stear- root words — words with the stear- root

The root stear- comes from Greek stear, meaning fat, tallow. 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including steapsin, stearic, stearin, stearoptene, steatite, steatopygia. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the stear- root

Explore words with stear- — words containing the stear- root and sharing its sense of "fat, tallow". Examples include steapsin, stearic, stearin, stearoptene, steatite, steatopygia. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does stear- mean?

The stear- root means fat, tallow, from Greek stear. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.