# Wordroot

> Word origins, traced

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6794988021](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6794988021)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6794988021`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joshua Trommel
- **Category:** Reference
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2026-08-25
- **Size:** 305 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordroot/id6794988021)
- **Website:** [https://wordroot.heyitsmejosh.com](https://wordroot.heyitsmejosh.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://wordroot.heyitsmejosh.com/privacy.html](https://wordroot.heyitsmejosh.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Every definition, free, no ads, no paywall.

Wordroot is a dictionary that shows you where words come from.

Look up any English word and get clean definitions plus the full etymology chain — Middle English, Old English, Latin, Ancient Greek, Proto-Germanic, all the way back to Proto-Indo-European where the trail exists.

• Fast search with definitions grouped by part of speech
• Etymology chain showing each ancestor, its language, and how the word arrived (inherited, derived, or borrowed)
• A word of the day to start from
• No ads, no accounts, no tracking

Definitions and etymologies come from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

## Rankings

- #2,294,749 — Overall

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