the "root".
Earliest is an adjective.
The word for a shortened form of a word is called a "contraction."
Etymology : "The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible." ~ American Heritage Dictionary
The Sumerian form of writing was called cuneiform. It was one of the earliest known writing systems in the world, developed by the ancient Sumerians around 3000 BCE. Cuneiform was written by pressing a stylus into clay tablets to create wedge-shaped marks representing different syllables or words.
A word formed by using the letters of another word is called an anagram.
autralopithecus africanus
comparative: earlier superlative: earliest
I have a sundial in the garden.The sundial were the earliest form of clocks.
There are three syllables: ear-li-est.
Hyrogliphics is the earliest form of writing by the Egyptians.
The earliest form of exchange was known as barter
The earliest trombone was called the sackbut, or the German word "posaunen."
neumes (apex) =D
Earliest is an adjective.
"The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean a-ke-roattested in Linear B syllabic script." - Wikipedia.
The word for a shortened form of a word is called a "contraction."
its called word form