root word

Noun
  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (synset 106311183)
    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    same as: base, radical, root, stem, theme

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