root
- noun
- /ruːt/
- Specialized
- Arguably, the root of what may be called a grading divide does not lie with today's teachers.
- root word
- prefixes and roots
- suffixes and roots
And the word passion itself comes from the the Latin root paseo.
- And the word passion itself comes from the the Latin root paseo.
- So perfect comes from the Latin root per and for Sayer, so completely done.
- But if you look at the root word of passion, it's Patty, which means to suffer.
Examples
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The Sanskrit root of our word mata is taken from matri.
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The Latin root word for commons is the same as the root for community.
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This is the root of a Chinese word and it means water.
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It's from the Latin root, to love.
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...any word and I show you how the root of that word is Greek.
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You know the root of the word "annihilate"?
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Hebrew bases much of its vocabulary and grammar on root words of three letters.
Academic text (1992) -
Skeat sees the Aryan root words as the original ideas of the race.
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In addition, there are lists of prefixes, suffixes and word roots which represent meaningful parts of words.
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The Latin word 'aqua' serves as the root for many English words related to water.
Synonyms
The main part of a word that other parts are added to
The main part of a word before prefixes or endings are added
The base form of a word after removing added beginnings and endings
The basic form of a word before adding parts to the start or end
The basic form of a word after removing beginnings and endings
An old word that later words come from, for example Latin pater and English father
Compounds
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All the parts under the ground of a plant that hold it in soil and take water
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A plant root people believe has magical or healing powers that people sometimes use as a drug
A plant root used to add a sweet, slightly bitter flavor to candies, drinks, and medicine
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A group of nerve fibers at the back of the spinal cord that carry messages about feeling into it
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A plant with a large part under the ground that people eat, like a potato or carrot
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A fungus that attacks the roots of apple trees and makes them rot
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A fungus that infects plant roots and causes brown rot in crops like peas or potatoes
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Pain, weakness, and numbness in the neck and arm from a pinched nerve
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A number that makes a square matrix have determinant zero when subtracted from its diagonal entries
A plant that lives for several years with divided leaves and hanging brown-purple and orange-pink flowers
- Archaic
A small plant with grasslike leaves whose bitter root was used to treat stomach pain
- Literature
A hairy plant from Europe and Asia with small yellow flowers and a root used in old medicines
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A wildflower without leaves that gets food from fungi and grows from a hard mass of roots underground
A small European plant like cress with knotted white roots that grows in damp places
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A North American wild plant with toothed leaves and strong smelling roots used to add taste or to treat illness
- US
A North American plant with strong tasting roots used to flavor food or as medicine
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A small North American orchid with yellowish-brown flowers marked by dark veins, found from Arizona to the eastern United States
A tall plant with spikes of small white or purple flowers that lives for many years
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A North American orchid with pale yellow or green stems and almost no leaves
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A part of a plant that grows from a stem or leaf instead of the main root
- Archaic
A North American plant with small white flowers sometimes used in herbal medicine
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A nerve branch at the front of the spinal cord that carries signals to muscles
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Many thin roots growing abnormally near a plant's base, often caused by a disease called crown gall
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A part of a plant that grows from the stem above ground and holds the plant in place
A North American wild plant with long clusters of small flowers once used as medicine
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A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil
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A thin thread on a plant root that takes in water and nutrients from the soil
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A mountain plant with thick pink-tipped leaves and yellow flowers used in herbal medicine
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A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers
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A North American plant with strong spicy roots used for food and medicine
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A group of nerves at the back of the spine that carries feeling from the body to the spinal cord
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A North American plant with small white flowers whose roots people use in cough medicines
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A plant from eastern North America with small white flowers and roots used in medicine
A rough wild plant from eastern North America with large leaves and purple or dull red flowers
- Philippine
A climbing plant whose root has a poison used to stun fish and kill insects
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A nerve that comes out of the spinal cord, joins another nerve, and carries messages to and from the body
A small plant with leafless stems that grows in North American forests and has white flowers with purple spots
A wildflower with almost no leaves, red stems, and pale pink flowers with brown stripes
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The front branch of a spinal nerve that sends movement signals to muscles
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A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word root in language means the simple base form that other words grow from, just like a plant root is the 'base' that lets the plant grow.