cup- root words — words with the cup- root

The root cup- comes from Latin cupa, meaning cask, tub. 8 words in Dendril are built from it, including cup, coop, cupola, cooperage, coopery, cupel, cupule, cuvette. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the cup- root

Explore words with cup- — words containing the cup- root and sharing its sense of "cask, tub". Examples include cup, coop, cupola, cooperage, coopery, cupel, cupule, cuvette. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does cup- mean?

The cup- root means cask, tub, from Latin cupa. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.