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ROOT (LINGUISTICS)

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From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The root in language is either a base word, or a part of a word to which affixes
are added. Or, it is the part left after affixes have been taken away.
Technically, it is the smallest unit which carries meaning: it cannot be reduced
into smaller units. It is the same as a free-standing morpheme.

If a root is a whole word, then it is called a base word. It is the word which
stands at the head of a dictionary definition, is the base of a word family.

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 * Unhelpfully
 * reaction
 * receive
 * science. This one is interesting because it is so ancient. It is a descendent
   of the Indo-European root scei, meaning to cut or split. It comes to us via
   the Latin language.[1]


REFERENCES[CHANGE | CHANGE SOURCE]

 1. ↑ McArthur, Tom 1992. The Oxford companion to the English language. Oxford
    Unniversity Press, 876.




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