root word

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root word - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

stem, root, theme, radical, base

linguistics - the scientific study of language

descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"

Translations

root word n → radice f

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