OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
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
cruit3 related words
to grow
recruiter · recruiting · recruitment
crumb3 related words
small fragment
breadcrumb · crumb · crumbly
crush3 related words
to press
crush · crushed · crushing
crust4 related words
hard outer layer
crust · crustal · crustless
cry2 related words
to weep
crybaby · crying
cryo6 related words
cold
cryogenic · cryogenically · cryogenics
cryph2 related words
hidden
apocrypha · apocryphal
crypt11 related words
hidden
cryptanalyst · cryptic · cryptology
crypto6 related words
hidden
cryptogram · cryptographer · cryptographic
culp7 related words
blame
culpable · exculpate · exculpation
cur23 related words
care
accurate · accurately · curation
curr10 related words
run
concurrence · concurrent · currency
curtain2 related words
a piece of fabric
curtainless · uncurtained
cushion3 related words
soft pad
cushioned · cushioning
cuss5 related words
strike
concuss · concussive · discuss
cutane4 related words
skin
cutaneous · subcutaneous · transcutaneous
cyan2 related words
blue
anthocyanin · cyanide
cyano2 related words
blue-green
cyanobacteria · cyanobacterial
cycl25 related words
circle; wheel
acyclovir · bicycling · bicyclist
cylinder4 related words
geometric shape
eight-cylinder · five-cylinder · four-cylinder
cyst9 related words
bladder
blastocyst · cholecystectomy · cystic
cyt6 related words
cell
cytosine · leukocytosis · lymphocytic
cyte10 related words
cell
astrocyte · hepatocyte · histiocyte
cyto9 related words
cell
cytomegalovirus · cytoplasm · cytoplasmic
damp5 related words
moist
dampen · dampened · damply
damsel2 related words
young woman
damselfish · damselfly
data10 related words
information
data-storage · database · dataflow
date6 related words
time
antedate · backdate · date
daub2 related words
to coat or smear
dauber · daubster
daughter3 related words
female child
daughter · granddaughter · stepdaughter
daunt3 related words
to intimidate
daunting · undaunted
dawn3 related words
daybreak
dawn-to-dusk · pre-dawn
dead13 related words
lifeless
dead-eyed · deadbeat · deadfall
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.