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    What is the root word for happiness

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      It comes from middle english: old Norse  Happ, Hap is archaic noun meaning luck; fortune.


      As a verb Happed, Happing [intrans.]


      come about by chance: what can hap to him worthy to be deemed evil?


      wher’er I happ’d to roam.

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        It has no root word.

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          Happy

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            God

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              http://www.redwoods.edu/eureka/asc/handouts/word%20decoding/word%20decoding.pdf


              This web site might give insight into what a root word is. Happy is the root word for happiness.

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