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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  root word
       n : (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
           removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root,
            base, stem, theme, radical]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  root word /ɹˈuːt wˈɜːd/
  Stammwort  [ling.]
     Synonyms: root, radical

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