word base
Linguistics
noun
The simple form from which the derivatives and inflected forms of a word arise; the uninflected or unaffixed form of a word.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- unsectarian
- unsecure
- unsecured
- unseeable
- unseeded
- unseeing
- unseeingly
- unseemliness
- unseemly
- unseen
- unsegmented
- unsegregated
- unselect
- unselected
- unselective
- unselfconscious
- unselfconsciously
- unselfconsciousness
- unselfish
- unselfishly
- unselfishness
- unsellable
- unsensational
- unsensationally
- unsentimental