shirt- root words — words with the shirt- root

The root shirt- comes from Old English scyrte, meaning short garment. 5 words in Dendril are built from it, including shirted, shirting, shirts, shirtsleeve, shirtsleeves. 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. 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.