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dem- root words — words with the dem- root

The root dem- comes from Greek demos, meaning people. 28 words in Dendril are built from it, including democratic, democracy, democratically, demagogue, demagogues, democracies, democrat, democrats, endemic, epidemic, epidemics, undemocratic. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the dem- root

Explore words with dem- — words containing the dem- root and sharing its sense of "people". Examples include democratic, democracy, democratically, demagogue, demagogues, democracies, democrat, democrats, endemic, epidemic, epidemics, undemocratic. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The dem- root means people, from Greek demos. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.