id- root words — words with the id- root

The root id- comes from Latin idus, meaning adjective, tending to. 19 words in Dendril are built from it, including lurid, ides, acridine, algid, algidity, capparidaceous, gravid, olid, pavid, perfervid, pinguid, sapid. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the id- root

Explore words with id- — words containing the id- root and sharing its sense of "adjective, tending to". Examples include lurid, ides, acridine, algid, algidity, capparidaceous, gravid, olid, pavid, perfervid, pinguid, sapid. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does id- mean?

The id- root means adjective, tending to, from Latin idus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.