Meaning

noun (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

noun a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

noun cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

originFrom Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch stam (“stem”), German Stamm (“stem”), Danish and Norwegian stamme (“stem”), Danish stavn, stævn (“stem of a boat”), Faroese stavnur (“stem…

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