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What is a Root Word? A root word is the most basic form of a word that is able to convey a particular description, thought or meaning. If that definition is good enough for you, you should skip to the useful stuff. Below, as it always seems to be whenever we discuss linguistics, things get decidedly more technical. Sometimes the term root is used to describe the word minus its inflectional endings, but with its lexical endings in place. Inflection is the change or marking of a word to reflect grammar, such as gender, tense, number or person. A word independent of different inflections is calle