spers- root words — words with the spers- root

The root spers- comes from Latin spargere, meaning to scatter. 15 words in Dendril are built from it, including asperge, asperged, asperger, aspergill, asperging, aspersive, dispersant, dispersible, dispersive, dispersoid, interspersion, monodisperse. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the spers- root

Explore words with spers- — words containing the spers- root and sharing its sense of "to scatter". Examples include asperge, asperged, asperger, aspergill, asperging, aspersive, dispersant, dispersible, dispersive, dispersoid, interspersion, monodisperse. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The spers- root means to scatter, from Latin spargere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.