shoe- root words — words with the shoe- root

The root shoe- comes from Old English scoh, meaning footwear. 7 words in Dendril are built from it, including shod, shoeing, shoelace, shoelaces, shoestring, shoestrings, shoebill. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the shoe- root

Explore words with shoe- — words containing the shoe- root and sharing its sense of "footwear". Examples include shod, shoeing, shoelace, shoelaces, shoestring, shoestrings, shoebill. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does shoe- mean?

The shoe- root means footwear, from Old English scoh. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.