Wordroot
Word origins, traced
$0.99
Wordroot is a dictionary that shows you where words come from.
Look up any English word and get clean definitions plus the full etymology chain — Middle English, Old English, Latin, Ancient Greek, Proto-Germanic, all the way back to Proto-Indo-European where the trail exists.
• Fast search with definitions grouped by part of speech
• Etymology chain showing each ancestor, its language, and how the word arrived (inherited, derived, or borrowed)
• A word of the day to start from
• No ads, no accounts, no tracking
Definitions and etymologies come from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Cleaner look. The soft color wash behind each word is now a single flat tint, and the section labels read clearly over the word's photo.
The developer, Joshua Trommel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Provider
- Joshua Trommel
- Size
- 455.7 KB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 27.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 27.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.5 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 27.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humour
- Copyright
- © 2026 Joshua Trommel
