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is a prefix, eg. given in the dictionary is conspiracy, where do i refer to know the root word,?

April 26, 2017Arts conspiracy dictionary given Humanities prefix refer word

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is a prefix, eg. given in the dictionary is conspiracy, where do i refer to know the root word,?

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The way to know is that when you remove a prefix from the word, what is left should be a word on its own. So “con” is not always a prefix, only sometimes, just as “under” is not always a prefix. The root word of “conspiracy” is “conspire”.