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<p>A <b>root</b> (also known as a <b>root word</b> or <b>radical</b>) is the core of a word that is irreducible into more meaningful elements. In <a href="page.php?w=Morphology_%28linguistics%29">morphology</a>, a root is a morphologically simple unit which can be left bare or to which a <a href="page.php?w=prefix">prefix</a> or a <a href="page.php?w=suffix">suffix</a> can attach. The root word is the primary <a href="page.php?w=lexicology">lexical</a> unit of a <a href="page.php?w=word">word</a>, and of a <a href="page.php?w=word_family">word family</a></p><p>
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