sacchar- root words — words with the sacchar- root

The root sacchar- comes from Greek sakcharon, meaning sugar. 8 words in Dendril are built from it, including saccharin, saccharine, chitosan, disaccharide, monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, trisaccharide. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the sacchar- root

Explore words with sacchar- — words containing the sacchar- root and sharing its sense of "sugar". Examples include saccharin, saccharine, chitosan, disaccharide, monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, trisaccharide. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The sacchar- root means sugar, from Greek sakcharon. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.