List of English Root Word - [B]

 

 

 

 

List of English Root Word - [B]

 

Root	Meaning	etymology	Words
back	back	bæc from Old English	back, backing, backward, backwards
bag	bag	bague from French	baggage
ball		-	footballer
ban	summon, command, proclaim	bannan from Old English	ban
band	strip, bind	bend from Old English	band, bandage, bond
bandon	power, jurisdiction	bannum from Latin	abandon
bank (bank-, bench)	bank, table, slope, shelf	banca from Italian	banker, bankrupt, bankruptcy
bar	bar, barrier	barra from Latin	bar, barrier, embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassing, embarrassment
barbar (barbar-, brav-)	foreign, strange, brave	barbaros, barbaroi from Greek	barbarian, brave
bas (bas- bat-, ba-)	step, foundation, to go, walk	basis, bema, bematos, bates, bathron, bainein from Greek	acrobat, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabasis, anabatic, base, based, baseless, basement, basic, basically, basis, bass, diabetes, diabetic
bat	bat	-	bat
batt (batt-, bat-)	beat, strike	battalia, batuere, battuere, batre from Latin	abate, batt, battalion, batter, battery, combat, debate, rebate
be	by, about	be-, be, bi, bi- from Old English	about, above, become, becoming, before, begrudge, behave, behaviour, behavioural, behind, behold, belie, belief, believe, belong, bemoan, berate, bereave, bereft, beside, betoken, betray, beyond, disbelief, misbehave

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bear	bear	beran, bær, boren, byrde, gebyrde from Old English	birth
beat	beat	beatan from Old English	beat, unbeatable
bel (bel-, belli-)	war	bellona, bellare, bellum, belli, bellicus from Latin	antebellum, bell-, bellicose, belligerent, Bellona, bellum, postbellum, rebel, rebellion, rebellious
bell (bell-)	pretty, handsome, charming	bella, bellus from Latin	beauteous, beautician, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, beldam, belladonna, Bellar, belle, belvedere, embellish
bene (bene-, ben-)	good, well	bene from Latin	benedict, benediction, benefaction, benefactor, benefic, benefice, beneficial, beneficiary, benefit, benevolence, benevolent, benign
best (scan)		-	bestselling
bi	around	by, BE- from Middle English	because, beware
bi	two, twice	bi, bis, bini, bi- from Latin	balance, bi, bicentenary, bicycle, biennial, bilateral, billion, billionaire, binary, bine, biscuit, combination, combine, imbalance
bib (bib-)	drink	bibere, bibulus from Latin	beer, bever, beverage, bib, bibber, bibulous, imbibe, winebibber
biblio (bibli-, bibl-)	book, paper, scroll	biblion from Greek	Bible, biblio, biblioclast, bibliographic, bibliography, biblioklept, bibliolatry, bibliology, bibliomancy, bibliomania, bibliophile, bibliophilia, bibliophobe, bibliophobia, bibliotaph, Bibliotherapy
bid	command	beodan from Old English	forbid

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bind	bind	bindan from Old English	bind, bundle
bio	life	bioun, bios, biotos, biotikos, biosis from Greek	abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobic, aerobiology, amphibious, antibiosis, antibiotic, antibiotics, autobiography, bio, biocentric, biochronology, biogenesis, biograph, biography, biological, biologically, biologist, biology, bionics, biophilia, biopsy, biotic, biotin, microbiologist, microbiology
bishop	overseer	bishop from English	archbishop, bishop
bite (bite, bitter)	bite, bitter	bitan, biterian, bitere, biter from Old English	bitter, bitterness
blade	blade	blæd from Old English	blade
blank	blank	blanc, blanche from French	blank, blanket
blind	blind	blind, blendan from Old English	blindness
blond	blond	blundus from Latin	blonde
blood	blood, breed	blod, bredan from Old English	bleed, bloody, breed, breeding, inbreed, inbreeding
board		-	board
body	body	bodig from Old English	bodily, body, embody
bol (bal-, bel-, bol-)	throw	bole, blema, ballein from Greek	ametabolic, amphibole, anabolic, anabolism, astrobleme, ball, ballet, ballista, ballistic, bole, bolide, bolometer, catabolic, catabolism, devil, diabolic, diabolo, emblem, embolic, embolus, hyperbola, hyperbole, metabolic, metabolism, palaver, parabola, parle, parley, parol, parole, problem, problematic, symbol, symbolic, symbolize

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bone	bone	ban, bone from Old English	bone
bonk	bonk, hit	-	bonkers
boom	boom	-	boom
boss	boss	baas, baes from Dutch	boss, bossy
box	box	-	box, boxer
brace		-	brace, embrace
brain	brain	brægen from Old English	brain, brainstorming, brainy
break	break	brecan from Old English	breach, break, breaking
breath	breath	bræð from Old English	breathe
brev (brev-)	short (time), brief	brevis, breve, breviare from Latin	abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviation, abridge, brief, briefly
bring	bring	bringan from Old English	upbringing

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broad	wide, not narrow	brad from Old English	abroad, broad, broadcast, broadly
brow	eyebrow	bru, brua from Old English	eyebrow
build	build, dwelling	byldan, bold, botl from Old English	build, builder, building
bull		bullire, bulla from Latin	boil
bunk	bunk	bunker, Bunkum from English	aneurysm, debunk
bureau	office, desk	bure, burrus, burra, bura from Latin	bureaucracy
busy	busy	bisig, bisgian from Old English	business, businessman
buy	buy	bycgan, bicgan from Old English	buyer

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: band from Old English bend

 

 

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