naut- root words — words with the naut- root

The root naut- comes from Greek nautes, meaning sailor. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including astronaut, astronauts, cosmonaut, cosmonauts, nautical, aeronautical, aeronautics, aquanaut, astronautics, nautically, nautilus. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the naut- root

Explore words with naut- — words containing the naut- root and sharing its sense of "sailor". Examples include astronaut, astronauts, cosmonaut, cosmonauts, nautical, aeronautical, aeronautics, aquanaut, astronautics, nautically, nautilus. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The naut- root means sailor, from Greek nautes. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.