Definition of root word Root word
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What does root word mean?
WordNet
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| root word - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" | ||
| root, base, stem, theme, radical | ||
| signifier, word form, descriptor, form a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | ||
| linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature | ||
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Wiktionary 
- root word (Noun)
A prefix in an English word derived from Greek or Latin. - root word (Noun)
It is 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.
