A few days ago
Anonymous

what is a root word?

what is a root word?

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A few days ago
ghouly05

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root word

noun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem” [syn: root]

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A few days ago
Anonymous
A root word is the original word from which other words are formed.

e.g. ‘jump’ is the root word of ‘jumps, jumped, jumping’

‘know’ is the root word of ‘knows, knowing, knowledge’

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A few days ago
a
The main word in a word.

unbelieveable

un – prefix

believe – root

able – suffix

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