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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Word stem

what is the word stem for bungalow?
  

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A quick check in a good English dictionary will show that it is its own word, from Hindi, meaning house.

  • A quick check in a good English dictionary will show that it is its own word, from Hindi, meaning house.
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A quick check in a good English dictionary will show that it is its own word, from Hindi, meaning house.
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Hi

Philip is correct.

The stem of 'bungalow' is simply 'bungalow'. It is what's known in morphology (the study of word structure) as a free morpheme, meaning that it cannot be divided into smaller parts.

The etymology (origin) of the word is seen as either coming from Hindi, meaning 'low thatched house' or from Bengalese meaning' house in the Bengal style'. You can de

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