
mut15 related words
change
commutation · commuting · immutability
mutin2 related words
revolt
mutineer · mutinous
mutual5 related words
reciprocal
mutual-aid · mutualism · mutualistic
myco5 related words
fungus
mycobacteria · mycobacterial · mycobacterium
myel4 related words
marrow
myelin · myeloma · osteomyelitis
myo11 related words
muscle
amyotrophic · electromyography · myocardial
myst11 related words
secret
demystification · mystic · mystical
mytho4 related words
myth
mythologize · mythopoeic · mythopoetic
nafta2 related words
nafta
anti-nafta · pro-nafta
nano12 related words
dwarf
nanometer · nanoparticle · nanoscience
narc3 related words
stupor
narcosis · narcotic
nas3 related words
nose
nasal · nasturtium
naso3 related words
nose
nasopharyngeal · nasopharynx
nat13 related words
birth
antenatal · innately · natal
nation34 related words
country
binational · denationalization · five-nation
naut8 related words
sailor
aeronautic · aeronautical · aeronautics
nav9 related words
ship; sail
circumnavigate · circumnavigation · naval
nay2 related words
no
naysay · naysayer
neat5 related words
tidy
neaten · neatly · neatness
nebul3 related words
cloud
nebular · nebulosity · nebulous
neck13 related words
body part
neckband · necklace · neckline
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.