USA Today Rootonym August 14, 2026 Answers
All 4 root words from the Friday Rootonym — each answer with its root and what the root means.
Being pleasant and at ease in talking to others; characterized by friendliness (adjective)
Jane's siblings were fortunate to find an ________ woman to help their ailing sister.
Able to speak two languages with equal fluency (adjective)
Diane was fortunate to grow up in France and become a ________ speaker of English and French.
Precursor; something that precedes an event, object, circumstance or phenomenon (noun)
Tom learned in music class that the harpsichord was the ________ to the pianoforte.
To remove or destroy completely; to pull up by the roots (verb)
Scientists continue sophisticated research to ________ multiple types of cancer.
About this puzzle
This page lists all root words from the USA Today Rootonym published on August 14, 2026. Each card shows the masked word as it appears in the puzzle, the shared root with its meaning, the full answer, and the definition. Tap any definition to open that word's page with its example sentence.