gam- root words — words with the gam- root

The root gam- comes from Greek gamos, meaning marriage. 12 words in Dendril are built from it, including bigamist, bigamous, bigamy, monogamous, monogamy, polygamous, polygamy, polygamist, polygamists, gamete, gametes, gamy. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the gam- root

Explore words with gam- — words containing the gam- root and sharing its sense of "marriage". Examples include bigamist, bigamous, bigamy, monogamous, monogamy, polygamous, polygamy, polygamist, polygamists, gamete, gametes, gamy. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The gam- root means marriage, from Greek gamos. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.