Question

Short note word root

Answer 1

A root word is the “torso” of a word- you can put arms and legs on it that make it into something else, but that root word is the center (though not literally, necessarily).

Examples:

Ambi - means “both” - ambiguous, ambivalent

Cent - means “one hundred” - century, percent

Port - means “to carry” - portable, transportation

Struct - means “to build” - construct, destruct,

In the English language, most base words come from Latin and Greek.