List of English Root Word - [H]

List of English Root Word - [H]

 

Root	Meaning	etymology	Words
hab (hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-)	have, hold, able, dwell	habere, habitus, habitare from Latin	ability, able, exhibit, exhibition, habit, habitat, inhabit, inhabitant, inhibit, inhibition, prohibit, prohibition, rehabilitation
hack	hack	-	hacker
half	half	half, halb, healf from Old English	halve
hand	hand	hond from Old English	handful, handle, handsome, handy
hap	chance, good luck	happ from Old Norse	hap, haphazard, happen, happily, happiness, happy, mishap, perhaps, unhappiness, unhappy
harass	harass	harasser from French	harassment
hard	hard	heard, hearde from Old English	hardly
harm	harm, hurt, pain, evil, grief; insult	hearm, hearmian from Old English	harmful, harmless
haur (haur-, haust-)	draw	haurire, haustus from Latin	exhaust, exhaustion, exhaustive
have	own, possess	habban from Old English	behave, behaviour, behavioural, have, misbehave
head	head	heafod from Old English	forehead, head
heal	heal	hælan from Old English	health, healthily, healthiness, unhealthy
hear	hear	heran from Old English	hearing
heat	heat	hætu, hæto, hætan, hat from Old English	heat, heated, heater, hot
heavy	heavy	hefig from Old English	heavily, heavy
hed	pleasant, sweet	hedomenon, hedus, hedone from Greek	hedonic
help	help	helpan, help, helpe, healp, holpen from Old English	helpful, helpfully, helping, helplessness
hent	doer, being	hentes from Greek	authentic, authenticate
here	stick	haerere, haesitare, haesitatus from Latin	adhere, adhesive, cohere, here-, hesitate, inhere, inherent
hero	hero	heros, heroine, heroikos from Greek	hero, heroic, heroine
hide	hide	hydan, hyd, hid, higid, hiw-, hiwan, hiwo from Old English	hidden, hide
hiero (hier-, hiero-)	holy, priestly, sacrifice, sacred things	hieros from Greek	hier, hierarchical, hierarchy, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic
high	high	heah, heh from Old English	height, heighten, high, highly
histo (jist-, histo-)		histos, histasthai from Greek	histamine, histology, immunohistochemical
histor	histrory, wise man, judge	historia, histor, historein from Greek	historian, historic, historical, historically, history
hold	hold	haldan, geheald from Old English	hold, holder, holding, uphold
home	home	ham from Old English	home, homeland, homeless, homemade
homin	human	homo, hominis, humanus from Latin	dehumanise, homicide, homin, hominid, homuncular, homunculus, human, humanitarian, humanity, humanize, humanoid
honor	esteem	honos, honoris from Latin	dishonest, dishonestly, dishonor, dishonorable, honest, honestly, honesty, honor
hope	hope	hopian, hopa from Old English	hopeful, hopefully, hopeless
hor (hor-)	boundary	horos, horizein, horizon from Greek	horizon, horizontal, horizontally
horn	horn	horn from Old English	horn, horned
horo (horo-, hour-)	hour	hora from Greek	horoscope, hour, hourly
horr (horr-)	shudder	horror, horrere from Latin	abhor, horr, horrible, horribly, horror
hort	garden	hortus, horti from Latin	hort, horticulture
host (host-, hospit)	host, enemy	hostis, hospes, hospitis from Latin	hospital, hospitality, host, hostile, hostility, hotel
house	house	-	housing, penthouse
how	how	hu, hwu from Old English	how, however
hum	ground, earth	humus, humi, humare, humilis, humiliare, humilitas from Latin	hum-, humble, humic, humiliate, humiliation, humility, humus
humor (humor, humid)	humor, moisture, bodily fluid	humere, umere, humor, umor, humidus, umidus from Latin	humid, humidity, humor, humorous
hund	hundred	hund from Old English	hundred, hundredth
hurt	hurt	hurter, heurter from French	hurt, hurtful
hydro	water	hudor, hudatos, hydor from Greek	carbohydrate, hydrate, hydro, hydrogen
hygie (hygie-)	healthy	hugies, hugieia, hugieinos, hygieine, hugieine from Greek	hygiene, hygienic, unhygienic
hypno (hypno-)	sleep	hypnos from Greek	hypno, hypnotic, hypnotisable, hypnotise, hypnotism, hypnotist, hypnotizable
hypo	under, less than	hupo from Greek	hypo, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothalamus, hypothesis

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