root word

English

Noun

root word (plural root words)

  1. A prefix in an English word derived from Greek or Latin.
  2. Alternative form of root: the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
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