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root

indivisible part of word that does not have any affix, may have a meaning and be usable alone or not, and may comprise multiple "radical" forms
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root

Summary

root ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • root is a type of morpheme[2].
  • root's topic's main category is recorded as Q9710132[3].
  • root's facet of is recorded as lemmatisation[4].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[8].
  • root's partially coincident with is recorded as word stem[9].
  • root's different from is recorded as Q1248088[10].

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Definition and Type

root is a type of morpheme[2].

Why It Matters

root ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).[1] root has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] root is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → morpheme
    Facet of → lemmatisation
    Subclass of → —
    Partially coincident with → word stem
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mnw, so */ import labels from sitelinks"
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