bureau- root words — words with the bureau- root

The root bureau- comes from Latin burra, meaning woolen cloth. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including bureaucracy, bureau, bureaucracies, bureaucratic, bureaucrats, bureaus. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bureau- root

Explore words with bureau- — words containing the bureau- root and sharing its sense of "woolen cloth". Examples include bureaucracy, bureau, bureaucracies, bureaucratic, bureaucrats, bureaus. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does bureau- mean?

The bureau- root means woolen cloth, from Latin burra. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.