Explore by Origin
Browse English words grouped by the language families they came from.
635 roots across 19 languages connecting to 1,876 English words
Indo-European
The largest language family, spanning from Iceland to India
Semitic
Ancient family including Arabic and Hebrew
Sino-Tibetan
East Asian language family with tonal roots
Austronesian
Pacific and Southeast Asian languages
Japonic
Japanese language family — words entering English from the 16th century onward
Turkic
Central Asian language family stretching from Turkey to Siberia
Niger-Congo
The largest African language family, source of many words via the Atlantic slave trade
Indigenous American
Languages of the Americas — Nahuatl, Quechua, Taino, and others