kantasana — meaning in English
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English meaning
- etymon noun The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
- primitive adj Belonging to an early stage of development; basic or unrefined.
- radix noun (linguistics) The original word or word-part that a later word comes from.
- root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
Senses
kantasana is used for these senses in English:
- etymon (linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
- primitive (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- radix (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
- root (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
primitive — full definition
- adj Belonging to an early stage of development; basic or unrefined.
- noun (computing) A basic data type or simple building block from which more complex structures are made.
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