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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.

    It has no root word.

    Happy

    God

    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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