Neologisms and Word Formation: Terms

Question 1

Anglicise

Answer 1

Make something English (In the terms of word formation, we make it no longer recognisable from the loan word)
e.g. Damsel (English) -> Damoisele (Old French)

Question 2

Stem

Answer 2

Is a part of a word, (before any affixes can be added) they’re usually words.
E.g. researched. – re- = searched.