bus- root words — words with the bus- root

The root bus- comes from German buhse, meaning gun, tube. 1 words in Dendril are built from it, including harquebus. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bus- root

Explore words with bus- — words containing the bus- root and sharing its sense of "gun, tube". Examples include harquebus. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does bus- mean?

The bus- root means gun, tube, from German buhse. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.