dough- root words — words with the dough- root

The root dough- comes from Proto-Indo-European dheigh, meaning to knead, form, mold. 2 words in Dendril are built from it, including dough, doughnut. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the dough- root

Explore words with dough- — words containing the dough- root and sharing its sense of "to knead, form, mold". Examples include dough, doughnut. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does dough- mean?

The dough- root means to knead, form, mold, from Proto-Indo-European dheigh. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.