shirt- root words — words with the shirt- root

The root shirt- comes from Old English scyrte, meaning short garment. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including shirted, shirting, shirts, shirtsleeve, shirtsleeves, shirtfront. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the shirt- root

Explore words with shirt- — words containing the shirt- root and sharing its sense of "short garment". Examples include shirted, shirting, shirts, shirtsleeve, shirtsleeves, shirtfront. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does shirt- mean?

The shirt- root means short garment, from Old English scyrte. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.