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Prefixes Suffixes and Root Words
What is the meaning of the root stem bell?
Answer
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August 12, 2012 3:12PM
If you mean "bell" as in bellicose, or belligerent, it comes from the Latin "bellum", which means "war". Ante-bellum means pre-war, or before the war.
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