FORMATIVE ELEMENT


Meaning of FORMATIVE ELEMENT in English

Gram.

1. a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.

2. any noninflectional morpheme, whether base or affix.

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .