hum- root words — words with the hum- root

The root hum- comes from Latin humus, meaning ground, earth. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including humble, humbly, exhume, exhumed, exhuming, humbled, humbler, humbles, humblest, posthumous, posthumously, exhumation. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the hum- root

Explore words with hum- — words containing the hum- root and sharing its sense of "ground, earth". Examples include humble, humbly, exhume, exhumed, exhuming, humbled, humbler, humbles, humblest, posthumous, posthumously, exhumation. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The hum- root means ground, earth, from Latin humus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.