word family
Related term group
A word family is a group of words sharing a common root or base, related by meaning and spelling patterns: walk, walked, walking, walker.
The concept is central to reading instruction, where recognizing word families helps children decode unfamiliar words.
In linguistics, word families may also group words descended from the same ancestor across languages.
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