WordNet: base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

• domain: topic linguistics

• hypernym descriptor, form, signifier, word form

base

• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)

radical

• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)

root

• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)

root word

• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)

stem

• (englanti) stem (derivationally related)

• (englanti) stem (derivationally related)
• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)

theme

• (suomi) vartalo (synonyymi)