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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Base words refer to individual words in the English language. | |
| Root words go back to Latin and Greek languages. | |
| Affix: Affixes are small word particles, usually only a few letters, added to a root word to change its meaning or grammatical properties. | |
| Prefix: Prefixes are affixes that come at the beginning of a word, before a root word. Sometimes they are added to a word to change its meaning, such as legal and illegal. | |
| Suffix: Suffixes are affixes that come at the end of a word, after the root word. Unlike prefixes, which mostly change a word’s meaning. |