Wordroot

Word origins, traced

Free

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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Word lookups now credit Wiktionary properly, network problems report themselves instead of looking like an empty result, and definitions are handled more safely. A small reliability pass all round.

Version 1.0.1

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    Information

    Seller
    • Joshua Trommel
    Size
    • 312.3 KB
    Category
    • Reference
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.5 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.5 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 26.5 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.5 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 26.5 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    9+
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Joshua Trommel
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