root word

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Synonyms: book word, root for, good word, rootworm, root form, boo word, took word, rootwork

Antonyms: book word, root for, good word, rootworm, root form, boo word, took word, rootwork

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Noun

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|Inflectional stems]] often derive from roots.

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