flies- root words — words with the flies- root

The root flies- comes from Old English fleoge, meaning fly. 13 words in Dendril are built from it, including butterflied, butterflies, butterfly, flycatcher, flypaper, mayflies, mayfly, barflies, damselflies, damselfly, deerfly, gallflies. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the flies- root

Explore words with flies- — words containing the flies- root and sharing its sense of "fly". Examples include butterflied, butterflies, butterfly, flycatcher, flypaper, mayflies, mayfly, barflies, damselflies, damselfly, deerfly, gallflies. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

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