ROOT WORD

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

  "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

  synonyms : base , radical , root , stem , theme

  "But the root base of the word has to be considered when making such claims such as you are." -added by diviya_inlas

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