caut- root words — words with the caut- root

The root caut- comes from Latin caveo, meaning beware. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including caution, caveat, precaution, precautions, cautioned, cautioning, cautions, cautious, cautiously, caveats, precautionary, cautionary. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the caut- root

Explore words with caut- — words containing the caut- root and sharing its sense of "beware". Examples include caution, caveat, precaution, precautions, cautioned, cautioning, cautions, cautious, cautiously, caveats, precautionary, cautionary. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The caut- root means beware, from Latin caveo. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.