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Root Word

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
stem
plural
Root Words
possessive
Root Word's
pluralpossessive
Root Words'