buttress- root words — words with the buttress- root

The root buttress- comes from Old French bouter, meaning to thrust against, support. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including buttress, rebuttable, rebutter, sackbut, surrebuttal, surrebutter. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the buttress- root

Explore words with buttress- — words containing the buttress- root and sharing its sense of "to thrust against, support". Examples include buttress, rebuttable, rebutter, sackbut, surrebuttal, surrebutter. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does buttress- mean?

The buttress- root means to thrust against, support, from Old French bouter. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.