In the words wide and width, what is the relationship between the words?

Question

A. Width is a noun made from the verb wide by adding -th.
B. Wide is an adjective made from the adjective width by dropping the -th.
C. Width is a noun made from the adjective wide by adding -th.
D. Wide and width are both nouns made from the verb to widen.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

C. Width is a noun made from the adjective wide by adding -th.

"Wide" is an adjective that describes something that has a large width, and "width" is the noun form that refers to the measurement of how wide something is. The suffix "-th" is added to "wide" to create the noun "width."