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According to Wikipedia: The root word is the primary lexical
unit of a word, and of a word family
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(root is then called base word), which carries the most significant
aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller
constituents.
According to dictionary.com: (linguistic) the form of a word
after all the affixes are removed
psuedo means false
Pseudonym
Pseudograph
Pseudoscientists
pseudopregnancy
ambi means both
duc/duct means educate
mal means bad
sent means to feel; to send
cede means to yield or
withdraw
dys means bad; hard; unlucky;
abnormal
gram means things written
morph means form; shape
nym means name
psycho means soul; spirit
bene means well, good
mis/miso means hate
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Remember mis means hate.