pay- root words — words with the pay- root

The root pay- comes from Latin pacare, meaning appease, pay. 15 words in Dendril are built from it, including payed, paying, pays, payment, payments, payable, payer, payers, payload, payoff, payoffs, payroll. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pay- root

Explore words with pay- — words containing the pay- root and sharing its sense of "appease, pay". Examples include payed, paying, pays, payment, payments, payable, payer, payers, payload, payoff, payoffs, payroll. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pay- root means appease, pay, from Latin pacare. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.