thrips- root words — words with the thrips- root

The root thrips- comes from Greek thrips, meaning woodworm, wood-boring insect. 1 words in Dendril are built from it, including thrips. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the thrips- root

Explore words with thrips- — words containing the thrips- root and sharing its sense of "woodworm, wood-boring insect". Examples include thrips. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does thrips- mean?

The thrips- root means woodworm, wood-boring insect, from Greek thrips. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.