A dictionary that shows you where words come from.
This is the iPhone app, live. Try it.
This is the iPhone app, live. Try it.
Follow a word backwards through each ancestor language, one branch at a time.
See the related words in other languages that share the same root.
Definitions and etymologies come from Wiktionary, parsed into a proper graph.
The big dictionary apps are covered in ads and have no etymology. This has neither problem.
Fast lookup first. The deep history is one tap away, never in the way.
One dataset, three places to read it. Nothing to sign up for.
No account, no install required. Open the web app and look something up.
Wordroot runs on every platform. On Windows, Linux and Android it installs straight from the browser — no store, no download, no runtime. It gets a real window, its own icon, and keeps working offline.
Open the web app in Edge or Chrome, then Install Wordroot from the address bar. It lands in the Start Menu like any other app.
Open & install →Open the web app in Chrome, then Add to Home screen. Full screen, no browser chrome, works offline.
Open & install →Same as Windows — install the web app from Chrome or Chromium and it runs in its own window.
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