gage- root words — words with the gage- root

The root gage- comes from Frankish wadi~2, meaning pledge. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including engage, engaged, engages, engaging, mortgage, mortgaged, mortgages, mortgaging, engagingly, mortgagee, mortgagor, remortgage. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the gage- root

Explore words with gage- — words containing the gage- root and sharing its sense of "pledge". Examples include engage, engaged, engages, engaging, mortgage, mortgaged, mortgages, mortgaging, engagingly, mortgagee, mortgagor, remortgage. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The gage- root means pledge, from Frankish wadi~2. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.