| Lemma | base |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Whitney (1875) |
| Titolo | The Life and Growth of language |
| Sinonimi | crude-form (inglese) radical element (inglese) root (inglese) |
| Rinvii | affix (inglese) formative element (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | […] so long as the independent word, in its individual shape and meaning, is plainly recognized in the combination, so long does this remain a compound rather than a form […] a disguising alteration is needed to help make an affix- a “formative element,” as it is properly termed, in distinction from the “radical element,” the root or base, or the crude-form, to which it is appended. |