root

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Brent

Definition | Meaning

  1. The semantic kernel from which a set of words is derived by phonetic, morphemic, and/or semantic change.

Example | Illustration

  • the semantic kernel of the words ‘black’, ‘blue’, ‘blond’, and ‘blush’ is the Indo-European root *bhel-, which originally referred (several thousand years ago) to the colors seen in a fire

Etymology | Origin

Compare | See

  • semantics
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