ENGLISH ROOT WORD: character "character." from Greek kharakterizein, kharakter, kharassein, kharax

【character】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Greek word(s) "kharakterizein," "kharakter," "kharassein," and "kharax." It carries the basic meaning of "character."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "character"]

character ****[606] The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
characterise ☆[5034] to describe the character or special qualities of (someone or something)
characteristic ****[1314] The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
characterize **[4193] If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.

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[WORD ROOT]root character
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] character
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) kharakterizein, kharakter, kharassein, kharax
[MEANING]root character

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 kharakterizein [from kharakter] to designate by a characteristic mark
• 【Greek】 kharakter [from kharassein] a stamping tool, engraved mark; symbol or imprint on the soul; (properly) instrument for marking
• 【Greek】 kharassein [from kharax] to engrave
• 【Greek】 kharax pointed stake

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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character ★★★★[606] noun from character
【DEFINITION】 The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
【pl.】 characters
【SYNONYM】 nature, personality
【ROOTs】 character; character
【Etymology】 《Greek kharax》 pointed stake
【First Known Meaning】 symbol marked or branded on the body
【DERIVATIVEs】 characterful, characterisable, characteristic, characteristically, characterizable, characterize, characterless, character

characterise ☆[5034] verb from character
【DEFINITION】 ① to describe the character or special qualities of (someone or something)
② to be a typical feature or quality of (someone or something)
③ often used as (be) characterized
【Declension/Conjugation】 characterised characterised characterising characterises
【COMPOSITION】 character + ize
【ROOTs】 ⑴ character; ⑵ ise; verb suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin characterizare》
【First Known Meaning】 to engrave, write,
【DERIVATIVEs】 characterisable, characterizable, characterise, characterize

characteristic ★★★★[1314] noun from character
【DEFINITION】 The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
【pl.】 characteristics
【ROOTs】 ⑴ character; character ⑵ istic; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek kharax》 pointed stake
【DERIVATIVEs】 characterful, characterisable, characteristic, characteristically, characterizable, characterize, characterless, character

characterize ★★[4193] verb from character
【DEFINITION】 If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 characterized characterized characterizing characterizes
【SYNONYM】 mark
【COMPOSITION】 character + ize
【ROOTs】 ⑴ character; character ⑵ ize; verb suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek kharax》 pointed stake
【First Known Meaning】 to engrave, write
【DERIVATIVEs】 characterful, characterisable, characteristic, characteristically, characterizable, characterize, characterless, character, characterise

Other words containing "character"; characterful, characterisable, characteristically, characteristics, characterizable, characterization, characterless

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

chaos, chaot-, gas
cer-, cern-, cert-
center-, centri-, centr-
cent-, centi-
celebr
cel-
cede-, cess-
caust-, calm-
caus, cuse
cast

 

 

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