OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
wind33 related words
air in motion
wind-borne · wind-tunnel · windage
wish3 related words
desire
wishbone · wishful · wishfully
woe3 related words
misery
woeful · woefully
wolf5 related words
animal
she-wolf · wolfhound · wolfish
wonder3 related words
marvel
wonder · wonderfully · wonderland
wool3 related words
fiber
wool · woolen · woolly
world22 related words
the earth
first-world · old-world · otherworldly
worth9 related words
value
self-worth · unworthiness · unworthy
wreck4 related words
to destroy
wreck · wreckage · wrecked
wrinkle3 related words
crease
anti-wrinkle · wrinkle · wrinkled
wrist2 related words
body part
wristband · wristwatch
write6 related words
to form letters
co-write · overwrite · rewrite
wrong9 related words
incorrect
wrongdoer · wrongdoing · wrongful
wurst2 related words
sausage
bratwurst · liverwurst
xeno2 related words
foreign
xenophobia · xenophobic
zero14 related words
none
zero-coupon · zero-degree · zero-emission
zip5 related words
fastener
unzip · zip-lock · zip-top
zipper2 related words
fastening device
zipper-lock · zippered
zone5 related words
area
dual-zone · end-zone · red-zone
zoo6 related words
animal
enzootic · epizootic · zoological
just5 related words
fair; right
just · justify · justification
dign5 related words
worth; dignity
dignity · dignify · indignant
rumin3 related words
chew cud; think over
ruminate · rumination · ruminant
glutton3 related words
excessive eating
glutton · gluttony · gluttonous
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.