tle- root words — words with the tle- root

The root tle- comes from Latin tela, meaning woven web (finely woven). 6 words in Dendril are built from it, including oversubtlety, subtile, subtilize, supersubtle, toile, unsubtly. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tle- root

Explore words with tle- — words containing the tle- root and sharing its sense of "woven web (finely woven)". Examples include oversubtlety, subtile, subtilize, supersubtle, toile, unsubtly. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does tle- mean?

The tle- root means woven web (finely woven), from Latin tela. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.