fuge- root words — words with the fuge- root

The root fuge- comes from Latin fugere, meaning to flee, avoid. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including calcifuge, centrifugate, nidifugous, recentrifuge, refugium, ultracentrifuge. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the fuge- root

Explore words with fuge- — words containing the fuge- root and sharing its sense of "to flee, avoid". Examples include calcifuge, centrifugate, nidifugous, recentrifuge, refugium, ultracentrifuge. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does fuge- mean?

The fuge- root means to flee, avoid, from Latin fugere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.