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deradical

deradical adjective: derived directly from a root (rather than from a form that is itself derived).

Adjective

deradical (not comparable)

  1. (especially, historical) Derived directly from a root (rather than from a form that is itself derived).
    • The pattern in (20) is best desctibed as deverbal, in contrast to the deradical pattern in (21) and (22).2006, D. Gary Miller, “Derivation”, in Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English, Oxford University Press, page 16
    • Vedic -dhyai, as just alluded to, has been considered by many distinguished scholars to be a deradical rather than a depresential suffix, except in a few special forms.2013, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, “Latin -(r)ier and its Indo-Iranian congeners”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, number 117, pages 75–118

Origin of deradical

From de- (“from”) + radical (“of or pretaining to a root”).

Words formed from deradical

Questions about deradical

What does deradical mean?
Deradical means derived directly from a root (rather than from a form that is itself derived).
What part of speech is deradical?
Deradical is an adjective.

Words near deradical in the dictionary

  1. deracinations
  2. deracine
  3. deracines
  4. deracoxib
  5. deradelphus
  6. deradical
  7. deradicalisation
  8. deradicalise
  9. deradicalised
  10. deradicalises
  11. deradicalising

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