aliment- root words — words with the aliment- root

The root aliment- comes from Latin alere, meaning nourish. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including alimony, alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, alimentary, alible, aliment, coalitional. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the aliment- root

Explore words with aliment- — words containing the aliment- root and sharing its sense of "nourish". Examples include alimony, alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, alimentary, alible, aliment, coalitional. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does aliment- mean?

The aliment- root means nourish, from Latin alere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.