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BMO
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 Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject: word stem |
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What is a word stem? Is this root, prefix, suffix, affix?
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LucentShade
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:20 am Post subject: |
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I usually hear "stem" with languages like Spanish and Japanese, but my guess is that the meaning is close to a root. It's like the stem of a plant, where the leaves are attached to the stem--with words, the leaves are the prefixes, suffixes, etc. So with a stem like "nation," you can make national, nationalism, international, multinational, nationalization.
That's my guess--there might be some other definition of "stem." |
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BMO
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Concord is composed of com-, together, + Latin cor, heart, (stem cord). Dictionaries say stem cord. Are there any difference between root and stem? Is it interchangeable?
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