tophus- root words — words with the tophus- root

The root tophus- comes from Latin tofus, meaning porous stone, deposit. 5 words in Dendril are built from it, including tophus, tufa, tufaceous, tuff, tuffaceous. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tophus- root

Explore words with tophus- — words containing the tophus- root and sharing its sense of "porous stone, deposit". Examples include tophus, tufa, tufaceous, tuff, tuffaceous. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does tophus- mean?

The tophus- root means porous stone, deposit, from Latin tofus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.