shoe- root words — words with the shoe- root

The root shoe- comes from Old English scoh, meaning footwear. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including shod, shoeing, shoelace, shoelaces, shoestring, shoestrings. 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. 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.