cloth- root words — words with the cloth- root

The root cloth- comes from Old English clath, meaning cloth. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including loincloth, washcloth, washcloths, clothesline, clotheslines, plainclothes, clothier, oilcloth, plainclothesman, cerecloth, clothespress. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the cloth- root

Explore words with cloth- — words containing the cloth- root and sharing its sense of "cloth". Examples include loincloth, washcloth, washcloths, clothesline, clotheslines, plainclothes, clothier, oilcloth, plainclothesman, cerecloth, clothespress. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The cloth- root means cloth, from Old English clath. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.