morpheme_key: rusk

morpheme: rusk

morpheme_head: rusk

affix_form: -rusk-

meaning_definition: skin | hide | rind

example_words_list_1: rusk, rusky

example_words_corpus: rusks | rusked

categorical_group_list: Material, Outer layer, Botany

etymology: From Old English 'rusc' meaning 'rush, reed, husk', related to the texture or material of the outer layer.


morpheme_key: russet

morpheme: russet

morpheme_head: russet

affix_form: -russet-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: reddish-brown | brownish-red

example_words_list_1: russet

example_words_corpus: russets | russety | russeting | russetish | russetings | russetness

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical property

etymology: Old English rūsc (red, reddish-brown)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular

attestation: both


morpheme_key: russia

morpheme: russia

morpheme_head: russia

affix_form: -russia-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: Russia | Russian

example_words_list_1: Russian, Russification, Russophobia

example_words_corpus: Walrussia | Russiagate | Russiagater | Russiaphobia

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Nationality

etymology: From Rus', referring to the land of the Rus' people

ancestor_etymon_language: Old East Slavic

etymological_family: other

register: neutral


morpheme_key: rust

morpheme: rust

morpheme_head: rust

affix_form: rust-

sense_label: corrosion

meaning_definition: corrosion | reddish-brown color | oxidation

example_words_list_1: rust-brown, rust-free, rust-red, rusted, rustless, rustling, rustproof, rustproofed

example_words_corpus: rusty | rusts | rusted | rusting | rustful | rustily

categorical_group_list: Color, Material, Oxidation

etymology: Old English 'rust' (corrosion, redness)

source: Wikidata


affix_form: -rust-

sense_label: the country [rural area], countryside

meaning_definition: rural area | countryside

example_words_list_1: rustic | rusticate | rusticity Variant Spellings: rural | rural

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin rūs (genitive rūs) 'country, farm'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: rustic

morpheme: rustic

morpheme_head: rustic

affix_form: -rustic-

meaning_definition: rural | simple | unsophisticated

example_words_list_1: rusticity, rustically

example_words_corpus: rustics | rusticly | rusticate | rusticity | nonrustic | rusticism

categorical_group_list: Setting, Quality, State

etymology: Latin rusticus 'of the country, rural', from rus, rur- 'country'


morpheme_key: rustle

morpheme: rustle

morpheme_head: rustle

affix_form: -rustle-

meaning_definition: to make a soft, crackling sound | to move with a soft rustling sound

example_words_list_1: rustle, rustling, rustled

example_words_corpus: rustler | rustled | rustles | rustlers | rustleth

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Sound

etymology: From Old French 'rusler' or 'resler', of imitative origin, related to the sound it describes.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: ruth

morpheme: ruth

morpheme_head: ruth

affix_form: -ruth-

meaning_definition: pity | compassion | mercy

example_words_list_1: ruthless, ruthlessly, ruthlessness

example_words_corpus: Ruthlyn

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Virtue

etymology: Old English rūth (sorrow, grief, or pity)


morpheme_key: ruthenio

morpheme: ruthenio

morpheme_head: ruthenio

affix_form: ruthenio-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: ruthenium | ruthenium-related

example_words_list_1: ruthenium

categorical_group_list: Chemical, Element

etymology: Latin ruthenus 'of Ruthenia' (modern-day Ukraine/Russia) + -ium (elemental suffix)

register: scientific

source: Wiktionary

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: rutheno

morpheme: rutheno

morpheme_head: rutheno

affix_form: rutheno-

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: Ruthenian | related to Ruthenia

example_words_list_1: ruthenocuprate | ruthenocuprates

example_words_corpus: ruthenocuprate | ruthenocuprates

categorical_group_list: Geographic, Ethno-linguistic

etymology: Latin ruthenus "Ruthenian"


morpheme_key: ry

morpheme: ry

morpheme_head: ry

affix_form: -ry

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | verb | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: residence or dwelling | location where an activity occurs | assemblage or grouping | attribute or condition associated with the initial element | activity or customary behavior | site designated for a purpose | profession or role

example_words_list_1: bakery | fishery | shrubbery | chemistry | dentistry | bigotry | citizenry | heraldry | tannery | vinery | jewelry

example_words_corpus: Jewry | pastry | winery | riotry | rudery | masonry

categorical_group_list: Location, State, Quality, Collection, Profession

ancestor_etymon: -(e)rie / -ārio OED | ry

etymology: From Latin -ria (neuter plural of -rius), denoting a place, collection, or state, often via Old French -rie.

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Latin OED | Latin


morpheme_key: rye

morpheme: rye

morpheme_head: rye

affix_form: -rye-

meaning_definition: cereal grain | cereal plant

example_words_list_1: rye

example_words_corpus: ryes | ryemeal | ryegrass

categorical_group_list: Nature, Food, Botany

etymology: Old English rēe


morpheme_key: s

morpheme: s

morpheme_head: s

affix_form: -s

sense_label: 3rd person singular present

morpheme_subtype: forms:verb | noun plural

derivational_or_inflectional: inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | inflectional suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb | noun plural

meaning_definition: third-person singular present tense marker | indicates the subject (third-person singular) is currently carrying out the action of the preceding verb | denotes plurality of the preceding noun

example_words_list_1: cat, dog, he runs, she walks, it bites

example_words_corpus: is | os | as | es | Ms | ms

categorical_group_list: Verb maker | pluralizer

ancestor_etymon: s

etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-s (nominal) and *-ti (verbal), often merged or confused in early Indo-European dialects; specifically the PIE nominal suffix *-s marking nominative singular, and the verbal suffix *-ti marking 3rd person singular present active.

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: sabbath

morpheme: sabbath

morpheme_head: sabbath

affix_form: -sabbath-

meaning_definition: day of rest | cessation of work

example_words_list_1: sabbath, sabbatarian

example_words_corpus: sabbaths | Sabbathly | Sabbathless | Sabbatharian

categorical_group_list: Time, Religion, Rest

etymology: Hebrew shabbat "to rest"

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: sabbatical

morpheme: sabbatical

morpheme_head: sabbatical

affix_form: -sabbatical-

meaning_definition: leave of absence | period of rest | sabbatical leave

example_words_list_1: sabbatically

categorical_group_list: Time, Rest

etymology: From Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikon, from Hebrew shabbat 'rest, Sabbath'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: sable

morpheme: sable

morpheme_head: sable

affix_form: -sable-

meaning_definition: black | dark

example_words_list_1: sable, sable-colored, sable-furred

example_words_corpus: sables | sablefish | sableness

categorical_group_list: Color, Heraldry, Dark

etymology: Latin 'sable' meaning black or dark-colored, originally referring to the black fur of the sable animal.


morpheme_key: sabotage

morpheme: sabotage

morpheme_head: sabotage

affix_form: -sabotage-

meaning_definition: to damage | to undermine | to disrupt

example_words_list_1: sabotage, sabotaged, sabotaging, saboteur

example_words_corpus: sabotaged | sabotages | sabotager | sabotagers | unsabotaged | antisabotage

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Obstruction, Action

etymology: French saboter (to clog/make noise with sabots)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: saboteur

morpheme: saboteur

morpheme_head: saboteur

affix_form: -saboteur-

meaning_definition: one who undermines | agent of destruction | subverter

example_words_list_1: saboteur, sabotage, sabotaging, sabotage

example_words_corpus: saboteurs | cybersaboteur | cybersaboteurs

categorical_group_list: Agent, Destruction, Subversion

etymology: French 'saboteur' (one who uses a sabot to make noise/disrupt)


morpheme_key: sabre

morpheme: sabre

morpheme_head: sabre

affix_form: -sabre-

meaning_definition: sabre | saber

example_words_list_1: sabre, sabretooth

example_words_corpus: sabres | sabred | sabrecat | sabrelike | sabrebill | sabrecats

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Tool

etymology: Old French sabre/sabre


morpheme_key: sac

morpheme: sac

morpheme_head: sac

affix_form: -sac-

meaning_definition: container | pouch

example_words_list_1: cul-de-sac | sac | sacculate | saccule | sachet | sack (bag) | sack (to plunder) | sackcloth Variant Spellings: satchel | satchel

example_words_corpus: sacs | saclike | sacless | sacbrood | sporosac | pseudosac

etymology: Latin saccus 'bag, sack', of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek sakkos.


morpheme_key: sacc

morpheme: sacc

morpheme_head: sacc

affix_form: sacc-

sense_label: bag

meaning_definition: bag

example_words_list_1: sack

example_words_list_2: sack

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: σάκκος (sákkos)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: sacchar

morpheme: sacchar

morpheme_head: sacchar

affix_form: sacchar-

allomorphs: saccharo | saccharum

meaning_definition: sweet substance | carbohydrate component

example_words_list_1: saccharide, saccharine, saccharide

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: σάκχαρ | σάκχαρον(sákkharon) | Latin saccharum : sugar Greek sakcharon Sans śarkarā : pebble | sugar


morpheme_key: saccharin

morpheme: saccharin

morpheme_head: saccharin

affix_form: -saccharin-

allomorphs: saccharine

meaning_definition: sugar | sweet

categorical_group_list: Taste, Substance

etymology: From Greek 'sakcharon' meaning sugar, derived from Sanskrit 'sharkara' meaning gravel or grain.


morpheme_key: sacculo

morpheme: sacculo

morpheme_head: sacculo

affix_form: sacculo-

meaning_definition: small | sac-like | pouch-like

example_words_list_1: sacculocochlear

example_words_corpus: sacculocochlear

categorical_group_list: Size, Shape

etymology: Latin sacculus "small bag, pouch", diminutive of saccus "bag, sack"


morpheme_key: sacer

morpheme: sacer

morpheme_head: sacer

affix_form: -sacer-

meaning_definition: consecrated | divine | clerical

example_words_list_1: consecrate, desecrate, sacrament, sacred, sacrosanct

categorical_group_list: Religion, Sanctity

etymology: From Latin sacer 'sacred, holy', possibly from PIE *sak- 'to sanctify' or related to sacerdos 'priest'.

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: sacerdotal

morpheme: sacerdotal

morpheme_head: sacerdotal

affix_form: -sacerdotal-

meaning_definition: priestly | of or pertaining to priests | sacred

example_words_list_1: sacerdotalism, sacerdotalist

categorical_group_list: Religion, Sacredness

etymology: From Latin sacerdotālis, from sacerdos 'priest' (sacer 'sacred' + -dōs 'doer')


morpheme_key: sack

morpheme: sack

morpheme_head: sack

affix_form: -sack-

meaning_definition: bag | container | pouch

example_words_list_1: sack, ransack, ransacking

example_words_corpus: sacks | sacker | sacked | sacking | sackful | sackers

etymology: Middle English 'sak', from Old English 'sac'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: sacr

morpheme: sacr

morpheme_head: sacr

affix_form: sacr-

allomorphs: sacro

meaning_definition: holy

example_words_list_1: consecrate | desecrate | sacrament | sacred | sacrosanct | sacerdotal | Sacramento | sacrifice | sacrilege | sacrilegious | sacristy | sacroiliac | sacrum Variant Spellings: sexton (from sacristan) | sexton

related_morphemes: secr / secr / : sanct / sanct

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin sacer 'sacred, holy'

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: sacrare

morpheme: sacrare

morpheme_head: sacrare

affix_form: sacr

allomorphs: sacr

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: sacred | sanctified

example_words_list_1: sacred | sacrament | desecrate | consecrate | sanctify

categorical_group_list: Sacredness, Religion

etymology: Latin sacrāre 'to consecrate', frequentative of sacer 'holy'


morpheme_key: sacro

morpheme: sacro

morpheme_head: sacro

affix_form: sacro-

sense_label: pelvic, above tailbone

meaning_definition: pelvic, above tailbone

example_words_list_1: sacrodorsal | sacroiliac

example_words_list_2: sacrodorsal, sacroiliac

example_words_corpus: sacroiliac | sacrocaudal | sacrolumbar | sacrospinal | sacroiliacs | sacrocostal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body parts

etymology: Latin sacr- (stem of sacer) 'sacred, holy'

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: sad

morpheme: sad

morpheme_head: sad

affix_form: -sad-

meaning_definition: unhappy | sorrowful | dejected

example_words_list_1: sad, sadness, sadly

example_words_corpus: sads | saddo | sadly | unsad | sadden | saddos

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Core concept

etymology: Old English sæd 'weary, heavy, depressed'


morpheme_key: saddle

morpheme: saddle

morpheme_head: saddle

affix_form: -saddle-

meaning_definition: seat for a rider | part of a horse's anatomy | shaped like a saddle

example_words_list_1: saddle, saddled, saddlery

example_words_corpus: saddled | saddler | saddles | saddlers | unsaddle | saddlery

categorical_group_list: Equipment, Anatomy, Shape

etymology: Old English sædl


morpheme_key: sadism

morpheme: sadism

morpheme_head: sadism

affix_form: sadism

meaning_definition: Achieving sexual pleasure through causing pain or humiliation to others | Observing others being subjected to pain or humiliation for sexual satisfaction | The practice of deriving sexual gratification from inflicting or witnessing suffering and degradation on others

example_words_list_1: sadisms | zoosadism | necrosadism

example_words_corpus: sadisms | zoosadism | necrosadism

etymology: Derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a French nobleman known for his violent and sexually explicit works.

etymological_family: French

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: sadist

morpheme: sadist

morpheme_head: sadist

affix_form: sadist

meaning_definition: a person who takes pleasure in inflicting pain or cruelty on others | someone who derives enjoyment from others' suffering

example_words_list_1: sadists | sadistic | nonsadist | nonsadists | necrosadist | nonsadistic

etymology: Derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a French writer associated with sadistic themes.

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: safe

morpheme: safe

morpheme_head: safe

affix_form: -safe-

meaning_definition: secure | protected | free from danger

example_words_list_1: safeguard, safehouse, safety, safely

example_words_corpus: safes | safen | safely | unsafe | ensafe | safens

categorical_group_list: Security, Stability

etymology: Old French 'sauf' (safe, unharmed)


morpheme_key: saffron

morpheme: saffron

morpheme_head: saffron

affix_form: -saffron-

meaning_definition: saffron (spice) | saffron (color)

example_words_list_1: saffron

example_words_corpus: saffrons | saffrony | saffroned | saffronize | saffronlike | saffronizes

categorical_group_list: Food, Color, Plant

etymology: Arabic za'faran, from Persian za'farān

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: sag

morpheme: sag

morpheme_head: sag

affix_form: -sag-

sense_label: wise

meaning_definition: wise

example_words_list_1: sagacious, sagacity, sage, presage

example_words_list_2: sagacious, sagacity, sage, presage

example_words_corpus: saggy | sages | saged | sagger | sagged | sagging

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Perception

etymology: sagax, sagacis


morpheme_key: saga

morpheme: saga

morpheme_head: saga

affix_form: -saga-

meaning_definition: story | narrative | epic

example_words_list_1: saga

example_words_corpus: sagaman | minisaga | minisagas | supersaga | supersagas

categorical_group_list: Narrative, Literature

etymology: Old Norse saga 'story, narrative'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: sagac

morpheme: sagac

morpheme_head: sagac

affix_form: sagac-


morpheme_key: sagax

morpheme: sagax

morpheme_head: sagax

affix_form: sagacis

allomorphs: sagacis | sapare

meaning_definition: shrewd | perceive | discern flavor

example_words_list_1: sage, sagacious, sapient

example_words_list_2: sage, sagacious, sapient

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Wisdom, Perception

etymology: Latin sagax (gen. sagacis) 'quick-scented, keen-sighted', from PIE *sag- 'to find by scent'


morpheme_key: sagitta

morpheme: sagitta

morpheme_head: sagitta

affix_form: sagitta-

allomorphs: sagitt

meaning_definition: arrow

example_words_list_1: sagittal plane, Sagittaria

example_words_list_2: sagittal plane, Sagittaria

example_words_corpus: sagittas

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Geometry, Biology

etymology: sagitta


morpheme_key: sagittarius

morpheme: sagittarius

morpheme_head: sagittarius

affix_form: -sagittarius-

meaning_definition: the archer | zodiac sign

example_words_list_1: Sagittarius, Sagittarian

categorical_group_list: Astrology, Zodiac

etymology: Latin Sagittarius, from sagitta 'arrow'


morpheme_key: sail

morpheme: sail

morpheme_head: sail

affix_form: -sail-

meaning_definition: a piece of fabric used to catch the wind for propelling a boat | to travel by boat

example_words_list_1: sailboat, sailing, sailsman

example_words_corpus: sails | saily | asail | sailor | sailed | sailer

categorical_group_list: Movement, Nautical

etymology: Old English 'segl' (sail)


morpheme_key: saint

morpheme: saint

morpheme_head: saint

affix_form: saint

meaning_definition: holy | sacred | person of exceptional holiness

example_words_list_1: saintly, saintliness, sainthood

example_words_corpus: saints | saintly | sainted | unsaint | besaint | sainting

categorical_group_list: Sanctity, Divinity

etymology: Latin sanctus 'holy, sacred', past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


morpheme_key: saith

morpheme: saith

morpheme_head: saith

affix_form: -saith-

meaning_definition: says | speaks

example_words_list_1: saith

categorical_group_list: Communication, Verb

etymology: Old English sæġen / secgan


morpheme_key: sake

morpheme: sake

morpheme_head: sake

affix_form: -sake-

meaning_definition: purpose | reason | benefit

example_words_list_1: forsake, namesake

example_words_corpus: sakes | atsake | unsake | forsake | atsakes | forsaken

categorical_group_list: Purpose, Causality

etymology: Old English sacu "lawsuit, quarrel, cause"


morpheme_key: sal

morpheme: sal

morpheme_head: sal

affix_form: sal-

sense_label: salt

meaning_definition: a mineral used for seasoning | a sudden upward movement | to spring forcefully | an enclosed space | a long corridor

example_words_list_1: saline, salinity, salsify, salsola

example_words_corpus: sals | mersalyl | fendosal | salantel | salirasib | thiomersal

related_morphemes: sault / sault | sil1 / sil | sult / sult | hal2 / hal | sauc / sauc

etymology: Latin 'sal' (nom. 'salis') meaning 'salt'

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/


morpheme_key: salaam

morpheme: salaam

morpheme_head: salaam

affix_form: -salaam-

meaning_definition: peace | safety | greeting

example_words_list_1: salaam, salaam alaikum

example_words_corpus: salaams | salaamed | salaaming

categorical_group_list: Greeting, Peace, Well-being

etymology: Arabic s-l-m 'to be safe, peaceful'


morpheme_key: salacious

morpheme: salacious

morpheme_head: salacious

affix_form: -salacious-

meaning_definition: lustful | lewd | lascivious

example_words_list_1: salacious, salacity, salaciously

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Desire, Morality

etymology: Latin salax, salacis 'lustful, horny', from salere 'to leap, jump'


morpheme_key: salamander

morpheme: salamander

morpheme_head: salamander

affix_form: -salamander-

meaning_definition: salamander

example_words_list_1: ['salamander']

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: From Latin 'salamandra', borrowed from Greek 'salamandra', likely of Semitic origin.


morpheme_key: salami

morpheme: salami

morpheme_head: salami

affix_form: -salami-

meaning_definition: cured meat | sausage

example_words_list_1: salami

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Italian salame, from salumeria

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: salary

morpheme: salary

morpheme_head: salary

affix_form: -salary-

meaning_definition: payment | wages | remuneration

example_words_list_1: salaries, salaried, unsalaried

example_words_corpus: nonsalary | supersalary

categorical_group_list: Finance, Economics

etymology: Latin salarium 'money given to soldiers for salt'


morpheme_key: sale

morpheme: sale

morpheme_head: sale

affix_form: -sale-

meaning_definition: act of selling | exchange for money

example_words_list_1: sale, sales, salesman, saleswoman, salesperson, salesclerk, saleslady, salesgirl, salesboy, salesroom, sales pitch, saleable, salable

example_words_corpus: sales | resale | upsale | salesy | presale | resaler

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Transaction

etymology: From Latin 'salire' meaning 'to jump', via Old French 'vendre' (to sell) and past participle 'sale' (sold). The root 'sal-' relates to jumping or leaping, metaphorically extending to the 'jump' of ownership or transaction.


morpheme_key: salem

morpheme: salem

morpheme_head: salem

affix_form: -salem-

meaning_definition: city | town

example_words_list_1: Salem, New Salem, Salem witch trials

example_words_corpus: Salemite

categorical_group_list: Place name, Urban center, Latin origin

etymology: Latin 'salem' (accusative of 'salus') meaning 'health, safety, welfare', often used in place names like Salem, Massachusetts.


morpheme_key: sali

morpheme: sali

morpheme_head: sali

affix_form: sali-

meaning_definition: jump

example_words_list_1: salient, resalient, resilient

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: salire | saltus


morpheme_key: salic

morpheme: salic

morpheme_head: salic

affix_form: salic-

meaning_definition: willow tree

example_words_list_1: salicin | acetylsalicylic | salicylic

example_words_list_2: salicin | acetylsalicylic | salicylic

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: salix | salicis | Greek Hebrew shalom : peace


morpheme_key: salient

morpheme: salient

morpheme_head: salient

affix_form: -salient-

meaning_definition: standing out | prominent | conspicuous

example_words_list_1: salient

example_words_corpus: salients | saliently | nonsalient | isosalient | hypersalient | countersalient

categorical_group_list: Perception, Visibility

etymology: Latin saliens, present participle of salire 'to leap, jump'


morpheme_key: saline

morpheme: saline

morpheme_head: saline

affix_form: -saline-

meaning_definition: salt | salty | containing salt

example_words_list_1: saline, salinity, salinization

example_words_corpus: salines | salinely | nonsaline | subsaline | isosaline | salineness

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Nature, Substance

etymology: Latin sal, salis 'salt'


morpheme_key: salire

morpheme: salire

morpheme_head: salire

affix_form: sal

allomorphs: sal | sil

meaning_definition: spring | bound

example_words_list_1: sally, salutatory, salient, resilient

example_words_list_2: sally, salutatory, salient, resilient

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin salire 'to leap, jump'


morpheme_key: salis

morpheme: salis

morpheme_head: salis

affix_form: -salis-

meaning_definition: salt | salty

example_words_list_1: saline, salinity, salinometer

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance


morpheme_key: saliva

morpheme: saliva

morpheme_head: saliva

affix_form: -saliva-

meaning_definition: saliva

example_words_list_1: salivary

example_words_corpus: salival | salivate | salivant | salivated | salivates | salivants

categorical_group_list: Bodily fluid

etymology: Latin salīva 'saliva'


morpheme_key: sallow

morpheme: sallow

morpheme_head: sallow

affix_form: -sallow-

meaning_definition: yellowish | pale | unhealthy

example_words_list_1: sallow

example_words_corpus: sallows | sallowy | sallowly | sallowed | sallowish | sallowing

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical state

etymology: From Old English 'sallu' meaning yellow or yellowish, related to Middle Dutch 'sael' and Old Norse 'sallr'.


morpheme_key: salom

morpheme: salom

morpheme_head: salom

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: tranquility | tranquility in Hebrew-origin names

example_words_list_1: Absalom | Salome Variant Spellings: Solomon | Solomon

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Hebrew šalōm 'peace'


morpheme_key: salon

morpheme: salon

morpheme_head: salon

affix_form: -salon-

meaning_definition: room | hall | gathering place

example_words_list_1: salon

example_words_corpus: salons | salonful | salonlike | salonfuls | cybersalon | cybersalons

categorical_group_list: Place, Social, Architecture

etymology: French 'salon' from 'salone' (large hall), from 'sala' (hall/room)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: saloon

morpheme: saloon

morpheme_head: saloon

affix_form: -saloon-

meaning_definition: bar | tavern | public house

example_words_list_1: saloon

example_words_corpus: saloons | saloonist | saloonlike | antisaloon | saloonists | saloonkeeper

categorical_group_list: Place, Social establishment

etymology: French salon "a large room, drawing room"


morpheme_key: salpingo

morpheme: salpingo

morpheme_head: salping(o)

affix_form: salpingo-

allomorphs: salping | salpingo

sense_label: of or pertaining to tubes

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to tubes | e.g. Fallopian tubes | fallopian tubes | uterine tubes

example_words_list_1: salpingectomy | salpingopharyngeus muscle

example_words_corpus: salpingotomy | salpingostomy | salpingovariectomy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: From Greek salpinx (genitive salpingos) meaning 'trumpet' or 'tube'

source: Wiktionary | Wikipedia


morpheme_key: salt

morpheme: salt

morpheme_head: salt

affix_form: salt-

sense_label: jump

example_words_list_1: salient, saltation, assailant

example_words_corpus: salty | salts | desalt | salted | salten | salter

etymology: salire, saltus


morpheme_key: salu

morpheme: salu

morpheme_head: salu

affix_form: salu-

meaning_definition: greet someone | express good wishes | rescue | cure

example_words_list_1: salubrious | salubrity | salutary | salute | salvage | salvation | salve | salutation | salutatorian

categorical_group_list: Health, Well-being, Safety

etymology: Latin salvus 'safe, sound' or salutare 'to greet, wish health'


morpheme_key: salubrious

morpheme: salubrious

morpheme_head: salubrious

affix_form: -salubrious-

meaning_definition: healthy | wholesome | conducive to health

example_words_list_1: salubrity, salubriously

example_words_corpus: insalubrious | salubriously | unsalubrious | salubriousness

categorical_group_list: Health, Well-being

etymology: Latin salubris 'healthy, wholesome', from salus 'health, safety'


morpheme_key: salus

morpheme: salus

morpheme_head: salus

affix_form: salus

allomorphs: salut

meaning_definition: wellness | security

example_words_list_1: salute, salutary, salubrious

example_words_list_2: salute, salutary, salubrious

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Well-being

etymology: From Proto-Italic *salwōs, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- 'to be healthy, safe'


morpheme_key: salut

morpheme: salut

morpheme_head: salut

affix_form: salut-

meaning_definition: health | safety | well-being | greeting

example_words_list_1: salubrious, salubrity, salutary, salute, salvage, salvation, salve

etymology: salus, salvus, salvare


morpheme_key: salutary

morpheme: salutary

morpheme_head: salutary

affix_form: -salutary-

meaning_definition: promoting | health | well-being

example_words_list_1: salutary, salute, salutation, salubrious, salus

categorical_group_list: Health, Vitality

etymology: Latin salutaris 'healthful, wholesome', from salus 'health, safety'


morpheme_key: salv

morpheme: salv

morpheme_head: salv

affix_form: salv-

allomorphs: salve

sense_label: salvation

meaning_definition: deliverance from harm | protection from danger | wellness | to rescue

example_words_list_1: salubrious | salubrity | salutary | salute | salvage | salvation | salve | El Salvador | salver | salvo | salvor Variant Spellings: save | savior | save

related_morphemes: salu / salu

etymology: Latin salvus "safe, unharmed, intact"


morpheme_key: salvare

morpheme: salvare

morpheme_head: salvare

affix_form: -salvare-

meaning_definition: rescue from danger or peril | preserve or protect from loss or damage

example_words_list_1: salvation, salvage, save

example_words_list_2: salvation, salvage, save

etymology: Latin salvus 'safe, unharmed'


morpheme_key: sam

morpheme: sam

morpheme_head: sam

affix_form: -sam-

allomorphs: sama

meaning_definition: self | I

example_words_list_1: svayamvara, svadharma, svabhava

example_words_corpus: sams | Sammie

categorical_group_list: Pronominal, Reflexive, Core concept

etymology: Sanskrit 'sva-' meaning 'own, self'

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: samaritan

morpheme: samaritan

morpheme_head: samaritan

affix_form: -samaritan-

meaning_definition: Samaritan | person from Samaria | merciful helper

example_words_list_1: samaritanism

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Person

etymology: Greek Samaritan (referring to the Samaritans)


morpheme_key: samba

morpheme: samba

morpheme_head: samba

affix_form: -samba-

meaning_definition: Brazilian dance | musical genre

example_words_list_1: samba

example_words_corpus: sambaed | sambadrome | sambadromes

categorical_group_list: Music, Dance

etymology: Likely from Bantu origins via Portuguese

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: samp

morpheme: samp

morpheme_head: samp

affix_form: -samp-

meaning_definition: sowing | seed | planting

example_words_list_1: asparagus, sperm, spermatozoon, spermatophyte, spermatogenesis

example_words_corpus: samps

categorical_group_list: Agriculture, Botany, Growth, Origin

etymology: Latin 'samen' (seed) from 'serere' (to sow, to join)


morpheme_key: san

morpheme: san

morpheme_head: san

affix_form: san-

sense_label: health

meaning_definition: wellness | in good condition

example_words_list_1: insane | insanity | sanatorium | sane | sanitarian | sanitarium | sanitary | sanitation | sanity | cordon sanitaire | mens sana in corpore sano | sanative | sanitize

example_words_corpus: sans

categorical_group_list: Health, Vitality, Well-being

etymology: Latin sanus 'healthy, sound'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: sanatarium

morpheme: sanatarium

morpheme_head: sanatarium

affix_form: -sanatarium-

meaning_definition: sanatorium | health resort | place of healing

example_words_list_1: sanitarium, sanatorial, sanatorial

categorical_group_list: Place, Health, Healing

etymology: From Latin sanātorium, neuter of sanātorius 'pertaining to healing', from sanāre 'to heal'


morpheme_key: sanatoria

morpheme: sanatoria

morpheme_head: sanator

affix_form: -sanatoria-

allomorphs: sanatoria

meaning_definition: healing | health | restoration

example_words_list_1: sanatorium, sanitation, sanitary

etymology: From Latin 'sanatorium', from 'sanare' meaning 'to heal, make healthy'.


morpheme_key: sanc

morpheme: sanc

morpheme_head: sanc

affix_form: sanc-

meaning_definition: holy

example_words_list_1: sacrosanct, saint, sanctify, sanction, sanctuary

categorical_group_list: Sacredness, Divinity

etymology: sancire (past participle sanctus)


morpheme_key: sanct

morpheme: sanct

morpheme_head: sanct

affix_form: sanct-

meaning_definition: divine | revered | separated

example_words_list_1: sacrosanct | saint | sanctify | sanction | sanctuary | sanctimonious | inner sanctum | sanctity | sanctum sanctorum Variant Spellings: saint | Santa

related_morphemes: sacr / sacr

etymology: Latin sanctus, past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


morpheme_key: sanctum

morpheme: sanctum

morpheme_head: sanctum

affix_form: -sanctum-

meaning_definition: holy | sacred | set apart

example_words_corpus: sanctums

etymology: Latin sanctus 'holy, sacred', past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


morpheme_key: sand

morpheme: sand

morpheme_head: sand

affix_form: -sand-

allomorphs: sande

meaning_definition: fine particles of rock | granular substance

example_words_list_1: sandstone, sandpaper, sandcastle

example_words_corpus: sandy | sands | sanded | sander | desand | resand

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Texture

etymology: Old English 'sand'


morpheme_key: sandal

morpheme: sandal

morpheme_head: sandal

affix_form: -sandal-

meaning_definition: footwear | open shoe

example_words_list_1: sandal, sandals

example_words_corpus: sandals | sandaled | sandalled | besandaled | sandalless | sandalwoods

categorical_group_list: Object, Clothing

etymology: Greek sandalon 'sandal'


morpheme_key: sandwich

morpheme: sandwich

morpheme_head: sandwich

affix_form: -sandwich-

meaning_definition: two slices of bread with a filling

example_words_list_1: sandwich

example_words_corpus: Sandwicher | unsandwiched

categorical_group_list: Food

etymology: From French 'sandwich', named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who allegedly popularized the food item.


morpheme_key: sane

morpheme: sane

morpheme_head: sane

affix_form: -sane-

meaning_definition: healthy | sound | of sound mind

example_words_list_1: sanity, insane, sanely

example_words_corpus: sanely | unsane | nonsane | saneness

categorical_group_list: Health, Mental state

etymology: Latin 'sanus' meaning 'healthy, sound, whole'


morpheme_key: sang

morpheme: sang

morpheme_head: sang

affix_form: -sang-

meaning_definition: lifeblood | vital fluid

example_words_list_1: consanguineous, exsanguinate, sang-froid, Sangre de Cristo, sangria, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Biology, Body Fluid

etymology: Latin sanguis, sanguin- 'blood'


morpheme_key: sangui

morpheme: sangui

morpheme_head: sangui

affix_form: sangui-

allomorphs: sanguin

meaning_definition: blood | of or pertaining to blood

example_words_list_1: sanguine

example_words_list_2: sanguine

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: sanguine

morpheme: sanguine

morpheme_head: sanguine

affix_form: -sanguine-

meaning_definition: blood | bloody | related to blood

example_words_list_1: sanguine, sanguinary, sanguinolent

example_words_corpus: sanguines | sanguined | ensanguine | sanguinely | unsanguine | exsanguine

categorical_group_list: Color, Vitality, Biological

etymology: Latin sanguineus, from sanguin- 'blood' (stem of sanguis)


morpheme_key: sanguineous

morpheme: sanguineous

morpheme_head: sanguineous

affix_form: -sanguineous-

meaning_definition: blood

example_words_list_1: sanguine, sanguinary, sanguineous

categorical_group_list: Biology, Color, Fluid

etymology: Latin sanguineus, from sanguin- 'blood'


morpheme_key: sanguis

morpheme: sanguis

morpheme_head: sanguis

affix_form: sanguin

meaning_definition: vital fluid | buoyant

example_words_list_1: sanguine, consanguinity

example_words_list_2: sanguine, consanguinity

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Biology

etymology: Latin sanguis 'blood'


morpheme_key: sanitaire

morpheme: sanitaire

morpheme_head: sanitaire

affix_form: -sanitaire-

meaning_definition: health | hygiene | sanitary

example_words_list_1: sanitary, sanitation, sanitarium

categorical_group_list: Health, Hygiene

etymology: From Latin sanitas (health, soundness), derived from sanus (healthy, whole).


morpheme_key: sanitas

morpheme: sanitas

morpheme_head: sanitas

affix_form: sanatorius

allomorphs: sanatorius

meaning_definition: well-being | sound

example_words_list_1: sanitation, sanitary

example_words_list_2: sanitation, sanitary

categorical_group_list: Health, Vitality

etymology: Latin sanitas 'health, soundness', from sanus 'healthy, sound'


morpheme_key: sans

morpheme: sans

morpheme_head: sans

affix_form: -sans-

meaning_definition: without | lacking | devoid of

example_words_list_1: sans-serif

categorical_group_list: Privative, Negation

etymology: Latin preposition/suffix sans 'without, apart from'


morpheme_key: sanskrit

morpheme: sanskrit

morpheme_head: sanskrit

affix_form: -sanskrit-

meaning_definition: Sanskrit | language of ancient India

example_words_list_1: sanskrit, sanskritize, sanskritist

example_words_corpus: Sanskritic | Sanskritist | Sanskritism | sanskritist | Sanskritise | Sanskritize

categorical_group_list: Language, Origin, Linguistics

etymology: From Sanskrit saṃskṛta- 'refined, perfected', past participle of saṃ- 'together' + kṛ- 'to make'

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: santo

morpheme: santo

morpheme_head: santa

affix_form: -santo-

allomorphs: santo

meaning_definition: holy | sacred | saintly

example_words_list_1: saint, sanctify, sanctuary, consecrate, desecrate

example_words_corpus: santos

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Sanctity


morpheme_key: sanus

morpheme: sanus

morpheme_head: sanus

affix_form: -sanus-

meaning_definition: healthy | intact

example_words_list_1: sanity

example_words_list_2: sanity

categorical_group_list: Health, State of being

etymology: Latin sanus 'healthy, sound'


morpheme_key: sap

morpheme: sap

morpheme_head: sap

affix_form: -sap-

allomorphs: sapi

meaning_definition: flavor | discernment | insight

example_words_list_1: sapient, sapience, sapid

example_words_corpus: saps | sappy | sapper | sapped | sapful | sapling

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'sapere' meaning 'to be wise, have taste'


morpheme_key: sapient

morpheme: sapient

morpheme_head: sapient

affix_form: -sapient-

meaning_definition: wise | intelligent | possessing consciousness

example_words_list_1: sapient, sapience, sapiential, sapiently

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Consciousness, Cognition

etymology: Latin sapiens, present participle of sapere 'to be wise, taste'


morpheme_key: sapon

morpheme: sapon

morpheme_head: sapon

affix_form: sapon-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: cleansing agent | detergent

example_words_list_1: saponification | saponaceous | saponify | saponated | saponite

example_words_corpus: saponin | saponins | soyasaponins | phytosaponin | phytosaponins

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Hygiene

ancestor_etymon: sāpōnem  OED

etymology: From Latin sapon- 'soap', from sapon 'soap' (possibly of Celtic origin).

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: sapor

morpheme: sapor

morpheme_head: sapor

affix_form: sapere

allomorphs: sapere

meaning_definition: to perceive flavor | to experience taste

example_words_list_1: savor, insipid

example_words_list_2: savor, insipid

example_words_corpus: sapors

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin sapere 'to be wise, have taste'


morpheme_key: sapphic

morpheme: sapphic

morpheme_head: sapphic

affix_form: -sapphic-

meaning_definition: relating to women or female homosexuality | of or relating to the poet Sappho

example_words_list_1: sapphic

categorical_group_list: Identity, Sexuality, Literary reference

etymology: Proper noun derived from Sappho, the Greek lyric poet


morpheme_key: sapphire

morpheme: sapphire

morpheme_head: sapphire

affix_form: -sapphire-

allomorphs: sapphir

meaning_definition: blue precious gemstone

example_words_list_1: sapphire

example_words_corpus: sapphires | sapphired | sapphirelike

categorical_group_list: Gemstone, Color, Mineral

etymology: From Latin sapphirus, from Greek sappheiros, from Sanskrit sanipaya 'blue stone'


morpheme_key: sapro

morpheme: sapro

morpheme_head: sapro

affix_form: sapro-

allomorphs: sapr

sense_label: rotten

meaning_definition: rotten | decaying | putrid

example_words_list_1: saprophyte, saprobic, saprolite

example_words_corpus: saprozoic | saprolite | saprotroph | saprophyte | saprogenic | saprophagy

categorical_group_list: Decay, Decomposition

etymology: σήπειν, σαπρός (saprós), σαπρότης


morpheme_key: saracen

morpheme: saracen

morpheme_head: saracen

affix_form: -saracen-

meaning_definition: Saracen | Arab | Muslim

example_words_list_1: Saracen, Saracens

example_words_corpus: Saracenic

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Religion, Historical

etymology: From Latin Sarracenus, from Greek Sarakenos, from Arabic Sārqiyyah 'of the desert'


morpheme_key: sarc

morpheme: sarc

morpheme_head: sarc

affix_form: sarc-

allomorphs: sarco

sense_label: flesh

meaning_definition: tissue | plump

example_words_list_1: perisarc | sarcasm | sarcastic | sarcocele | sarcoid | sarcoidosis | sarcoma | sarcophagus | Sarcopterygii | sarcosine | sarcosinemia | sarcosome | consarcination | sarcodinian | sarcolemma | sarcolemmal | sarcolemmic | sarcolemnous | sarcomere | sarcophagy | sarcoplasm | sarcosomal | sarcosporidian | anasarca | ectosarc

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Physicality

etymology: Greek sarkō (σάρκω) 'to flesh' or 'to tear'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/


morpheme_key: sarcasm

morpheme: sarcasm

morpheme_head: sarcasm

affix_form: -sarcasm-

meaning_definition: mockery | irony | derision

example_words_list_1: sarcastic, sarcasm, sarcastically

example_words_corpus: sarcasms | sarcasmous

categorical_group_list: Communication, Attitude, Emotion

etymology: Greek sarkasmos 'mockery', from sarkein 'to tear flesh'


morpheme_key: sarcastic

morpheme: sarcastic

morpheme_head: sarcastic

affix_form: -sarcastic-

meaning_definition: mocking | derisive | ironic

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Communication, Emotion

etymology: Greek sarka 'flesh', from sfera 'to cut'


morpheme_key: sardonic

morpheme: sardonic

morpheme_head: sardonic

affix_form: -sardonic-

meaning_definition: grimly | mocking | cynical

example_words_list_1: sardonic, sardonically, sardonicism

example_words_corpus: unsardonic | sardonicism | sardonicisms

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Attitude

etymology: Greek sardonios 'Sardinian', from sardonic laughter


morpheme_key: sargent

morpheme: sargent

morpheme_head: sargent

affix_form: -sargent-

meaning_definition: sergeant | military officer | police officer

example_words_list_1: sergeant, sargeant, serjeant

categorical_group_list: Rank, Occupation, Service

etymology: From Old French 'sergent', from Latin 'serviens' (present participle of 'servire' meaning 'to serve'), originally denoting a servant or attendant in a military or administrative context.


morpheme_key: sarong

morpheme: sarong

morpheme_head: sarong

affix_form: -sarong-

meaning_definition: a large tube of cloth wrapped around the waist

example_words_list_1: sarong

example_words_corpus: sarongs | saronglike | sarongless

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Textile

etymology: Malay 'sarung' 'sheath, case, or covering'

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: sartan

morpheme: sartan

morpheme_head: sartan

affix_form: -sartan

meaning_definition: angiotensin II receptor antagonist

example_words_list_1: losartan

example_words_corpus: losartan

categorical_group_list: Pharmacology, Medical nomenclature

etymology: From Latin 'sartus', past participle of 'sarcire' meaning 'to mend, repair, or patch up', referring to the pharmacological action of blocking or 'mending' the receptor pathway.


morpheme_key: sartor

morpheme: sartor

morpheme_head: sartor

affix_form: sartor-

meaning_definition: garment maker | body tissue

example_words_list_1: sartor | sartorial | sartorius

example_words_list_2: sartor | sartorial | sartorius

example_words_corpus: sartors

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Anatomy

etymology: Latin sartor 'tailor', from sarire 'to mend, patch'


morpheme_key: sartorial

morpheme: sartorial

morpheme_head: sartorial

affix_form: -sartorial-

meaning_definition: sartorial | relating to tailoring or tailors

example_words_list_1: sartorially, sartorialism

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Fashion

etymology: Latin sartorius 'of or belonging to a tailor', from sarta 'patches' (past participle of sarrire 'to mend')


morpheme_key: sash

morpheme: sash

morpheme_head: sash

affix_form: -sash-

meaning_definition: a strip of cloth | a belt | a band

example_words_list_1: sash

example_words_corpus: sashes | sashed | unsash | sashery | sashless | unsashed

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Accessory

etymology: Middle English sash, possibly related to 'sash' (a strip of cloth)


morpheme_key: sashay

morpheme: sashay

morpheme_head: sashay

affix_form: -sashay-

meaning_definition: to walk with an exaggeratedly swaying motion | to strut

example_words_list_1: ['sashay']

example_words_corpus: sashays | sashayed | sashaying

categorical_group_list: Motion, Manner of movement

etymology: From French sashayer, from Old French eschayer 'to try, test', from es- 'out' + chayer 'to fall'.


morpheme_key: sashimi

morpheme: sashimi

morpheme_head: sashimi

affix_form: -sashimi-

meaning_definition: sliced | thin slices | raw fish

example_words_list_1: sashimi

categorical_group_list: Food, Culinary

etymology: Japanese, from sa (to cut) + shimi (slice)

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese


morpheme_key: sass

morpheme: sass

morpheme_head: sass

affix_form: -sass-

meaning_definition: sarcasm | irony | witty remark

example_words_list_1: sassiness, sassy

example_words_corpus: sasses | sassed | sassing

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Communication, Informal

etymology: Shortening of 'sarcasm', from Greek 'sarkazein' meaning 'to tear flesh'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: sat

morpheme: sat

morpheme_head: sat

affix_form: -sat-

allomorphs: sate

sense_label: enough, sufficient

meaning_definition: enough, sufficient

example_words_list_1: asset, sate, satiate, satiety, satisfy, saturate, insatiable, unsatisfactory, satisfaction

example_words_corpus: sats | subsat | sattest | subsats | satphone | smallsat

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Sufficiency

etymology: satis

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: satan

morpheme: satan

morpheme_head: satan

affix_form: satan

meaning_definition: Taxonomic genus in the family Ictaluridae | Proper noun referring to the widemouth blindcat | Term used in biological classification

example_words_list_1: satans | satanic | Satanic | Satanism | Satanist | Satanity


morpheme_key: satchel

morpheme: satchel

morpheme_head: satchel

affix_form: -satchel-

meaning_definition: small bag | pouch | container

example_words_list_1: satchels, satchelful

example_words_corpus: satchels | satchelful | satchelled | besatcheled | satchelfuls

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Middle English 'satchel', likely from Old French 'sachel'


morpheme_key: satellite

morpheme: satellite

morpheme_head: satellite

affix_form: -satellite-

meaning_definition: small body orbiting a planet | subordinate | accompanying

example_words_list_1: satellite

example_words_corpus: satellites | satellited | subsatellite | biosatellite | myosatellite | subsatellites

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Companionship, Subordination

etymology: Latin 'satelles, satellitis' (attendant, guard) + '-ite' (suffix denoting origin or association)


morpheme_key: satin

morpheme: satin

morpheme_head: satin

affix_form: -satin-

meaning_definition: smooth | glossy | lustrous

example_words_list_1: satin

example_words_corpus: satiny | satins | satinash | satinpod | satinette | satinwood

categorical_group_list: Texture, Material

etymology: From Old French 'satin', likely derived from the Chinese city name 'Zaitun' (Quanzhou) via Persian 'satīn', referring to the fabric originally produced there.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: satire

morpheme: satire

morpheme_head: satire

affix_form: -satire-

meaning_definition: ridicule | mockery | irony

example_words_list_1: satire, satirical, satirist

example_words_corpus: satires

categorical_group_list: Communication, Literary device

etymology: Latin satira (satura lanx 'full dish') or satura (satura poesis 'mixed poem')


morpheme_key: satiric

morpheme: satiric

morpheme_head: satiric

affix_form: -satiric-

meaning_definition: mocking | ridiculing | derisive

example_words_list_1: satire, satiric, satirically

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Expression

etymology: Greek satyrikos 'of satyrs'


morpheme_key: satis

morpheme: satis

morpheme_head: satis

affix_form: satis-

sense_label: enough

meaning_definition: adequate | sufficient quantity | to complete | completely filled

example_words_list_1: asset | sate | satiate | satiety | satisfy | saturate | insatiable | unsatisfactory | satisfaction | sated

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Completeness


morpheme_key: satsuma

morpheme: satsuma

morpheme_head: satsuma

affix_form: -satsuma-

meaning_definition: mandarin orange | citrus fruit

categorical_group_list: Food, Fruit, Botany

etymology: Japanese satsuma (柑橘) + -ma (nominalizer/suffix)


morpheme_key: satur

morpheme: satur

morpheme_head: satur

affix_form: satur-

allomorphs: satura

meaning_definition: enough

example_words_list_1: unsaturated, saturate

example_words_list_2: unsaturated, saturate

categorical_group_list: Quantity, State of being

etymology: Latin satur 'full, satisfied'


morpheme_key: saturate

morpheme: saturate

morpheme_head: saturate

affix_form: -saturate-

meaning_definition: to make full | to fill completely

example_words_list_1: saturation, saturated, unsaturated, supersaturate

example_words_corpus: saturated | saturates | unsaturate | desaturate | saturateth | unsaturated

categorical_group_list: Fullness, Intensity, Liquid/Absorption

etymology: from Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare 'to fill, make full', from satur 'full'


morpheme_key: saturn

morpheme: saturn

morpheme_head: saturn

affix_form: -saturn-

meaning_definition: the sixth planet in the solar system | the Roman deity of agriculture

example_words_list_1: saturnine, saturnalia, saturnian

example_words_corpus: saturns | Saturnian | saturnine | Saturnist | saturninity | saturninely

categorical_group_list: Astronomical | Anomalous form

etymology: Latin Saturnus, the god of agriculture and harvest


morpheme_key: satyr

morpheme: satyr

morpheme_head: satyr

affix_form: -satyr-

meaning_definition: mythological creature | half-man half-goat

example_words_list_1: satyr, satyric, satyriasis, satyriasis, satyric play

example_words_corpus: satyrs | satyress | satyrism | satyrlike | satyrical | satyresque

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Creature

etymology: Greek satyros


morpheme_key: sauc

morpheme: sauc

morpheme_head: sauc

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: a liquid used to enhance flavor in cooking | a bold or impertinent manner

example_words_list_1: sauce | saucepan | saucer | saucy Variant Spellings: sausage | sausage

related_morphemes: from salsa, part of sal2 / sal

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: The form 'sauc' is not a standard Latin morpheme; it appears to be an erroneous truncation or conflation of the English word 'sauce' (from Old French 'sauce', ultimately from Latin 'salsus') and potentially 'sausage' (from Old French 'saucisse', from Latin 'salsicia'). As a root, it has no valid Latin etymology.


morpheme_key: sauer

morpheme: sauer

morpheme_head: sauer

affix_form: -sauer-

meaning_definition: acidic | tart

example_words_list_1: sauerkraut, saure Gurke, sauerstoff

categorical_group_list: Taste, Sensory

etymology: Middle High German suoder, from Old High German suotar, from Proto-Germanic *sautraz, from Proto-Indo-European *saud- 'sour'

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: saul

morpheme: saul

morpheme_head: saul

affix_form: -saul-

meaning_definition: jump

example_words_list_1: result, insult, exult

example_words_corpus: sauls

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: salire, saltus


morpheme_key: sault

morpheme: sault

morpheme_head: sault

affix_form: -sault

meaning_definition: violent aggression | offensive strike | forcible intrusion

example_words_list_1: assault

example_words_list_2: assault | somersault | Sault St. Marie | somersault Variant Spellings: sauté | sauté

example_words_corpus: saults | moonsault | moonsaults

related_morphemes: sal1 / sal, salt / salt, sil1 / sil, sult / sult

etymology: Old French savoir : to know, to have wisdom Latin sapere : to have taste, to discern, to be wise


morpheme_key: sauna

morpheme: sauna

morpheme_head: sauna

affix_form: -sauna-

meaning_definition: hot room | steam bath

example_words_list_1: sauna

example_words_corpus: saunas | saunalike | cryosauna | cryosaunas

categorical_group_list: Environment, Heat

etymology: Finnish sauna

ancestor_etymon_language: Finnish

etymological_family: Finnish


morpheme_key: saunter

morpheme: saunter

morpheme_head: saunter

affix_form: -saunter-

meaning_definition: walk slowly | wander | stroll

example_words_corpus: saunters | sauntered | saunterer | sauntering | saunterers | saunterings

categorical_group_list: Motion, Manner

etymology: From Old French sautier 'to jump, leap', from saut 'jump', of Germanic origin; the modern sense of 'walk leisurely' developed in the 19th century.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: saur

morpheme: saur

morpheme_head: saur

affix_form: saur-

sense_label: lizard

meaning_definition: scaled reptile | cold-blooded vertebrate | prehistoric reptile

example_words_list_1: dinosaur | sauropod | allosaur | carnosaur | megalosaur | pterosaur | saurian | saurischian | stegosaur | Tyrannosaurus Rex

example_words_corpus: mesosaur | phytosaur | mesosaurs | plesiosaur | phytosaurs | megalosaur

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals, Reptiles

ancestor_etymon: saur

etymology: σαύρα (saúra) | σαῦρος (saûros) | Greek sauros : lizard

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: sauro

morpheme: sauro

morpheme_head: sauro

affix_form: sauro

meaning_definition: lizard. Used for dinosaurs and other extinct reptiles.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Dinosaur ("terrible lizard") Mosasaur ("Meuse lizard") | Tyrannosaurus ("tyrant lizard") | Allosaurus ("different lizard") | Sauroposeidon ("Poseidon lizard")

example_words_list_2: Examples: Dinosaur ("terrible lizard") Mosasaur ("Meuse lizard"), Tyrannosaurus ("tyrant lizard"), Allosaurus ("different lizard"), Sauroposeidon ("Poseidon lizard")

example_words_corpus: saurology | saurochory | saurophagous

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: σαῦρος (saûros)

etymology: Greek sauros (σαῦρος) "lizard"

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /sɔər/, /sɔəroʊ/, /sɔərəs/

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: saurus

morpheme: saurus

morpheme_head: saurus

affix_form: -saurus

meaning_definition: lizard

example_words_list_1: snorasaurus | Nigersaurus | Romeosaurus | Suchosaurus | Qantassaurus | Jeholosaurus

categorical_group_list: Animals, Biology

etymology: Greek sauros 'lizard'


morpheme_key: saute

morpheme: saute

morpheme_head: saute

affix_form: -saute-

meaning_definition: jump | leap

example_words_list_1: sauteed

etymology: French 'sauter' 'to jump'


morpheme_key: savage

morpheme: savage

morpheme_head: savage

affix_form: -savage-

meaning_definition: wild | untamed | fierce | brutal

example_words_list_1: savagery, savagely, savagism

example_words_corpus: savages | savaged | savagely | unsavage | savagess | savagedom

categorical_group_list: Nature, Violence, Primal

etymology: Old French 'sauvage' from 'sauvage' (wild, rustic)


morpheme_key: savant

morpheme: savant

morpheme_head: savant

affix_form: -savant-

meaning_definition: learned | scholar | expert

example_words_list_1: savant, savantism

example_words_corpus: savants | savantish | savantism

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Knowledge

etymology: Latin 'savant' (learned, expert), from past participle of 'savoir' (to know), from Latin 'sapere' (to be wise)


morpheme_key: save

morpheme: save

morpheme_head: save

affix_form: -save-

allomorphs: sav

meaning_definition: to rescue | to preserve | to keep safe

example_words_list_1: save, savings, savior

example_words_corpus: saved | saves | saver | savers | saveth | savest

categorical_group_list: Preservation, Protection

etymology: From Old French 'save' (modern 'sauver'), derived from Latin 'salvāre' meaning 'to save, keep safe, heal'.


morpheme_key: savor

morpheme: savor

morpheme_head: savor

affix_form: -savor-

meaning_definition: to taste | to enjoy | to appreciate

example_words_list_1: savor, savoring, savors

example_words_corpus: savors | savored | savorer | savorly | savoring | savorous

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Perception

etymology: From Old French 'savourer', derived from Vulgar Latin 'sapurare', based on Latin 'sapere' meaning 'to taste' or 'to be wise'.


morpheme_key: savvy

morpheme: savvy

morpheme_head: savvy

affix_form: -savvy-

meaning_definition: knowledgeable | experienced | perceptive

example_words_list_1: savvy

example_words_corpus: unsavvy | savvying | nonsavvy | cybersavvy

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Ability

etymology: Middle English 'savy', from Old French 'savoir' 'to know'


morpheme_key: saw

morpheme: saw

morpheme_head: saw

affix_form: -saw-

meaning_definition: to perceive with the eyes | past tense of see

example_words_list_1: saw, sawing, sawed, seesaw

example_words_corpus: saws | sawer | sawed | resaw | sawfly | sawing

categorical_group_list: Vision, Perception, Verb, Irregular

etymology: From Old English 'saw' (past tense of 'seon') and 'sēon' (to see), from Proto-Germanic '*sehwaną'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: sax

morpheme: sax

morpheme_head: sax

affix_form: sax-

meaning_definition: stone | solid mass | hard formation

example_words_list_1: saxatile | saxicavous | saxicoline | saxifrage | saxifragous | saxicolous | saxifrage unrelated: saxophone

example_words_corpus: saxist | saxists | saxtuba

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geology

etymology: Latin saxum 'stone, rock'


morpheme_key: saxifrage

morpheme: saxifrage

morpheme_head: saxifrage

affix_form: -saxifrage-

meaning_definition: stone-breaker | rock-breaking

example_words_list_1: saxifrage

example_words_corpus: saxifrages

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany, Action

etymology: Latin saxum 'rock' + fragere 'to break'


morpheme_key: saxo

morpheme: saxo

morpheme_head: saxon

affix_form: -saxo-

allomorphs: Saxo | saxo

sense_label: Saxon

meaning_definition: Saxon | from Saxony

example_words_list_1: Saxony, Saxon

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Proper noun component

etymology: Old English Saxon, from Latin Saxones, possibly from Proto-Germanic *sahsaz (knife)

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: saxony

morpheme: saxony

morpheme_head: saxony

affix_form: -saxony-

meaning_definition: Saxony | Saxon

example_words_list_1: Saxony, Saxon, Saxonian

categorical_group_list: Geography, Ethnicity, Proper Noun

etymology: From Middle High German 'Saxonia', derived from the Latin 'Saxones' referring to the Germanic tribe.


morpheme_key: say

morpheme: say

morpheme_head: say

affix_form: -say-

meaning_definition: assess | attempt

example_words_list_1: assay, essay

example_words_list_2: assay, essay

example_words_corpus: says | sayer | unsay | sayth | resay | besay

categorical_group_list: Evaluation, Testing

etymology: Latin 'assayare' (to assay) and 'essai' (trial), from Vulgar Latin *exsagium (to weigh out), from Latin ex- 'out' + sagum 'weight'. The form '-say-' is not a distinct morpheme but a phonological remnant of the root 'sag-' or 'sai-' in derived forms.


morpheme_key: scab

morpheme: scab

morpheme_head: scab

affix_form: scab-

sense_label: scratch

meaning_definition: scratch

example_words_list_1: scabies

example_words_list_2: scabies

example_words_corpus: scabs | scabby | scabland | scabbily | scablike | scabwort

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical sensation

etymology: scabere


morpheme_key: scabbard

morpheme: scabbard

morpheme_head: scabbard

affix_form: -scabbard-

meaning_definition: sheath | case | container for a blade

example_words_list_1: scabbard, scabbards

example_words_corpus: scabbards | scabbarded | scabbardfish | scabbardless | unscabbarded

categorical_group_list: Container, Weaponry

etymology: Middle English scabard, from Old French escabinet

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: scabious

morpheme: scabious

morpheme_head: scabious

affix_form: -scabious-

meaning_definition: a type of flowering plant

example_words_list_1: scabious

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Latin scabiosus 'rough, scabby', from scabies 'scab, itch'


morpheme_key: scabrous

morpheme: scabrous

morpheme_head: scabrous

affix_form: -scabrous-

meaning_definition: rough | scabby | having a rough, uneven surface

example_words_list_1: scabrous

example_words_corpus: scabrously | scabrousness

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Latin scaber 'rough, uneven'


morpheme_key: scads

morpheme: scads

morpheme_head: scads

affix_form: -scads-

meaning_definition: a large number or amount

example_words_list_1: scads of, in scads

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Noun

etymology: Middle English scade, from Old Norse skadi 'harm, damage'


morpheme_key: scaffold

morpheme: scaffold

morpheme_head: scaffold

affix_form: -scaffold-

meaning_definition: temporary structure | support | framework

example_words_list_1: scaffolding

example_words_corpus: scaffolds | scaffolded | scaffolder | scaffoldin | scaffolding | scaffoldage

categorical_group_list: Structure, Support

etymology: Middle English scaffold, from Old French eschafaud, from eschaf 'wooden frame' + oud 'foot, base'


morpheme_key: scal

morpheme: scal

morpheme_head: scal

affix_form: scal-

allomorphs: scala

sense_label: ladder

meaning_definition: a structure with rungs for ascending | to measure or climb | a series of steps for climbing | individual platforms for ascending | to move upward

example_words_list_1: scalar | scale | escalade | escalate | scale (to climb) | scale (units of measurement) unrelated: scale (weighing device) | scales (fish skin)

categorical_group_list: Ascension, Measurement, Structure

etymology: Latin scala 'ladder, scale' (feminine noun) derived from scalare 'to climb'


morpheme_key: scald

morpheme: scald

morpheme_head: scald

affix_form: -scald-

meaning_definition: to burn with hot liquid or steam | to cause pain or suffering

example_words_list_1: scald, scalding, scalded

example_words_corpus: scalds | scalded | scalder | scalding | sunscald | forscald

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Damage, Heat

etymology: Middle English 'scalden'


morpheme_key: scalen

morpheme: scalen

morpheme_head: scalen

affix_form: scalen-

sense_label: uneven

meaning_definition: uneven

example_words_list_1: scalene, scalene muscles, scalene triangle, scalenohedron

categorical_group_list: Size, Shape, Geometry

etymology: σκαληνός (skalēnós)


morpheme_key: scallop

morpheme: scallop

morpheme_head: scallop

affix_form: -scallop-

meaning_definition: scallop (shellfish) | scalloped (having a wavy edge)

example_words_list_1: scallop, scalloped

example_words_corpus: scalloped | scalloper | scalloping | scallopers | scallopings | unscalloped

categorical_group_list: Biology, Marine life, Shape

etymology: From Old French escalope, meaning 'shell' or 'slice', derived from Vulgar Latin *scapula (shoulder blade) due to the shape resemblance.


morpheme_key: scalp

morpheme: scalp

morpheme_head: scalp

affix_form: -scalp-

meaning_definition: skin of the head | top of the head

example_words_list_1: scalp

example_words_corpus: scalps | scalpy | scalped | scalper | scalpal | scalping

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Middle English scalp, likely related to 'scallop'


morpheme_key: scalpel

morpheme: scalpel

morpheme_head: scalpel

affix_form: -scalpel-

meaning_definition: small | sharp | cutting | surgical instrument

example_words_list_1: scalpels, scalpel-like

example_words_corpus: scalpels | microscalpel | scalpelliform | microscalpels

categorical_group_list: Tools, Sharpness, Medical

etymology: From Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum 'chisel, knife'


morpheme_key: scamp

morpheme: scamp

morpheme_head: scamp

affix_form: -scamp-

meaning_definition: rascal | rogue | mischievous person

example_words_list_1: scamp, scamping

example_words_corpus: scamps | scampy | scamper | scamped | scampish | scamping

categorical_group_list: Agent, Person

etymology: Middle English 'scamp', possibly related to 'scamp' (to run away/scurry)


morpheme_key: scamper

morpheme: scamper

morpheme_head: scamper

affix_form: -scamper-

meaning_definition: run | move quickly | scurry

example_words_list_1: scamper, scampering, scampered

example_words_corpus: scampers | scampered | scampering | scamperingly

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: imitative of rapid movement


morpheme_key: scan

morpheme: scan

morpheme_head: scan

affix_form: -scan-

allomorphs: scans

meaning_definition: ascend | to scale | to climb

example_words_list_1: scan, scandent, scansion, scansorial, scantling

example_words_corpus: scans | scanno | rescan | descan | scanner | scanned

related_morphemes: scend / scend

categorical_group_list: Movement, Verticality

etymology: Latin scandere 'to climb'


morpheme_key: scand

morpheme: scand

morpheme_head: scand

affix_form: scand-

meaning_definition: climb

example_words_list_1: ascend | ascendency | ascendent | ascension | ascent | condescend | condescendence | condescension | descend | descendent | descension | descent | scansion | transcend | transcendence | transcendent | transcendental

categorical_group_list: Motion, Verticality

etymology: scandere


morpheme_key: scandal

morpheme: scandal

morpheme_head: scandal

affix_form: scandal-

sense_label: snare

meaning_definition: snare

example_words_list_1: scandal, scandalize

example_words_list_2: scandal, scandalize

example_words_corpus: scandalizes | scandalized | scandalizer | nonscandals | scandalously | scandalizing

categorical_group_list: Deception, Trap, Conflict

etymology: σκάνδαλον (skándalon), σκανδαλίζω (skandalízō)


morpheme_key: scandere

morpheme: scandere

morpheme_head: scandere

affix_form: scand

allomorphs: scand

meaning_definition: ascend | scale

example_words_list_1: ascend, ascension, descendant

example_words_list_2: ascend, ascension, descendant

etymology: Latin scandere 'to climb, scale'


morpheme_key: scandinavia

morpheme: scandinavia

morpheme_head: scandinavia

affix_form: -scandinavia-

meaning_definition: region of Northern Europe

categorical_group_list: Location, Proper Noun

etymology: Latin 'Scandinavia', from Proto-Germanic *Skadino- (shade/shadow) + -avia (land)


morpheme_key: scansion

morpheme: scansion

morpheme_head: scansion

affix_form: -scansion-

meaning_definition: to scan | to measure | to examine

example_words_list_1: scansion, scanning

example_words_corpus: scansions

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Analysis

etymology: Latin scandere 'to climb, to scale'


morpheme_key: scant

morpheme: scant

morpheme_head: scant

affix_form: -scant-

meaning_definition: insufficient | meager | small in quantity

example_words_list_1: scant, scantily, scantiness

example_words_corpus: scanty | scants | scantly | scanted | scantle | scantily

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Deficiency

etymology: Old French escant 'scanty, meager'


morpheme_key: scap

morpheme: scap

morpheme_head: scap

affix_form: -scap-

sense_label: to escape

meaning_definition: to flee | to sneak away | to avoid

example_words_list_1: escapade, escape, escapement, escapism, scapegoat, scapegrace unrelated: landscape

example_words_corpus: scaps

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Latin Origin

etymology: Latin ex- 'out' + capere 'to take, seize'


morpheme_key: scape

morpheme: scape

morpheme_head: scape

affix_form: -scape

sense_label: place characterized by {prev}

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: Noun

meaning_definition: place characterized by {prev}

example_words_list_1: landscape, seascape, cityscape, dreamscape

example_words_corpus: scapes | scaped | atscape | seascape | manscape | skyscape

categorical_group_list: Location

ancestor_etymon: scap

etymology: Greek -skopos "watcher, observer"


morpheme_key: scapho

morpheme: scapho

morpheme_head: scapho

affix_form: scapho-

allomorphs: scaph

meaning_definition: hollow, bowl, ship

example_words_list_1: Scaphocephaly | scaphoid | scaphopod

example_words_list_2: Scaphocephaly, scaphoid, scaphopod

example_words_corpus: scapholunar | scapholunars | scapholunate | scaphocephaly | Scaphophyllum | scaphognathite

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy, Marine

etymology: σκάφη, σκάφος


morpheme_key: scapulo

morpheme: scapulo

morpheme_head: scapula

affix_form: scapulo-

allomorphs: scapulo

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to the scapula

example_words_list_1: scapulothoracic | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

example_words_list_2: scapulothoracic, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

example_words_corpus: scapulocostal | scapulocoracoid | scapulothoracic | scapulocoracoids

etymology: From Latin scapula 'shoulder blade'


morpheme_key: scar

morpheme: scar

morpheme_head: scar

affix_form: -scar-

meaning_definition: mark | wound | trace

example_words_list_1: scar, scarred, scarring

example_words_corpus: scars | scarry | scarring | scarlike | scarface | scarless

categorical_group_list: Injury, Mark, Physicality

etymology: Old English 'scear' (cut, fragment)


morpheme_key: scarab

morpheme: scarab

morpheme_head: scarab

affix_form: -scarab-

meaning_definition: scarab

example_words_list_1: scarabaeus, scarabaeid, scarabaeiform

example_words_corpus: scarabs | scaraboid | scarablike | scaraboids

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Insect

etymology: From Greek 'skarabaios', derived from 'skarabos' (scarab beetle), likely of Egyptian origin.


morpheme_key: scarce

morpheme: scarce

morpheme_head: scarce

affix_form: -scarce-

meaning_definition: insufficient | rare | limited

example_words_list_1: scarcity, scarcely

example_words_corpus: scarcen | scarcely | scarcens | nonscarce | scarceness | scarcement

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Scarcity

etymology: From Old French 'escarse', derived from Late Latin 'excarsum', past participle of 'excarpere' meaning 'to pluck out' or 'to pick out'.


morpheme_key: scarf

morpheme: scarf

morpheme_head: scarf

affix_form: -scarf-

meaning_definition: to wrap | to cover | piece of clothing

example_words_list_1: scarves, scarfed, scarfy

example_words_corpus: scarfed | scarfie | scarfer | enscarf | scarfing | scarfpin

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Covering

etymology: From Old French escarfe, from Late Latin scarpa, from Greek skarpis 'rag, strip of cloth'


morpheme_key: scarlet

morpheme: scarlet

morpheme_head: scarlet

affix_form: -scarlet-

meaning_definition: bright red | crimson

example_words_list_1: scarlet

example_words_corpus: scarlets | scarleteer | scarletwork | scarleteers

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Latin 'scāleō' (to be red) or 'scāla' (scale/flake), referring to the red dye from the kermes insect scales


morpheme_key: scarp

morpheme: scarp

morpheme_head: scarp

affix_form: -scarp-

meaning_definition: steep slope | cliff | precipice

example_words_list_1: scarp, escarpment

example_words_corpus: scarpland | backscarps | scarplands | counterscarp | counterscarps

categorical_group_list: Terrain, Topography

etymology: Old French 'escarpe' (slope, cliff)


morpheme_key: scarsdale

morpheme: scarsdale

morpheme_head: scarsdale

affix_form: -scarsdale-

meaning_definition: Scarsdale

example_words_list_1: Scarsdale, Scarsdaleite

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Toponym, Place Name

etymology: Proper noun derived from the village of Scarsdale in New York, USA.


morpheme_key: scathe

morpheme: scathe

morpheme_head: scathe

affix_form: -scathe-

allomorphs: scath

meaning_definition: harm | damage | injure

example_words_list_1: scathe, scathful, scatheless

example_words_corpus: scathed | scathes | scathel | scathely | unscathed | scatheful

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Harm

etymology: Old Norse skatha "to harm"

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: scato

morpheme: scato

morpheme_head: scato

affix_form: scato-

allomorphs: scat

meaning_definition: dung | feces | excrement

example_words_list_1: scatology

example_words_list_2: scatemia | scatology | scatoma | scatomancy | scatophagy | scatoscopy | scatophagous

example_words_corpus: scatomancy | scatophile | scatophagy | scatoscopy | scatophilic | scatophilia

categorical_group_list: Excrement, Biological waste

ancestor_etymon: σκατ-  OED

etymology: σκῶρ | σκατός (skôr | skatós) | etymology taken from 'scatology' < Greek σκατ- | σκῶρ dung OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: scatter

morpheme: scatter

morpheme_head: scatter

affix_form: -scatter-

meaning_definition: disperse | spread | throw in various directions

example_words_list_1: scattered, scattering, scatterbrained, scattergun

example_words_corpus: scatters | scattery | scattered | scatterer | upscatter | rescatter

categorical_group_list: Movement, Dispersion

etymology: From Old English 'scattrian' meaning 'to scatter, disperse', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: scavenge

morpheme: scavenge

morpheme_head: scavenge

affix_form: -scavenge-

meaning_definition: to collect food or other items from discarded waste | to search for and gather usable items from refuse

example_words_list_1: scavenge, scavenger, scavenging

example_words_corpus: scavenged | scavenges | unscavenged

categorical_group_list: Action, Foraging, Collection

etymology: Middle English scavenge, related to scavenge (to clean)


morpheme_key: scen

morpheme: scen

morpheme_head: scen

affix_form: scen-

sense_label: old, grow old

meaning_definition: old, grow old

example_words_list_1: senior, senator, senile, senescence, evanescent

categorical_group_list: Age, Time

etymology: Latin senex 'old man'


morpheme_key: scenario

morpheme: scenario

morpheme_head: scenario

affix_form: -scenario-

meaning_definition: setting | situation | sequence of events

example_words_list_1: scenario

categorical_group_list: Context, Event, Setting

etymology: Latin 'scenarium' (neuter of 'scenarius'), from 'scena' meaning 'stage' or 'scene', derived from Greek 'skēnē'


morpheme_key: scend

morpheme: scend

morpheme_head: scend

affix_form: -scend-

meaning_definition: ascend | the action of climbing

example_words_list_1: transcend | ascend | descend | ascendency | ascendent | ascension | ascent | condescend | condescendence | condescension | descendent | descension | descent | scansion | transcendence | transcendent | transcendental

example_words_corpus: scends | scended | scending

related_morphemes: scan / scan

categorical_group_list: Direction designator

ancestor_etymon: scend

etymology: scandere | Greek skeptikos : thoughtful | inquiring skeptesthai : to consider


morpheme_key: scene

morpheme: scene

morpheme_head: scene

affix_form: -scene-

allomorphs: scen

meaning_definition: view | spectacle | part of a play

example_words_list_1: scenery, scenography, scenography

example_words_corpus: scenes | scener | scened | sceners | midscene | sceneful

categorical_group_list: Visual, Performance, Setting

etymology: Greek skēnē "tent, stage, theater"


morpheme_key: scens

morpheme: scens

morpheme_head: scens

affix_form: -scens-

meaning_definition: climb

example_words_list_1: ascend, ascendency, ascendent, ascension, ascent, condescend, condescendence, condescension, descend, descendent, descension, descent, scansion, transcend, transcendence, transcendent, transcendental

categorical_group_list: Motion, Verticality

etymology: scandere


morpheme_key: sceptic

morpheme: sceptic

morpheme_head: sceptic

affix_form: -sceptic-

meaning_definition: doubting | questioning | skeptical

example_words_list_1: sceptic, scepticism, sceptical

example_words_corpus: sceptics | nonsceptic | scepticist | Eurosceptic | antisceptic | nonsceptics

categorical_group_list: Doubt, Cognition

etymology: Greek skeptikos 'inquiring, reflective'


morpheme_key: sceptre

morpheme: sceptre

morpheme_head: sceptre

affix_form: -sceptre-

meaning_definition: sceptre | staff of office | symbol of sovereignty

example_words_list_1: sceptre

example_words_corpus: sceptres | sceptred | unsceptred | sceptreless

categorical_group_list: Object, Authority, Symbolism

etymology: From Latin 'sceptrum', from Greek 'skeptron' meaning 'staff, rod', derived from 'skeptesthai' (to lean on).


morpheme_key: sch

morpheme: sch

morpheme_head: sch

affix_form: sch-

meaning_definition: schism | division | split

example_words_list_1: schism, schismatic, schismaticism

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation, Greek origin

etymology: Greek schisma 'a splitting, cleaving'


morpheme_key: schaffner

morpheme: schaffner

morpheme_head: schaffner

affix_form: -schaffner-

meaning_definition: clerk | steward | bailiff

example_words_list_1: schaffner

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Agent

etymology: Middle High German schaffner, from schaffen 'to manage, create'


morpheme_key: schedule

morpheme: schedule

morpheme_head: schedule

affix_form: -schedule-

meaning_definition: plan | arrangement | timetable

example_words_list_1: scheduled, scheduling, reschedule

example_words_corpus: scheduled | schedules | scheduler | reschedule | schedulers | enschedule

categorical_group_list: Time, Organization

etymology: Latin schedula 'little note', diminutive of schedos 'sheet of paper'


morpheme_key: schema

morpheme: schema

morpheme_head: schema

affix_form: -schema-

allomorphs: schem

meaning_definition: plan | pattern | structure | diagram

example_words_list_1: schematic, schema, isomorphism

example_words_corpus: subschema | schemaless | schemalike | multischema | superschema | superschemas

categorical_group_list: Structure, Form, Organization

etymology: Greek skhēma 'figure, form, plan'


morpheme_key: schemata

morpheme: schemata

morpheme_head: schemata

affix_form: -schemata-

meaning_definition: pattern | form | structure

example_words_list_1: schematic, schematize, schematization

categorical_group_list: Structure, Form, Pattern

etymology: Greek skhēma 'figure, form, pattern'


morpheme_key: scherzo

morpheme: scherzo

morpheme_head: scherzo

affix_form: -scherzo-

meaning_definition: playful | light | humorous

example_words_list_1: scherzo

example_words_corpus: scherzos

categorical_group_list: Musical form, Mood

etymology: Italian scherzo "joke, jest"

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: schilling

morpheme: schilling

morpheme_head: schilling

affix_form: -schilling-

meaning_definition: unit of currency

example_words_list_1: Schilling, Schillings, Schillinge

categorical_group_list: Currency, Value

etymology: From Middle High German schilling, from Old High German skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- 'to cut, divide'


morpheme_key: schisis

morpheme: schisis

morpheme_head: schisis

affix_form: -schisis

meaning_definition: split | cleavage | division

example_words_list_1: myeloschisis | gastroschisis | retinoschisis | cranioschisis | cheiloschisis | palatoschisis

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation

etymology: Greek schisis (splitting) from schizein (to split)


morpheme_key: schism

morpheme: schism

morpheme_head: schism

affix_form: -schism-

meaning_definition: split | division | separation

example_words_list_1: schismatic, schismogenesis

example_words_corpus: schisms | preschism | schismless | postschism | schismogenesis

etymology: Greek schisma 'division' from schizein 'to split'


morpheme_key: schist

morpheme: schist

morpheme_head: schist

affix_form: -schist-

allomorphs: schist(o)

meaning_definition: split | fissile | cleaving

example_words_list_1: schist, schistosity

example_words_corpus: schists | schistic | schistose | schistous | blueschist | grayschist

categorical_group_list: Texture, Geology

etymology: Greek schistos 'split'


morpheme_key: schiz

morpheme: schiz

morpheme_head: schiz

affix_form: schiz-

allomorphs: schiz(o)

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: divide | sever | split | separate

example_words_list_1: schizophrenia | diaschisis | diaschisma | schisis | schism | schisma | schismatic | schizocarp | schizogamy | schizogony | schizoid | schizotrichia | schizogenesis | Schizomida | schizopod

example_words_corpus: schizy

related_morphemes: schis / schis

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: schiz

etymology: Greek schizein "to split"

source: Wiktionary | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: schizoid

morpheme: schizoid

morpheme_head: schizoid

affix_form: -schizoid-

meaning_definition: split | divided | separated

example_words_list_1: schizophrenia, schizoid


morpheme_key: schizophren

morpheme: schizophren

morpheme_head: schizophren

affix_form: -schizophren-

example_words_list_1: schizophrenia, schizophrenic

categorical_group_list: Division, Mental state

etymology: Greek schizein "to split" + phren "mind"


morpheme_key: schm

morpheme: schm

morpheme_head: schm

affix_form: schm-

meaning_definition: bad | inferior | fake | trivial

example_words_list_1: schmancy

example_words_corpus: schmancy

categorical_group_list: Derogatory, Negation

etymology: Yiddish 'shm-' (imitative/derogatory prefix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Yiddish


morpheme_key: schmaltz

morpheme: schmaltz

morpheme_head: schmaltz

affix_form: -schmaltz-

meaning_definition: excessive | overly sentimental | exaggerated emotion

example_words_list_1: schmaltzy, schmaltziness

example_words_corpus: schmaltzy | schmaltzily | schmaltzfest | schmaltziness | schmaltzfests

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sentimentality

etymology: Yiddish schmaltz "rendered fat"


morpheme_key: schol

morpheme: schol

morpheme_head: schol

affix_form: -schol-

meaning_definition: institution for education | place of learning

example_words_list_1: scholar | scholastic | scholiast | scholium Variant Spellings: school unrelated: school (of fish) | school

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek skholē 'leisure, sabbatical, school'


morpheme_key: school

morpheme: school

morpheme_head: school

affix_form: -school-

meaning_definition: place of learning | group of students | branch of knowledge

example_words_list_1: schoolboy, schooling, schoolmaster

example_words_corpus: schools | schooly | schooled | schooler | deschool | reschool

categorical_group_list: Education, Institution, Group

etymology: Greek skholē 'leisure, recreation'


morpheme_key: schwartz

morpheme: schwartz

morpheme_head: schwartz

affix_form: -schwartz-

meaning_definition: black

example_words_list_1: Schwarze, Schwarzer, Schwarzen, Schwarzes, Schwarzen

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical property

etymology: From Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (cf. English 'shroud', 'shirt' via PIE *swer- 'to darken').


morpheme_key: sci

morpheme: sci

morpheme_head: sci

affix_form: sci-

sense_label: know

meaning_definition: understand | perceive | knowledge

example_words_list_1: science, conscious, conscience, prescient, scienced

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Knowledge

etymology: Latin scire 'to know'

source: Cognatarium | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Wikidata


sense_label: shade, shadow

meaning_definition: shade, shadow

example_words_list_1: sciamachy, sciaphobia

example_words_list_2: sciamachy, sciaphobia

categorical_group_list: Light and Shadow, Perception

etymology: σκιά (skiá), σκιάς


morpheme_key: sciatica

morpheme: sciatica

morpheme_head: sciatica

affix_form: -sciatica-

meaning_definition: sciatic nerve | related to the sciatic nerve

example_words_list_1: sciatic, sciatica, sciaticus

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical

etymology: Latin ischias, from Greek ischias 'hip, sciatica', from ischion 'hip joint'


morpheme_key: science

morpheme: science

morpheme_head: science

affix_form: -science-

meaning_definition: understand an abstract concept

example_words_list_1: science, scientific, scientist, sciences

example_words_corpus: sciences | sciencey | scienced | unscience | inscience | geoscience

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Cognition

etymology: Latin scientia 'knowledge', from scire 'to know'


morpheme_key: scind

morpheme: scind

morpheme_head: scind

affix_form: scind-

sense_label: split

meaning_definition: rend | slice | partition

example_words_list_1: rescind | scissors | exscind | prescind

example_words_list_2: rescind | scissors | exscind | prescind

related_morphemes: sciss / sciss

categorical_group_list: Separation, Division, Destruction

etymology: Latin scindere 'to split, tear'


morpheme_key: scint

morpheme: scint

morpheme_head: scint

affix_form: -scint-

meaning_definition: brief flash | subtle remainder

example_words_list_1: scintigraphy, scintilla, scintillate, scintillometer, scintiscanner

categorical_group_list: Light, Small amount

etymology: Latin scintilla 'spark, fragment'


morpheme_key: scintillate

morpheme: scintillate

morpheme_head: scintillate

affix_form: -scintillate-

meaning_definition: to sparkle | to emit sparks | to shine brightly

example_words_corpus: scintillates | scintillated

categorical_group_list: Light, Motion

etymology: Latin scintilla "a spark"


morpheme_key: scion

morpheme: scion

morpheme_head: scion

affix_form: -scion-

meaning_definition: descendant | heir | offspring

example_words_list_1: scion

example_words_corpus: scions | scioness

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Lineage

etymology: Latin scio 'I know' (past participle stem scit-)


morpheme_key: scire

morpheme: scire

morpheme_head: scire

affix_form: sci

allomorphs: sci

meaning_definition: to be aware | the state of knowing

example_words_list_1: omniscient, science, conscious

example_words_list_2: omniscient, science, conscious

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin scīre 'to know'


morpheme_key: sciss

morpheme: sciss

morpheme_head: sciss

affix_form: sciss-

meaning_definition: separate | a slice | a partition

example_words_list_1: rescind | scissors | abscissa | abscission | rescission | scissile | scission unrelated: cis2 / scissors.

related_morphemes: scind / scind

categorical_group_list: Separation, Action

etymology: scindere | Greek sklēros : hard


morpheme_key: scissor

morpheme: scissor

morpheme_head: scissor

affix_form: -scissor-

meaning_definition: to cut | cutting tool

example_words_list_1: scissor, scissors, scissorable

example_words_corpus: scissors | scissored | scissorer | scissoring | scissorers | scissorbill

categorical_group_list: Action, Tool

etymology: From Old French 'cisor' or 'ciser', derived from the Latin 'caedere' meaning 'to cut'.


morpheme_key: scler

morpheme: scler

morpheme_head: scler

affix_form: scler-

allomorphs: scler(o) | sclera | sclere

meaning_definition: firm | rigid

example_words_list_1: scleroderma, sclerosis, sclerite

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical Property

etymology: σκέλλειν (skéllein) | σκληρός (sklērós) | σκληρότης (sklērótēs) | σκέλλειν(skéllein) | σκληρός(sklērós) | σκληρότης(sklērótēs) | Greek skopos : a mark | spy | watcher | object of attention | goal | target --> skopein : to see


morpheme_key: sclerosis

morpheme: sclerosis

morpheme_head: sclerosis

affix_form: -sclerosis-

meaning_definition: hardening

example_words_list_1: atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis

example_words_list_2: atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis

example_words_corpus: otosclerosis | Eurosclerosis | acrosclerosis | osteosclerosis | adenosclerosis | fibrosclerosis

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Pathology

etymology: Greek σκληρός (sklērós), hard, harden; + -σῐς (-sis), added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process


morpheme_key: sclerotic

morpheme: sclerotic

morpheme_head: sclerotic

affix_form: -sclerotic-

meaning_definition: hard |ened | toughened

example_words_list_1: sclerosis, scleroderma, sclerotium

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Greek skleros 'hard'


morpheme_key: scoff

morpheme: scoff

morpheme_head: scoff

affix_form: -scoff-

meaning_definition: to mock | to deride | to express contempt

example_words_list_1: scoff, scoffed, scoffing

example_words_corpus: scoffs | scoffed | scoffer | scofflaw | scoffing | scoffers

categorical_group_list: Disdain, Communication

etymology: Middle English 'scoffen'


morpheme_key: scold

morpheme: scold

morpheme_head: scold

affix_form: -scold-

meaning_definition: to rebuke | to reprimand | to censure

example_words_list_1: scolding, scoldingly

example_words_corpus: scolds | scolder | scolded | scoldee | scolding | scolders

categorical_group_list: Communication, Criticism

etymology: Middle English scolden, from Old English scoldan 'to scold, rebuke'


morpheme_key: scolec

morpheme: scolec

morpheme_head: scolec

affix_form: scolec-

meaning_definition: worm

example_words_list_1: scolex

example_words_list_2: scolex

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: σκώληξ | σκώληκος (skṓlēx | skṓlēkos) | σκώληκος(skṓlēx


morpheme_key: scolio

morpheme: scoli(o)

morpheme_head: scoli

affix_form: scoli-

allomorphs: scoli(o)

meaning_definition: twisted

example_words_list_1: scoliosis

example_words_list_2: scoliosis

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical attribute

etymology: Greek σκολιός (skoliós), curved, bent


morpheme_key: scombr

morpheme: scombr

morpheme_head: scombr

affix_form: scombr-

meaning_definition: mackerel

example_words_list_1: scombrid | scombroid

example_words_list_2: scombrid | scombroid

categorical_group_list: Animals, Marine life

etymology: σκόμβρος (skómbros) | σκόμβρος(skómbros)


morpheme_key: sconce

morpheme: sconce

morpheme_head: sconce

affix_form: -sconce-

meaning_definition: a light fixture | a bracket for a candle

example_words_list_1: sconce

example_words_corpus: sconces | sconced | ensconce | ensconced | ensconces | ensconcement

categorical_group_list: Light, Object

etymology: Middle French 'esconce' (to shield, protect)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: scoop

morpheme: scoop

morpheme_head: scoop

affix_form: -scoop-

meaning_definition: to pick up | to hollow out | a utensil for lifting

example_words_list_1: scoop, scooper, scooped, scooping

example_words_corpus: scoops | scoopy | scooper | scooped | scooping | scoopers

categorical_group_list: Action, Tool, Motion

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'scoep' or 'scoepel', meaning a shovel or scoop, likely of Germanic origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: scoot

morpheme: scoot

morpheme_head: scoot

affix_form: -scoot-

meaning_definition: move quickly | slide | move smoothly

example_words_list_1: scoot, scooting, scooted

example_words_corpus: scoots | scooter | scooters | scooting | scooterist | scooterboy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: From Dutch 'schoot' meaning 'lap' or 'folds of a garment', likely via the notion of sliding into one's lap or moving swiftly like a fold unfolding.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: scope

morpheme: scope

morpheme_head: scop

affix_form: -scope-

sense_label: instrument for viewing

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: tool for observation | device for visual inspection | instrument aligned with the function or method indicated by the initial component

example_words_list_1: stethoscope | telescope | microscope

example_words_list_2: telescope | microscope

example_words_corpus: scoped | scopes | scoper | scopey | descope | rescope

categorical_group_list: noun maker

ancestor_etymon: scop | σκοπεῖν  OED

etymology: Greek skopos 'watcher, target' from skopein 'to look at'


morpheme_head: scope

affix_form: scope-

sense_label: see

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

meaning_definition: see | examine | observe

example_words_list_1: horoscope | gyroscope | microscope | periscope | stethoscope | telescope | kaleidoscope

categorical_group_list: Vision, Observation

etymology: Greek skopein "to look, examine"


morpheme_key: scopol

morpheme: scopol

morpheme_head: scopol

affix_form: scopol-

meaning_definition: scopol- | scopol/o

example_words_list_1: scopophobia, scopolamine, scopolia

categorical_group_list: Target, Aim, Mark, Greek Origin

etymology: Greek skopos 'target, mark, aim'


morpheme_key: scopy

morpheme: scopy

morpheme_head: scopy

affix_form: -scopy

allomorphs: -scopy

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: act of observing | perceive visually | inspect | monitor | method of analyzing what's indicated by the preceding element | The act of {prev}

example_words_list_1: endoscopy | horoscope | gyroscope | microscope | periscope | stethoscope | telescope | cystoscopy | microscopy

example_words_list_2: horoscope | gyroscope | microscope | periscope | stethoscope | telescope | cystoscopy | endoscopy | microscopy

example_words_corpus: uroscopy | bioscopy | otoscopy | geoscopy | exoscopy | anoscopy

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: σκοπία  OED | scop

etymology: Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) | to look at | behold | examine | a formative element < Greek -σκοπία observation OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: scorch

morpheme: scorch

morpheme_head: scorch

affix_form: -scorch-

meaning_definition: to burn | to singe | to scorch

example_words_list_1: scorched, scorcher, scorching

example_words_corpus: scorchy | scorcher | scorched | scorches | bescorch | scorching

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Fire, Heat

etymology: Old English 'scurchen' (to burn, singe)


morpheme_key: score

morpheme: score

morpheme_head: score

affix_form: -score-

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: twenty

example_words_list_1: fourscore, threescore, twoscore

example_words_list_2: fourscore, threescore, twoscore

example_words_corpus: scores | scored | scorer | scorers | rescore | scoreth

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Old English 'scōr' (twenty)


morpheme_key: scorn

morpheme: scorn

morpheme_head: scorn

affix_form: -scorn-

meaning_definition: contempt | disdain | derision

example_words_list_1: scorn, scornful, scornfully

example_words_corpus: scorns | scorny | scorned | scorner | scornee | bescorn

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative affect

etymology: Old French 'escorn' (to mock, to deride)


morpheme_key: scorpion

morpheme: scorpion

morpheme_head: scorpion

affix_form: -scorpion-

allomorphs: scorpio

meaning_definition: scorpion | arachnid

example_words_list_1: scorpion, scorpius

example_words_corpus: scorpions | scorpionfly | scorpionate | scorpionfish | scorpionates | scorpionlike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Biology

etymology: Latin 'scorpio' (genitive 'scorpionis') meaning scorpion

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: scot

morpheme: scot

morpheme_head: scot

affix_form: -scot-

sense_label: darkness

meaning_definition: absence of light | gloom

example_words_list_1: scotomata, scotoma, scotophobia

example_words_corpus: scots | Scotic | Scotish | scotale | Scottish | scotales

categorical_group_list: Darkness, Absence of light

etymology: Greek skotos 'darkness, gloom'


morpheme_key: scotch

morpheme: scotch

morpheme_head: scotch

affix_form: -scotch-

meaning_definition: Scotch tape | adhesive tape

example_words_list_1: scotch tape, scotchgard, scotch-tape

example_words_corpus: scotched | scotches | hopscotch | scotching | Scotchman | Scotchgard

categorical_group_list: Material, Brand-derived, Adhesive

etymology: From the brand name 'Scotch' (a colloquial term for stingy or cheap, originally referring to the thinness of the tape), combined with 'tape'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: scoto

morpheme: scoto

morpheme_head: scoto

affix_form: scoto-

allomorphs: Scotto

sense_label: Scotland

meaning_definition: Scotland

example_words_list_1: scotosis | scotopsin | scotophase | scotoscope | scotogenic | scotograph

categorical_group_list: Ethnic or Geographic Area Assignment

etymology: From Greek skōtía 'darkness' (from skotos 'dark') + -o- combining form, though the record's definition 'Scotland' is likely an error conflating it with 'Scoto-' (from Scots/Gaelic) or 'Scot-' (from Scotus). Given the form 'scoto-' and Greek language tag, the etymology refers to darkness.


morpheme_key: scoundrel

morpheme: scoundrel

morpheme_head: scoundrel

affix_form: -scoundrel-

meaning_definition: dishonest | rogue | villainous

example_words_list_1: ['scoundrel']

example_words_corpus: scoundrels | scoundrelly | scoundrelry | scoundreldom | scoundrelism | scoundrelous

categorical_group_list: Agent, Character trait

etymology: From Middle French 'escoundrel' or 'escandrel', likely from Old French 'escandir' (to scandalize) or related to 'scandal', originally meaning one who causes scandal or disgrace.


morpheme_key: scour

morpheme: scour

morpheme_head: scour

affix_form: -scour-

meaning_definition: to clean by rubbing | to search thoroughly

example_words_list_1: scour, scouring, unscoured

example_words_corpus: scours | scourer | scouring | scourers | scourage | scoureth

categorical_group_list: Action, Cleaning, Searching

etymology: Old French escourrer 'to chase, hunt, or clear'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: scourge

morpheme: scourge

morpheme_head: scourge

affix_form: -scourge-

meaning_definition: punishment | affliction | whip | plague

example_words_list_1: scourge

example_words_corpus: scourged | scourges | scourger | scourgers | scourgeth | unscourged

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Affliction, Violence

etymology: Old French escourge 'whip, lash'


morpheme_key: scout

morpheme: scout

morpheme_head: scout

affix_form: -scout-

meaning_definition: to explore | to reconnoiter | to search ahead

example_words_list_1: scout, scouting, scouted, scoutmaster

example_words_corpus: scouts | scouty | scouted | Scouter | scouting | outscout

categorical_group_list: Exploration, Observation

etymology: Middle English 'skoute', related to 'out'