Question

What is the term for a word or word part that holds a word's basic meaning?

Answer 1

Root is the correct answer

Step-by-step explanation:

A root word has no prefix or suffix — it's the most basic part of a word. ... In linguistics, a root word holds the most basic meaning of any word.

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Answer 2

The root is the term.

Step-by-step explanation:

The prefix is the part of the word in the beginning, that tells what is happening like non- is not

The root is the part of the sentence that is going to tell the fixed meaning.

The suffix is going to make a word that make a sentence past tense, future tense, or present tense.