root character
Linguistics
noun
(In Chinese and certain other languages with non-Roman writing systems) a basic character, which may be modified to create other words or morphemes.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Moses Stuart (1780–1852).
- English-knowing
- English Latin
- Englishly
- English maidenhair
- English malady
- Englishman
- Englishman's foot
- English melancholy
- English mile
- English Miss
- English muffin
- English mustard
- Englishness
- English Pale
- English pea
- English peace
- English pink
- English plantain
- English rhubarb
- English rose
- Englishry
- English saddle
- English-Saxon
- English setter
- English Sunday