Ancient Elements

bót Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "remedy".

botm Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".

boum Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "tree".

brad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "broad".

bráen Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "rain, moisture, drop".

brahman ब्रह्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "transcendent reality, eternal truth".

bran Old Irish, Old Welsh
Irish and Welsh word meaning "raven".

brand Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "sword" or "fire".

brandr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "sword" or "fire".

branos Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "raven".

breit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "broad".

breowan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to brew".

brer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "briar".

brigā Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "might, power, prestige".

brih बृह् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to grow, to increase".

brií Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hill".

briíg Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "might, power".

brink Old Saxon
Old Low German word meaning "edge, slope".

britto Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Briton, a Celt of the British Islands.

briuwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to brew".

brixs Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "hill, high".

broc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "brook, small stream".

brokkos Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "badger".

bron Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "breast".

brun 1 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "armour, protection".

brun 2 Ancient Germanic, Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "brown".

brycg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bridge".

bryn 1 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "armour, protection".

bucc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "buck, male deer".

buddhi बुद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "intellect, reason, mind".

bula Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bull".

bulo Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "bull".

bun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "root, bottom".

buohha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beech tree".

bur Old High German
Old High German word meaning "peasant", later acquiring the meaning "farmer".

burg Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "fortress, fortification, castle".

burna Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spring, fountain, stream".

busc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bush".

busk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bush".

butil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bag, pouch".

bychan Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "little".

býr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "farm, settlement".

byrgen Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "burial mound".

caballus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pack horse".

cáel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "slender".

caelum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sky, heaven".

caer Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "fortress".

cærse Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "watercress".

caín Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "handsome, fair".

caled Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "rough, hard, cruel".

calvus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bald".

campus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "field".

capra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nanny goat".

capsa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, case".

caput Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "head".

cara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "face".

cara 2 Italian, Ancient Roman
Italian word meaning "beloved".

carae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "friend".

caraid Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "to love".

carbo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "charcoal, coal".

cardo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hinge".

carduus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thistle, thorn".

caritas Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "charity".

carpentarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "carriage maker".

carrus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wagon, cart".

caru Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "to love, to desire".

carus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beloved".

casa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "house".

castrum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "castle, fortress, camp".

cat Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "battle".

cath Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "battle".

cattus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cat".

caupo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tradesperson, shopkeeper".

cavus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cave, hollow".

ceald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cold".

ceapian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to buy, to trade" (of Latin origin).

cein Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "good, nice, lovely".

cempa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "champion, warrior".

cene Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bold, keen".

cenn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "head".

ceol Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "keel (of a ship)".

chagag חָגַג Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hold a festival, to hold a feast".

chālchiuhtli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "jade".

chanan חָנַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be gracious, to have mercy, to show favour".

chandana चन्दन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sandalwood".

chandra चन्द्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "moon".

chara χαρά Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "happiness".

charis χάρις Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "grace, kindness".

chatur चतुर् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "four".

chatzah חָצָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to divide".

chawah חָוָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to breathe".

chayah חָיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to live".

chazah חָזָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to see".

chazaq חָזַק Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strengthen, to be strong".

chetana चेतन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "visible, conscious, soul".

chind Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "child".

chinta चिनता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "thought, care".

chiranjiva चिरंजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "long-lived".

chirihha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "church" (from Greek).

chloros χλωρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pale green".

choch Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a cook".

choros χορός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "dance".

chryseos χρύσεος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "golden".

chrysos χρυσός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gold".

cíar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark, black".

cild Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baby, child".

cin Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "respect, esteem, affection".

cinid Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "be born, come into being".

cirice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "church" (from Greek).

clæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "clay".

clemens Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "merciful".

clif Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cliff".

cloh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleft, ravine, cliff".

cniht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "servant, apprentice".

cōātl Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "snake".

cobar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "desiring".

coc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a cook".

cocc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rooster, cock".

cóem Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dear, beloved".

col 2 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element possibly meaning "helmet".

colt Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "colt".

columba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "dove".

com Old Irish
Old Irish prefix meaning "with, together, joint".

conception Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "conception", the same as the English word.

conn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sense, reason".

coquina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "kitchen".

coquus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "a cook".

cor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "heart".

corallium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "coral", ultimately from Greek.

corium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leather".

corona Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "crown".

corriga Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tie, thong, shoelace".

cors Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "court".

costa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "side, wall".

cot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cottage, small house".

crawe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crow".

crispus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "curly".

crux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cross".

cryf Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "strong".

cú Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dog, hound, wolf".

cuēitl Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "skirt".

cuilén Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "whelp, young dog".

cumb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

cuniculus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rabbit".

cunnail Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "prudent, constant".

cupa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tub".

curtus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "short".

custodia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "protection, safekeeping".

cuþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "famous, known".

cwic Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alive".

cyne Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "royal".

cyning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "king".

cynt Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "first, before".

da 2 δᾶ Ancient Greek
Doric Greek form of ge.

da 3 Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good, well".

dæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "day".

dæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dale, valley".

dag Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "day".

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "day".

dair Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "oak".

dal Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dale, valley".

dala Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "dale, valley".

dalah דָּלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to draw up, to hang".

daliyyah דָּלִיָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "hanging branch".

dallr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

dam Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ox, deer".

dama दाम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rope, garland".

damazo δαμάζω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to tame".

damm Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "dam".

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

dana दान Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "giving, generosity".

dani Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

daphne δάφνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "laurel".

darshana दर्शन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "seeing, observing, understanding, philosophy".

dasa दास Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "servant, slave".

data Ancient Persian
Old Persian element meaning "given".

daya दया Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "compassion, pity".

deah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dye".

dech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "honour, better".

delb Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "form, image".

delicatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

demos δῆμος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "the people".

denu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

deor Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dear".

der 2 Old Irish
Old Irish prefix meaning "daughter".

derch Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "exalted".

desiderare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to desire".

dess Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "south".

deukes δευκής Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "sweet".

deva देव Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "god".

devi देवी Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "goddess".

dēwos Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "god".

dhananjaya धनंजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "winning wealth".

dharma धर्म Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue".

dhavala धवल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dazzling white".

dhira धीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wise".

dhuriya धुरीय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bearing a burden".

día Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "god".

diakonos διάκονος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "servant".

dic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "ditch, dike".

did Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "day".

dikaz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "pool".

dike δίκη Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "justice".

din 2 דִּין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

dina दिन Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "day".

dipa दीप Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "lamp, light".

dipaka दीपक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "inflaming, exciting".

dipali दिपाली Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "row of lamps".

dipti दीपति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brightness, light".

dís Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "goddess".

disha दिशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "region, direction".

divus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "divine, godly".

divya दिव्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "divine, heavenly".

dlongos Ancient (Hypothetical)
Indo-European word meaning "long".

'dn Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "lord, master".

dod דּוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "beloved" or "uncle".

dokeo δοκέω Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "to think, to imagine, to suppose, to expect".

dokimos δόκιμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "approved, esteemed, tested".

dol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "meadow".

doloris Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sorrow".

domun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "world, deep".

donn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "brown".

dor דּוֹר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "generation".

dorchae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

Dorieis Δωριεῖς Ancient Greek
Greek word for the tribe of the Dorians.

doron δῶρον Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "gift".

dosis δόσις Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "giving".

dotos δοτός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "given, granted".

doulos δοῦλος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "slave".

doxa δόξα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "notion, reputation, honour, glory".

'ḏr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to help".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

drakon δράκων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dragon, serpent".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

dub Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "black".

dubnos Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "world, deep".

duiu Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "god".

dulcis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sweet".

dumu Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "son, child".

dun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill, mountain" (possibly of Celtic origin).

dunn Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dark, brown".

dūnom Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "rampart, hill fort, citadel".

durans Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "enduring".

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").

dux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leader".

dwfr Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "water".

dy 2 Old Welsh
Welsh prefix meaning "to, toward" (in some cases perfective, intensifying or persistent; in other cases not changing the meaning of the root).

ea Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "river".

ead Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "wealth, fortune, riches".

eald Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "old".

ealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "temple".

eard Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "land".

east 1 English, Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "east".

east 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "grace".

ebur Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "boar".

ecclesia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "church" (of Greek origin).

ecg Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade, corner".

ech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "horse".

ecka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".

'eder עֵדֶר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "flock, herd".

eg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "island".

egg Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".

ei 1 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "ever, always".

eidos εἶδος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "kind, type".

eih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oak".

eik Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "oak".

ein Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "one, alone".

einig Old High German
Old High German word meaning "united".

eira Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "snow".

'el אֵל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "God".

el 2 Old Welsh
Welsh intensive prefix.

'elah אֵלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "terebinth, tree".

eldr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

eleemon ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "compassionate".

'elon אֵלוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "strong tree, oak".

elpis ἐλπίς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hope".

emeritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "veteran".

en 2 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "lord, master".

ende Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "end, limit".

eng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

enig Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "only".

eó Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "yew".

eofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "boar".

eorl Anglo-Saxon
Old English noble title.

eowu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ewe".

epi ἐπί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "on, upon".

epiphaneia ἐπιφάνεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "appearance, manifestation".

episkopos ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "overseer", and later "bishop".

era Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "honour, respect".

ercan Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "genuine".

ereš Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "lady, queen".

ergon ἔργον Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "work, deed".

ericius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hedgehog".

erlaz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

ermen Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "whole, universal".

'esh אֵשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "fire".

ét Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "jealousy, passion".

étig Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ugly, misshapen".