morpheme_key: fulfil

morpheme: fulfil

morpheme_head: fulfil

affix_form: -fulfil-

meaning_definition: to carry out | to complete | to satisfy

example_words_list_1: fulfillment, fulfiller, fulfillable

example_words_corpus: fulfils | fulfilled | fulfilling | fulfilleth | overfulfil | fulfillest

categorical_group_list: Completion, Action

etymology: Old French fulfil (to complete, satisfy) from Middle English


morpheme_key: fulg

morpheme: fulg

morpheme_head: fulg

affix_form: False

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: emit light | sudden gleam | lightning phenomenon

example_words_list_1: effulgent | fulgent | fulgurate | fulgurite | fulgurous | refulgent Variant Spellings: fulminate | fulminate

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin fulgur, fulmin- 'lightning'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: full

morpheme: full

morpheme_head: full

affix_form: full-

sense_label: abundant

bound_free_or_root: free

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: abundant | full | full of | generous | notable for

example_words_list_1: fullness, fully, fullness

example_words_corpus: fully | fulls | fuller | fullen | fulled | unfull

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Intensity, Completeness

etymology: Old English 'full'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral

source: Wikidata

attestation: both


morpheme_key: fuller

morpheme: fuller

morpheme_head: fuller

affix_form: -fuller-

meaning_definition: complete | entire | absolute

example_words_list_1: fuller, fuller's earth

categorical_group_list: Completeness, Intensity

etymology: Old English 'full' + suffix '-er'

register: vernacular

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: fully

morpheme: fully

morpheme_head: fully

affix_form: -fully

affix_type: suffix

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adverb

meaning_definition: full of, filled with

example_words_list_1: beautifully, carefully, wonderfully

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

ancestor_etymon: ful

etymology: Old English -fyll (full) + -lic (suffix)


morpheme_key: fulmen

morpheme: fulmen

morpheme_head: fulmen

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: electric flash | divine projectile

example_words_list_1: fulminate

example_words_list_2: fulminate

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Destruction

ancestor_etymon: fulmin

etymology: From Latin fulmen (genitive fulminis) meaning 'lightning', likely from the root *bhel- 'to shine, flash'.


morpheme_key: fulmin

morpheme: fulmin

morpheme_head: fulmin

affix_form: fulmin-

allomorphs: fulmina

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: flash

example_words_list_1: fulminant | fulminate | fulmination | fulgurite

categorical_group_list: Light, Energy, Suddenness

etymology: fulmen ~lightning flash~ | fulmen"lightning flash"

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: fulminate

morpheme: fulminate

morpheme_head: fulminate

affix_form: -fulminate-

meaning_definition: to explode | to denounce | to strike with lightning

example_words_corpus: fulminates | fulminated | infulminate

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction, Sound

etymology: Latin fulminare 'to thunder, strike with lightning', from fulmen 'thunderbolt'


morpheme_key: fulsome

morpheme: fulsome

morpheme_head: fulsome

affix_form: -fulsome-

meaning_definition: excessive | abundant | complimentary to an excessive degree

example_words_list_1: fulsome, fulsomely, fulsomeness

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Excess

etymology: Old English ful (full) + -some (suffix)


morpheme_key: fum

morpheme: fum

morpheme_head: fum

affix_form: fum-

allomorphs: fume | fumus

meaning_definition: burning vapor | vaporous emissions

example_words_list_1: fume | fumigation | fumarole | fumigate | fumitory | perfume

example_words_corpus: fums

categorical_group_list: Nature, Sensory

etymology: fūmus


morpheme_key: fumble

morpheme: fumble

morpheme_head: fumble

affix_form: -fumble-

meaning_definition: to handle clumsily | to drop | to blunder

example_words_list_1: fumble, fumbled, fumbling

example_words_corpus: fumbles | fumbler | fumbleth | unfumbled

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality, Error

etymology: imitative of the sound or action of clumsy movement

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: fumigate

morpheme: fumigate

morpheme_head: fumigate

affix_form: -fumigate-

meaning_definition: to clean | to disinfect | to purge

example_words_list_1: fumigation, fumigant

example_words_corpus: fumigates | fumigated | suffumigate | unfumigated | suffumigated | suffumigates

categorical_group_list: Purification, Action

etymology: Latin fumigare 'to smoke, fumigate', from fumus 'smoke'


morpheme_key: fun

morpheme: fun

morpheme_head: fun

affix_form: -fun-

meaning_definition: cord

example_words_list_1: funambulist, funicular, funiculus

example_words_list_2: funambulist, funicular, funiculus

example_words_corpus: funs | funny | unfun | funned | funbox | unfunny

categorical_group_list: Material, Physical object

etymology: Latin funis 'rope, cord'


morpheme_key: funct

morpheme: funct

morpheme_head: funct

affix_form: funct-

meaning_definition: execute | enact | carry out | fulfill

example_words_list_1: function | fungibility | perfunctory | defunct | dysfunction | functionary | malfunction

example_words_corpus: functs

categorical_group_list: Action, Agency

ancestor_etymon: funct

etymology: Latin fungor 'perform, execute, discharge' (deponent verb)


morpheme_key: function

morpheme: function

morpheme_head: function

affix_form: -function-

meaning_definition: act | manner | way | performance

example_words_list_1: function, multifunctional, dysfunction, functional

example_words_corpus: functions | functional | functioned | cofunction | refunction | bifunction

categorical_group_list: Action, Process, Operation

etymology: Latin -tionem (nom. -tio) 'a doing, action', from past participle stem of facere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: fund

morpheme: fund

morpheme_head: fund

affix_form: fund-

sense_label: bottom

meaning_definition: base | lower part | foundation

example_words_list_1: found | founder | foundation | fund | fundament | fundamental | fundamentalism | profound | profundity

example_words_corpus: funds | funder | funded | defund | subfund | funders

categorical_group_list: Base, Spatial, Foundation

ancestor_etymon: found

etymology: fundāre ~to found~, from fundus ~bottom, foundation~


sense_label: pour

meaning_definition: pour | melt | blend

example_words_list_1: confound | diffusion | effusion | effusive | found | fusion | infusion | perfusion | profuse | profusion | refund | suffusion | transfusion

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Transformation

etymology: fundere | fūsus


morpheme_key: fundament

morpheme: fundament

morpheme_head: fundament

affix_form: -fundament-

meaning_definition: base | foundation | bottom

example_words_list_1: fundamental, fundamentals

categorical_group_list: Foundation, Base concept

etymology: Latin fundamentum 'foundation, basis', from fundere 'to pour'


morpheme_key: fundere

morpheme: fundere

morpheme_head: fundere

affix_form: fund

allomorphs: fund

meaning_definition: to cause to flow | to move in a continuous stream

example_words_list_1: refund, fusillade

example_words_list_2: refund, fusillade

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: fus

etymology: Latin fundere 'to pour, melt'


morpheme_key: funer

morpheme: funer

morpheme_head: funer

affix_form: -funer-

meaning_definition: ceremony for deceased person | rituals associated with burial or memorial | deceased's body

example_words_list_1: funeral, funereal, funest, obituary

example_words_list_2: funeral | funerary | funereal

categorical_group_list: Death, Ritual

ancestor_etymon: funer

etymology: Latin fūneris, genitive of fūnus : funeral


morpheme_key: fung

morpheme: fung

morpheme_head: fung

affix_form: fung-

sense_label: do, perform

meaning_definition: do, perform

example_words_list_1: function, fungibility, perfunctory, defunct

example_words_corpus: fungs | efungumab

etymology: fungī, fūnctus

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: fungi

morpheme: fungi

morpheme_head: fungi

affix_form: fungi-

sense_label: fungus

meaning_definition: fungus | mushroom

example_words_list_1: fungicide | fungiform

example_words_list_2: fungicide, fungiform

example_words_corpus: fungicide | fungiform | fungicidal | fungicides | fungitoxic | fungistatic

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: Latin fungus 'mushroom, toadstool'

register: scientific


morpheme_key: funicular

morpheme: funicular

morpheme_head: funicular

affix_form: -funicular-

meaning_definition: resembling a rope | related to a cable | shaped like a funnel

example_words_list_1: funicular, funicular railway

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical property

etymology: Latin funiculus 'little rope', diminutive of funis 'rope, cable'


morpheme_key: funk

morpheme: funk

morpheme_head: funk

affix_form: -funk-

meaning_definition: strong | rhythmic | soulful | pungent

example_words_list_1: funky, funkiness, funkified

example_words_corpus: funky | funks | funked | funkily | unfunky | funking

categorical_group_list: Music, Sensory, Style

etymology: Origin unknown, possibly from West African languages via African American Vernacular English, or from the verb 'to funk' meaning to play jazz improvisationally.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: funnel

morpheme: funnel

morpheme_head: funnel

affix_form: -funnel-

meaning_definition: conical object for transferring liquid | to channel or direct

example_words_list_1: funnel

example_words_corpus: funnels | funneled | refunnel | funneling | funnelled | funnelling

categorical_group_list: Tool, Shape, Action

etymology: Middle English funnel, from Old French entonnoir

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: fur

morpheme: fur

morpheme_head: fur

affix_form: fur-

allomorphs: furi

sense_label: furiously

meaning_definition: intensely | to erupt in anger

example_words_list_1: furioso | furious | furor | fury | infuriate

example_words_corpus: furs | furry | befur | furkid | furred | furfag

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Anger

etymology: Latin furiosus 'furious', from furere 'to rage'


affix_form: -fur-

sense_label: furrow

meaning_definition: a groove or line | a shallow depression | a crease or fold

example_words_list_1: furlong, furrow

example_words_list_2: furlong, furrow

categorical_group_list: Agriculture, Measurement, Topography

etymology: Middle English forwe Old English forh


sense_label: thief

meaning_definition: larcenist | appropriate

example_words_list_1: ferret | furtive | furuncle | furunculosis

categorical_group_list: Deception, Crime

etymology: Latin fur-, furis 'thief'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: furbish

morpheme: furbish

morpheme_head: furbish

affix_form: -furbish-

meaning_definition: to clean | to polish | to make neat

example_words_list_1: furbish, furbished, furbishing, furbisher

example_words_corpus: refurbish | furbished | furbisher | furbishing | furbishers | refurbished

categorical_group_list: Verb, Action, Cleaning

etymology: Middle English furbissen, from Old French furber 'to cheat, swindle' (originally 'to make smooth'), from furbe 'smoothness'


morpheme_key: furc

morpheme: furc

morpheme_head: furc

affix_form: furc-

meaning_definition: divide | split | branch

example_words_list_1: bifurcation | bifurcate | furcate | furcula | trifurcate

categorical_group_list: Division, Shape

etymology: Latin furca 'fork, pitchfork'


morpheme_key: furl

morpheme: furl

morpheme_head: furl

affix_form: -furl-

meaning_definition: to roll | to wind | to twist

example_words_list_1: furl, unfurl

example_words_corpus: furls | unfurl | furled | refurl | furler | upfurl

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Old English 'furlian' (to roll up, to wrap)


morpheme_key: furlong

morpheme: furlong

morpheme_head: furlong

affix_form: -furlong-

meaning_definition: a unit of distance | 220 yards

example_words_list_1: ['furlong']

example_words_corpus: furlongs

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Distance

etymology: Middle English 'furlong', from 'furrow' + 'long'


morpheme_key: furlough

morpheme: furlough

morpheme_head: furlough

affix_form: -furlough-

meaning_definition: temporary leave | suspension | break from duty

example_words_list_1: furloughed

example_words_corpus: furloughs | furloughed | furlougher | furloughing | furloughers | unfurloughed

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Status, Absence

etymology: Middle French 'fourgour' (related to 'fourrer' to stuff/pack)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: furn

morpheme: furn

morpheme_head: furn

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: to furnish with necessities | to bestow resources

example_words_list_1: furnish, furniture unrelated: furnace

example_words_list_2: furnish, furniture unrelated: furnace

categorical_group_list: Provision, Supply

etymology: Middle English furnishen Old French furnir (French fournir)


morpheme_key: furnish

morpheme: furnish

morpheme_head: furnish

affix_form: -furnish-

meaning_definition: to supply | to provide | to equip

example_words_list_1: furnish, furnished, furnishing

example_words_corpus: furnished | refurnish | furnisher | unfurnish | furnishing | furnishers

categorical_group_list: Provision, Action

etymology: Latin 'fornire' meaning 'to equip, provide'


morpheme_key: furore

morpheme: furore

morpheme_head: furore

affix_form: -furore-

meaning_definition: outburst | frenzy | wild excitement

example_words_list_1: furore

example_words_corpus: furores

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Intensity

etymology: Latin furor (gen. furoris) 'madness, rage'


morpheme_key: furrow

morpheme: furrow

morpheme_head: furrow

affix_form: -furrow-

meaning_definition: a long narrow trench | a groove | a wrinkle

example_words_list_1: furrowed

example_words_corpus: furrows | furrowy | furrowed | unfurrow | furrower | furrowest

categorical_group_list: Physical feature, Surface, Earth

etymology: Old English furh 'furrow, trench'


morpheme_key: furter

morpheme: furter

morpheme_head: furter

affix_form: -furter

meaning_definition: person from | native of | resident of

example_words_list_1: turkeyfurter | chickenfurter

example_words_corpus: turkeyfurter | chickenfurter

categorical_group_list: Demonym, Origin, Surname

etymology: From German -furter, from Frankfurt 'ford', used in surnames and place names indicating origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: further

morpheme: further

morpheme_head: further

affix_form: -further-

meaning_definition: additional | more | at a greater distance

example_words_list_1: furthermore, furtherance

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Distance, Progression

etymology: Old English furðor, from furð (distance/progress)


morpheme_key: furthest

morpheme: furthest

morpheme_head: furthest

affix_form: -furthest-

meaning_definition: at the greatest distance | most remote

example_words_list_1: ['furthest']

categorical_group_list: Distance, Degree, Superlative

etymology: Old English furst (first) + -est (superlative suffix)


morpheme_key: furtive

morpheme: furtive

morpheme_head: furtive

affix_form: -furtive-

meaning_definition: secretive | stealthy | avoiding notice

example_words_list_1: furtively, furtiveness

example_words_corpus: furtively | furtiveness | furtivenesses

categorical_group_list: Secrecy, Stealth

etymology: Latin furtivus 'stealthy, secret', from fur 'thief'


morpheme_key: furtum

morpheme: furtum

morpheme_head: furt

allomorphs: furtum

meaning_definition: unlawful taking | secretive movement

example_words_list_1: furtive

example_words_list_2: furtive

categorical_group_list: Deception, Action, Crime

ancestor_etymon: furt

etymology: Latin furtum 'theft', from fur 'thief'


morpheme_key: furze

morpheme: furze

morpheme_head: furze

affix_form: -furze-

meaning_definition: spiny shrub | gorse

example_words_list_1: furze

example_words_corpus: furzen | furzes | furzeling | furzechat | furzechats | furzelings

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Old English 'geors' or 'geors' (related to 'gorse')


morpheme_key: fus

morpheme: fus

morpheme_head: fus

affix_form: fus-

meaning_definition: transfer liquid | liquefy | combine | merge

example_words_list_1: confound | diffusion | effusion | effusive | found | fusion | infusion | perfusion | profuse | profusion | refund | suffusion | transfusion | refusal | defuse | affusion | confuse | diffuse | fuse (to join) | infuse | refuse (all senses) | suffuse

related_morphemes: found2 / found

categorical_group_list: Liquidity, Transformation, Merging

etymology: Latin fusus, past participle of fundere 'to pour, melt'


morpheme_key: fusc

morpheme: fusc

morpheme_head: fusc

affix_form: fusc-

meaning_definition: gloomy | make darker

example_words_list_1: fuscous

categorical_group_list: Color, Darkness

etymology: Latin fuscus "dark, dusky, brown"


morpheme_key: fuse

morpheme: fuse

morpheme_head: fuse

affix_form: -fuse-

sense_label: join

meaning_definition: join | unite | blend

example_words_list_1: fuse, fusion, fusible, fusible

example_words_corpus: fused | fuses | fusee | fuser | refuse | defuse

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity


affix_form: fuse-

meaning_definition: pour

example_words_list_1: confuse, transfuse

example_words_list_2: confuse, transfuse

categorical_group_list: Action, Fluidity

etymology: Latin 'fundere' meaning 'to pour, melt, shed'


morpheme_key: fusiform

morpheme: fusiform

morpheme_head: fusiform

affix_form: -fusiform-

meaning_definition: shaped like a spindle | tapered at both ends

example_words_list_1: fusiform

example_words_corpus: subfusiform

categorical_group_list: Shape, Morphology

etymology: Latin fusus (past participle of fingere 'to form, shape') + -formis (from forma 'shape')


morpheme_key: fusil

morpheme: fusil

morpheme_head: fusil

meaning_definition: firearm | long gun

example_words_list_1: fusil (musket), fusile, fusilier, fusillade

example_words_corpus: fusils

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Armament

etymology: From Old French fusil, from fusée (fuse/spindle), derived from Latin fūsis (spindle)


morpheme_key: fuss

morpheme: fuss

morpheme_head: fuss

affix_form: -fuss-

meaning_definition: unnecessary | agitated | busy

example_words_list_1: fuss, fussing, fussiness

example_words_corpus: fussy | fussed | fusses | fusser | fussily | fusspot

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Action

etymology: Middle English fuss, likely imitative of agitated movement or sound


morpheme_key: fust

morpheme: fust

morpheme_head: fust

affix_form: -fust-

meaning_definition: rod | club

example_words_list_1: fustian, fustigate

example_words_list_2: fustian, fustigate

example_words_corpus: fusts | fusted

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Physical object

etymology: Latin fūstis 'stick, cudgel'


morpheme_key: fut

morpheme: fut

morpheme_head: fut

meaning_definition: to drive away | to send back | to suppress | to prevent

example_words_list_1: confute, refute

example_words_list_2: confute, refute

related_morphemes: but1 / but

categorical_group_list: Reversal, Negation, Conflict

etymology: Latin fūtus, past participle of fūre 'to drive away, repel'


morpheme_key: futile

morpheme: futile

morpheme_head: futile

affix_form: -futile-

allomorphs: futil

meaning_definition: useless | ineffective | pointless

example_words_list_1: futility, futilely

example_words_corpus: futilely | futileness

categorical_group_list: Ineffectiveness, Negation

etymology: Latin futilis 'leaky, useless', from fundere 'to pour'


morpheme_key: future

morpheme: future

morpheme_head: future

affix_form: -future-

meaning_definition: yet to come | following | subsequent

example_words_list_1: future, futuristic, futurism

example_words_corpus: futures | futurey | futured | futurely | futurepop | nonfuture

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporality

etymology: Latin 'futurus', future participle of 'esse' (to be)


morpheme_key: fuzz

morpheme: fuzz

morpheme_head: fuzz

affix_form: -fuzz-

meaning_definition: covered with | soft | blurred

example_words_list_1: fuzzy, fuzziness, fuzz

example_words_corpus: fuzzy | fuzzer | fuzzily | fuzzify | unfuzzy | fuzznut

categorical_group_list: Texture, Appearance

etymology: Middle English fuzz, imitative of the sound or texture of soft hair


morpheme_key: fy

morpheme: fy

morpheme_head: fy

affix_form: -fy

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb

meaning_definition: transform into | cause to be in the state of | result in | produce | lead to | become | effect | accomplish

example_words_list_1: simplify, clarify, intensify, modify, notify, terrify

example_words_corpus: wikify | rarefy | citify | uglify | argufy | Nazify

related_morphemes: fac1 / fac

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: -fier / -ficāre OED | fy

etymology: From Latin -ficare, frequentative of facere 'to make, do'

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Latin OED | Latin

source: http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Cognatarium | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Stein


morpheme_key: gab

morpheme: gab

morpheme_head: gab

affix_form: -gab-

sense_label: talk

meaning_definition: talk | chatter | idle talk

example_words_list_1: gabs | gabby | begab | gabber | gabble | forgab

categorical_group_list: Communication, Speech

etymology: imitative origin, likely related to 'gabble'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: gabble

morpheme: gabble

morpheme_head: gabble

affix_form: -gabble-

meaning_definition: to speak rapidly and inarticulately | chatter | babble

example_words_list_1: ['gabble']

categorical_group_list: Speech, Sound

etymology: imitative of the sound of rapid, indistinct speech


morpheme_key: gable

morpheme: gable

morpheme_head: gable

affix_form: -gable-

meaning_definition: triangular part of a roof | sloping side of a building

example_words_list_1: gable, gables

example_words_corpus: gabled | gables | gablet | gablets | ungabled | gablelike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Structure

etymology: Middle English gable, from Old English gaball


morpheme_key: gabler

morpheme: gabler

morpheme_head: gabler

affix_form: -gabler-

meaning_definition: one who gambles | gambler

example_words_list_1: gambler, gambles, gambled

categorical_group_list: Agent, Occupation, Person

etymology: Derived from the verb 'gamble' + agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: gabriel

morpheme: gabriel

morpheme_head: gabriel

affix_form: -gabriel-

meaning_definition: man of God | strength of God

example_words_list_1: Gabriel, Gabrielic, Gabrielism

categorical_group_list: Theology, Divinity, Names

etymology: Hebrew Gavri'el 'man of God' or 'strength of God'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: gad

morpheme: gad

morpheme_head: gad

affix_form: -gad-

meaning_definition: goad | urge on | provoke

example_words_list_1: gadfly, gadabout

example_words_corpus: gads | gadder | gadfly | gadded | gadding | gadders

categorical_group_list: Action, Motivation

etymology: Old English 'gadian' meaning 'to goad, urge on'


morpheme_key: gadget

morpheme: gadget

morpheme_head: gadget

affix_form: -gadget-

meaning_definition: small mechanical device | useful tool

example_words_list_1: gadgetry, gadgeteer, gadgetize

example_words_corpus: gadgeteers

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool


morpheme_key: gaea

morpheme: gaea

morpheme_head: gaea

affix_form: -gaea

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: earth | world | ground

example_words_list_1: geography, geology, geometry, geology, archaeology

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Primordial

etymology: Greek gaia (γαῖα) 'earth'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: gael

morpheme: gael

morpheme_head: gael

affix_form: -gael-

meaning_definition: Gaelic | Irish | Celtic

example_words_list_1: Gael, Gaelic

example_words_corpus: Gaelic | Gaelicize | Gaelicism | Gaelophone | Gaelicness

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Language, Culture

etymology: Old Irish 'Goídel'

ancestor_etymon_language: Goidelic


morpheme_key: gaff

morpheme: gaff

morpheme_head: gaff

affix_form: -gaff-

meaning_definition: gaffe | mistake | blunder

example_words_list_1: gaff, gaffs

example_words_corpus: gaffs | gaffer | gaffle | gaffers | gaffsail | gaffsails

categorical_group_list: Error, Social faux pas, Mistake

etymology: French gaffe 'blunder, mistake', possibly from Old French gaffe 'hook, pole' (metaphorical extension from 'catching someone in a trap').


morpheme_key: gag

morpheme: gag

morpheme_head: gag

affix_form: -gag-

allomorphs: gage

meaning_definition: to deceive | to trick | to cheat

example_words_list_1: gag, gaggle, gaggery

example_words_corpus: gags | ungag | gaggy | gagger | gagged | ungags

categorical_group_list: Deception, Action

etymology: From Old French 'gagier' (to pledge, wager), from Vulgar Latin 'wactiare' (to watch, guard), related to 'wage'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: gain

morpheme: gain

morpheme_head: gain

affix_form: gain-

sense_label: against

meaning_definition: contrary to | opposite

example_words_list_1: gainer | gainful | gainfully | gainlessly | gainly | again | against | gainsay

example_words_corpus: again | gains | regain | gained | gainer | gainly

categorical_group_list: Opposition, Adversity

etymology: Old English geagne 'opposite, against'


affix_form: -gain-

sense_label: to acquire

meaning_definition: to acquire | to obtain | to increase

example_words_list_1: gain, regain, against

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Increase, Possession

etymology: Old French 'gaaignier' from Frankish '*wanjan'


morpheme_key: gains

morpheme: gains

morpheme_head: gains

affix_form: -gains-

meaning_definition: to acquire | to increase | to obtain

example_words_list_1: gains, gainsayer, gainsaying

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Increase, Motion

etymology: Old French 'gaindre' (to win, earn)


morpheme_key: gait

morpheme: gait

morpheme_head: gait

affix_form: -gait-

meaning_definition: manner of walking | step | stride

example_words_list_1: gait

example_words_corpus: gaits | midgait

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physicality

etymology: Old French 'gait' (manner of walking), from Frankish origin


morpheme_key: gaited

morpheme: gaited

morpheme_head: gaited

affix_form: -gaited

meaning_definition: having a specific gait | characterized by a manner of walking

example_words_list_1: gaited, limping, shuffling

categorical_group_list: Adjective-forming, Physical characteristic, Manner

etymology: Derived from the root 'gait' (manner of walking) plus the suffix '-ed' (having the quality of)


morpheme_key: gaiter

morpheme: gaiter

morpheme_head: gaiter

affix_form: -gaiter-

meaning_definition: protective covering | leg covering

example_words_list_1: ['gaiter']

example_words_corpus: gaiters | gaitered | gaiterlike | gaiterless | ungaitered | supergaiter

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Protection

etymology: Middle French 'guetre'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: gal

morpheme: gal

morpheme_head: gal

affix_form: -gal-

allomorphs: gale

meaning_definition: joy | to celebrate | to be elated

example_words_list_1: gayety, gay, gayal

example_words_corpus: gals | galpal | galpals | transgal | transgals | galfriend

categorical_group_list: Joy, Celebration

etymology: French or Italian : to make merry, to rejoice


morpheme_key: galactic

morpheme: galactic

morpheme_head: galactic

affix_form: -galactic-

meaning_definition: milk

example_words_list_1: galactic, galactics

example_words_corpus: pregalactic | nongalactic | apogalactic | pangalactic | anagalactic | subgalactic

categorical_group_list: Space, Astronomy

etymology: Greek 'galaktikos' from 'gala' (milk)

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: galacto

morpheme: galacto

morpheme_head: galacto

affix_form: galacto-

allomorphs: galact

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: dairy fluid | resembling milk

example_words_list_1: galactagogue | galactic | galactorrhea | polygalactia | galactocele | galactose | galactosemia | galactosis | galacto-phorous | galactoid

example_words_corpus: galactogen | galactogens | galactocele | galactogram | galactolipid | galactorrhea

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nutrition

ancestor_etymon: γαλακτο-  OED

etymology: γάλα | γάλακτος (gála | gálaktos) | < ancient Greek γαλακτο- | combining form ... of γαλακτ- | γάλα  milk OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: galaxy

morpheme: galaxy

morpheme_head: galaxy

affix_form: -galaxy-

meaning_definition: system of stars | cluster of stars

example_words_list_1: galactic, galactical

example_words_corpus: antigalaxy | metagalaxy | galaxywide | galaxylike | protogalaxy | supergalaxy

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Space, Nature

etymology: Greek galaxias 'milky'


morpheme_key: galen

morpheme: galen

morpheme_head: galen

affix_form: -galen-

meaning_definition: healing | cure | remedy

example_words_list_1: galenical, galenism, galenic

example_words_corpus: Galenic | Galenism | Galenist | Galenian | Galenical

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Health, Healing

etymology: Greek 'gala' (milk) via 'galaia' (healing milk) or 'galein' (to heal)


morpheme_key: galena

morpheme: galena

morpheme_head: galena

affix_form: -galena-

meaning_definition: lead sulfide | mineral

example_words_list_1: galenite, galenography

example_words_corpus: pseudogalena

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Chemistry

etymology: Greek galena (γαλēnὰ) 'shiny stone'


morpheme_key: galilee

morpheme: galilee

morpheme_head: galilee

affix_form: -galilee-

meaning_definition: Galilee | region of northern Israel

example_words_list_1: Galilee, Galilean, Galileans

example_words_corpus: galilees

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From Hebrew Galil (גָּלִיל) meaning 'circle' or 'district', referring to the region of Galilee.


morpheme_key: gallant

morpheme: gallant

morpheme_head: gallant

affix_form: -gallant-

meaning_definition: brave | courageous | chivalrous

example_words_list_1: gallantry, gallantly, gallantness

example_words_corpus: gallants | gallantly | gallantry | ungallant | gallantries | ungallantly

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Bravery

etymology: Old French 'galant'


morpheme_key: gallery

morpheme: gallery

morpheme_head: gallery

affix_form: -gallery-

meaning_definition: a room for displaying art | a collection of works | a passage

example_words_list_1: gallery

example_words_corpus: gallerylike | gallerygoer | gallerygoers

categorical_group_list: Space, Art, Collection

etymology: Italian galleria, from Gallo-Italian gallaria 'long room', from gallaro 'to stretch'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: galli

morpheme: galli

morpheme_head: galli

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: male chicken | male fowl

example_words_list_1: Galliformes, gallinaceous, gallinule, gallium

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: Latin gallus "rooster"


morpheme_key: gallium

morpheme: gallium

morpheme_head: gallium

affix_form: -gallium-

meaning_definition: gallium

example_words_list_1: gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, gallium phosphide

example_words_corpus: digallium | trigallium | radiogallium | organogallium | triethylgallium | trimethylgallium

categorical_group_list: Chemical element, Metal, Periodic table

etymology: from Latin 'Gallia' (France), named after the discoverer's homeland


morpheme_key: gallon

morpheme: gallon

morpheme_head: gallon

affix_form: -gallon-

meaning_definition: unit of liquid volume

example_words_list_1: gallon, gallons

example_words_corpus: gallonages | kilogallons

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Quantity

etymology: Old French gallon, from Medieval Latin galone


morpheme_key: gallop

morpheme: gallop

morpheme_head: gallop

affix_form: -gallop-

meaning_definition: to run | fast pace | rhythmic movement

example_words_list_1: gallop

example_words_corpus: gallops | agallop | galloped | galloper | galloping | outgallop

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: Middle French galoper "to run, dash, or gallop"

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: gallows

morpheme: gallows

morpheme_head: gallows

affix_form: -gallows-

meaning_definition: gallows | place of execution

example_words_list_1: gallows, gallowsbird, gallows humor

categorical_group_list: Execution, Instrument

etymology: Old English 'galg' (gallows)


morpheme_key: galumph

morpheme: galumph

morpheme_head: galumph

affix_form: -galumph-

meaning_definition: to move heavily | to stomp | to proceed clumsily

example_words_list_1: galumphing, galumph

example_words_corpus: galumphs | galumphed | galumpher | galumphers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Manner

etymology: Portmanteau of 'gallop' and 'triumph' coined by Lewis Carroll


morpheme_key: galvano

morpheme: galvano

morpheme_head: galvano

affix_form: galvano-

allomorphs: galvan

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: flow of electricity | electrical current generated by galvanic action

example_words_list_1: galvanomagnetic | galvanoscope

example_words_list_2: galvanomagnetic, galvanoscope

example_words_corpus: galvanostat | galvanostats | galvanometry | galvanograph | galvanoscopy | galvanotonus

categorical_group_list: Electricity, Physics

ancestor_etymon: Galvani  OED

etymology: used as combining form of galvanic adj. < the name of Luigi Galvani OED


morpheme_key: gamb

morpheme: gamb

morpheme_head: gamb

affix_form: gamb-

meaning_definition: limb | to jump

example_words_list_1: gam | gambit | gambol | gammon | gamb | gambado | gambrel

example_words_corpus: gambs

categorical_group_list: Body parts, Movement, Anatomy

etymology: Latin 'gamba' meaning 'hock of an animal' or 'leg'


morpheme_key: gambit

morpheme: gambit

morpheme_head: gambit

affix_form: -gambit-

meaning_definition: a calculated move | a strategic opening | a risk

example_words_list_1: gambit

example_words_corpus: gambits | countergambit | countergambits

categorical_group_list: Strategy, Action, Risk

etymology: Italian gambetto 'a trip, a stumble'


morpheme_key: gambol

morpheme: gambol

morpheme_head: gambol

affix_form: -gambol-

meaning_definition: to run or jump about playfully | frolic

example_words_list_1: gambol, gambolling

example_words_corpus: gambols | gamboled | gambolled | gamboller | gambollers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Playfulness

etymology: Middle English gambol, related to gambol (to leap)


morpheme_key: game

morpheme: game

morpheme_head: game

affix_form: -game-

meaning_definition: play | sport | competition

example_words_list_1: gameplay, gamemaster, endgame

example_words_corpus: gamer | gamey | games | gamed | gamely | gamers

categorical_group_list: Activity, Recreation

etymology: Old English 'gamen' (joy, sport, play)


morpheme_key: gamete

morpheme: gamete

morpheme_head: gamete

affix_form: -gamete

allomorphs: gameto

meaning_definition: reproductive cell | seed

example_words_list_1: gamete, gametogenesis, gametophyte

example_words_corpus: gametes | agamete | agametes | oogamete | isogamete | zoogamete

categorical_group_list: Biology, Reproduction

etymology: γάμος (gámos), γαμεῖν (gameîn), γαμέτης (gamétēs), γαμετή (gametḗ)


morpheme_key: gamist

morpheme: gamist

morpheme_head: gamist

affix_form: -gamist

meaning_definition: one who plays | player | participant

example_words_list_1: gamist, gamistical

categorical_group_list: Agent, Relation


morpheme_key: gamma

morpheme: gamma

morpheme_head: gamma

affix_form: -gamma-

allomorphs: gamm

meaning_definition: gamma ray | gamma function | Greek letter gamma

example_words_list_1: gamma ray, gamma function, gamma decay, isotope gamma

example_words_corpus: gammas | digamma | gammacism | gammatone | multigamma | gammachirp

categorical_group_list: Science, Mathematics, Greek Alphabet

etymology: Greek letter γ (gamma)


morpheme_key: gamos

morpheme: gamos

morpheme_head: gamos

affix_form: -gamos-

meaning_definition: connection | merger | association | wedlock

example_words_list_1: polygamy, monogamy

example_words_list_2: polygamy, monogamy

categorical_group_list: Union, Social Structure

ancestor_etymon: gam

etymology: Greek γάμος (gamos)


morpheme_key: gamous

morpheme: gamous

morpheme_head: gamous

affix_form: -gamous

allomorphs: gamo

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: marriage | married to

example_words_list_1: monogamous, polygamous, bigamous, polygamist

example_words_corpus: agamous | bigamous | oogamous | trigamous | zoogamous | monogamous

categorical_group_list: Relation, Social structure

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin  OED


morpheme_key: gander

morpheme: gander

morpheme_head: gander

affix_form: -gander-

meaning_definition: male goose

example_words_list_1: gander

example_words_corpus: berganders | barganders

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: Old English gander (goose)


morpheme_key: gang

morpheme: gang

morpheme_head: gang

affix_form: -gang-

meaning_definition: group | band | collection

example_words_list_1: gang, gangway, gangplank

example_words_corpus: gangs | ganger | oxgang | ganged | ingang | umgang

categorical_group_list: Collective, Grouping

etymology: Middle English gang 'a journey, a procession'


morpheme_key: ganglia

morpheme: ganglia

morpheme_head: ganglion

affix_form: -ganglia-

allomorphs: ganglia | ganglio

meaning_definition: knot | swelling | cluster of nerve cells

example_words_list_1: ganglion, ganglionic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek ganglion 'knot, swelling'


morpheme_key: gangrene

morpheme: gangrene

morpheme_head: gangrene

affix_form: -gangrene-

meaning_definition: gangrene | necrosis | tissue death

example_words_list_1: gangrenous

example_words_corpus: gangrened | gangrenes | gangrenescent

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Decay

etymology: Greek gangraina 'destructive inflammation'


morpheme_key: gap

morpheme: gap

morpheme_head: gap

affix_form: -gap-

meaning_definition: opening | break | void | space

example_words_list_1: gap, gaping, gapless

example_words_corpus: gaps | gappy | gapper | gapped | airgap | subgap

categorical_group_list: Space, Void, Absence

etymology: Old Norse gap 'void, abyss'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: gar

morpheme: gar

morpheme_head: gar

affix_form: -gar-

sense_label: to watch over, to protect

meaning_definition: to guard | to shield

example_words_list_1: garment, garnish, garnishee, garniture, garret, garrison

example_words_corpus: gars | atgar | atgars | garfish | garfishes

related_morphemes: war / war, ward / ward

categorical_group_list: Protection, Provision

etymology: Old French garnir : to furnish, to protect


morpheme: gar-

morpheme_head: gar-

affix_form: gar-

sense_label: chatter

meaning_definition: chatter

example_words_list_1: gargantuan | gargle | gargoyle | garrulous | jargon

categorical_group_list: Sound, Communication

etymology: garrire


morpheme_key: garage

morpheme: garage

morpheme_head: garage

affix_form: -garage-

meaning_definition: shelter for vehicles | place for parking cars

example_words_list_1: garage

example_words_corpus: garaged | garages | garagey | ungaraged | garageman | garagelike

categorical_group_list: Location, Shelter

etymology: French 'garage' from 'garer' 'to shelter, to park'


morpheme_key: garb

morpheme: garb

morpheme_head: garb

affix_form: -garb-

meaning_definition: clothing | apparel | attire

example_words_list_1: garb, disgarb

example_words_corpus: garbs | garbed | garbing | ungarbed | garbless

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Material Culture

etymology: Middle English garb, from Old French garb

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: garbage

morpheme: garbage

morpheme_head: garbage

affix_form: -garbage-

meaning_definition: waste | refuse | trash

example_words_list_1: garbage, garbagecan, garbagebag, garbagecollect, garbagetruck

example_words_corpus: garbagey | garbaged | garbages | garbageman | garbagelike | garbageless

categorical_group_list: Waste, Debris

etymology: Middle English 'garbagium', possibly from Old French 'garbe' (sheaf/bundle)


morpheme_key: garde

morpheme: garde

morpheme_head: garde

affix_form: -garde-

meaning_definition: watch | protect | guard

example_words_list_1: guard, bodyguard, vanguard

example_words_corpus: gardes | ungarded | retrogarde

categorical_group_list: Protection, Observation

etymology: From Latin 'guardia' (guard, watch), derived from Frankish 'wardia' (watch, guard)


morpheme_key: garden

morpheme: garden

morpheme_head: garden

affix_form: -garden-

meaning_definition: enclosed area | plot of ground | place for plants

example_words_list_1: gardener, gardening, gardenia

example_words_corpus: gardens | gardened | gardenly | gardening | nongarden | gardenful

categorical_group_list: Nature, Space, Agriculture

etymology: Old French jardin 'garden'


morpheme_key: garg

morpheme: garg

morpheme_head: garg

affix_form: -garg-

meaning_definition: pharynx | vocal passage

example_words_list_1: gargle, gargoyle

example_words_list_2: gargle, gargoyle

related_morphemes: gurg / gurg

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Sound

etymology: Old French gargouille : throat, waterspout echoic base


morpheme_key: gargle

morpheme: gargle

morpheme_head: gargle

affix_form: -gargle-

meaning_definition: to make a bubbling sound | to wash the throat with liquid

example_words_list_1: ['gargle']

example_words_corpus: gargles | gargled | gargler | garglers | Garglegate

categorical_group_list: Action, Sound, Oral

etymology: imitative of the sound made when gargling


morpheme_key: gargoyle

morpheme: gargoyle

morpheme_head: gargoyle

affix_form: -gargoyle-

meaning_definition: stone creature | grotesque carving

example_words_list_1: gargoyles, gargoyled

example_words_corpus: gargoyles | gargoyled | gargoyley | gargoyleish

categorical_group_list: Creature, Architecture

etymology: Old French 'gargouille' (throat/gullet)


morpheme_key: garish

morpheme: garish

morpheme_head: garish

affix_form: -garish-

meaning_definition: bright | glaring | gaudy | tasteless

example_words_list_1: garish

example_words_corpus: garishly | garishness | garishnesses

categorical_group_list: Visual, Appearance, Intensity

etymology: Middle English, from Old French 'gais' (joyful, lively) or 'gaier', of Germanic origin; sense shifted from 'joyful' to 'gaudy' in the 16th century.


morpheme_key: garland

morpheme: garland

morpheme_head: garland

affix_form: -garland-

meaning_definition: wreath | decoration | cluster of flowers

example_words_list_1: garland

example_words_corpus: garlands | garlandy | garlanded | engarland | garlander | garlandry

categorical_group_list: Nature, Ornamentation

etymology: Old French garland, from Frankish *landa


morpheme_key: garlic

morpheme: garlic

morpheme_head: garlic

affix_form: -garlic-

meaning_definition: garlic

example_words_list_1: garlic

example_words_corpus: pilgarlic | pilgarlics | garlickiness

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Old English 'garleac'


morpheme_key: garment

morpheme: garment

morpheme_head: garment

affix_form: -garment-

example_words_list_1: garment

example_words_corpus: garments | garmento | garmentos | garmented | garmenture | overgarment

etymology: Old French 'garment' (clothing)


morpheme_key: garner

morpheme: garner

morpheme_head: garner

affix_form: -garner-

meaning_definition: collect | gather | accumulate

example_words_list_1: garner

example_words_corpus: garners | garnered | garnering | garnerings | ungarnered

categorical_group_list: Collection, Accumulation

etymology: Middle English garnere "to store, to keep"


morpheme_key: garnish

morpheme: garnish

morpheme_head: garnish

affix_form: -garnish-

meaning_definition: to decorate | to embellish | to adorn

example_words_list_1: garnish, garnishment

example_words_corpus: garnishee | garnished | garnishes | garnishor | garnisher | garnishing

categorical_group_list: Decoration, Ornamentation

etymology: Old French 'garnir' 'to equip, furnish, or adorn'


morpheme_key: garr

morpheme: garr

morpheme_head: garr

affix_form: -garr-

meaning_definition: trivial talk | noisy sound

example_words_list_1: garrulous

example_words_list_2: garrulous

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication

ancestor_etymon: garr

etymology: Latin garr- 'to chatter, prattle'


morpheme_key: garrison

morpheme: garrison

morpheme_head: garrison

affix_form: -garrison-

meaning_definition: to station troops | stronghold | military post

example_words_list_1: garrisoned

example_words_corpus: garrisons | garrisoned | engarrison | regarrison | garrisoning | nongarrison

categorical_group_list: Military, Defense, Settlement

etymology: Old French garnison 'body of troops'


morpheme_key: garrotte

morpheme: garrotte

morpheme_head: garrotte

affix_form: -garrotte-

meaning_definition: to strangle | to choke | to constrict

example_words_list_1: garrotte

example_words_corpus: garrottes | garrotted | garrotter | garrotters

categorical_group_list: Violence, Restraint

etymology: French garrot 'small neck/strangle'


morpheme_key: garrulity

morpheme: garrulity

morpheme_head: garrulity

affix_form: -garrulity-

meaning_definition: excessive | talkative | loquacious

categorical_group_list: Communication, Personality Trait

etymology: Latin garrulitas, from garrulus 'chattering, talkative'


morpheme_key: garrulous

morpheme: garrulous

morpheme_head: garrulous

affix_form: -garrulous-

meaning_definition: talkative | loquacious | wordy

example_words_list_1: garrulousness

example_words_corpus: garrulously | garrulousness

categorical_group_list: Communication, Speech

etymology: Latin garrulus 'chatty, talkative', from garrire 'to chatter'


morpheme_key: garter

morpheme: garter

morpheme_head: garter

affix_form: -garter-

meaning_definition: a band worn around the leg | a strip of fabric used for fastening

example_words_list_1: garter

example_words_corpus: garters | gartered | gartering | garterlike | begartered | ungartered

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Fastening

etymology: Old French 'gartere' or 'garter'


morpheme_key: gas

morpheme: gas

morpheme_head: gas

affix_form: -gas-

meaning_definition: vapor | volatile substance | air-like substance

example_words_list_1: gas, gaseous, degassing

example_words_corpus: gassy | gases | degas | regas | gasify | gasser

categorical_group_list: Matter, Physical State

etymology: Greek 'chaos' (void/abyss) or 'gas' (neologism via Paracelsus)


morpheme_key: gash

morpheme: gash

morpheme_head: gash

affix_form: -gash-

meaning_definition: to break | to crack | to shatter

example_words_list_1: gash, gashy, gash-like

example_words_corpus: gashed | gashes | gashing | gashful | gashings | ungashed

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction, Physical change

etymology: From Old English 'gesc(e)acan' meaning 'to shake, break, or crack', related to 'shake'.


morpheme_key: gasket

morpheme: gasket

morpheme_head: gasket

affix_form: -gasket-

meaning_definition: a mechanical seal

example_words_list_1: ['gasket']

example_words_corpus: gaskets | gasketed | gasketless

categorical_group_list: Mechanical, Physical object

etymology: Middle English gasket, from Old French gastche, from gastier 'to wrap'


morpheme_key: gasm

morpheme: gasm

morpheme_head: gasm

affix_form: -gasm

meaning_definition: obsession | intense interest | state of being engrossed

example_words_list_1: joygasm | eargasm | eyegasm | assgasm | nerdgasm | joygasms

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Intensity

etymology: Greek -gasm (from -gasm, related to orgasm/orgasmos)


morpheme_key: gasoline

morpheme: gasoline

morpheme_head: gasoline

affix_form: -gasoline-

meaning_definition: liquid hydrocarbon fuel

example_words_list_1: gasoline, gasolene, gasohol

example_words_corpus: gasolines | nongasoline | biogasoline | polygasoline | gasolinelike | polygasolines

categorical_group_list: Fuel, Substance

etymology: blend of 'gas' + 'oline' (from petroleum)


morpheme_key: gasp

morpheme: gasp

morpheme_head: gasp

affix_form: -gasp-

meaning_definition: to inhale suddenly | to catch one's breath

example_words_list_1: gasp, gasping, gasped

example_words_corpus: gasps | gaspy | agasp | gasped | gasper | gasping

categorical_group_list: Action, Physiology

etymology: imitative of the sound of sudden breathing


morpheme_key: gaster

morpheme: gaster

morpheme_head: gaster

affix_form: -gaster-

meaning_definition: primary digestive organ in the abdomen | central abdominal cavity structure

example_words_list_1: epigastric, epigastrium, gasteroid, gastric, gastrin, gastritis, gastroenterologist, gastroenterology, gastrolith, gastronomic, gastronomy, gastroparesis, gastropod, gastroptosis, gastroschisis, gastrotrich, mesogastric

example_words_corpus: gasters | paragaster | paragasters

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós)


morpheme_key: gastria

morpheme: gastria

morpheme_head: gastria

affix_form: -gastria

meaning_definition: stomach | belly

example_words_list_1: aerogastria | microgastria | bradygastria | tachygastria | normogastria | tachygastrias

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body parts

etymology: From Greek 'gaster' (genitive 'gastros') meaning 'stomach' or 'belly'.


morpheme_key: gastric

morpheme: gastric

morpheme_head: gastric

affix_form: -gastric-

meaning_definition: stomach | ventral side

example_words_list_1: gastritis, gastric acid, gastroscopy

example_words_corpus: agastric | digastric | orogastric | nongastric | pregastric | urogastric

etymology: Greek gastr- 'stomach'


morpheme_key: gastro

morpheme: gastro

morpheme_head: gastro

affix_form: gastro-

allomorphs: gastr | gastri

meaning_definition: digestive organ | relating to the stomach

example_words_list_1: epigastric | epigastrium | gasteroid | gastric | gastrin | gastritis | gastroenterologist | gastroenterology | gastrolith | gastronomic | gastronomy | gastroparesis | gastropod | gastroptosis | gastroschisis | gastrotrich | mesogastric | gastroenteritis | gastroscope | gastrovascular

example_words_corpus: gastropod | gastropub | gastronomy | gastropexy | Gastropoda | gastropubs

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: γαστ(ε)ρ-  OED

etymology: γαστήρ | γαστρός (gastḗr | gastrós) | combining form of Greek γαστ(ε)ρ- | belly | stomach OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


morpheme_key: gate

morpheme: gate

morpheme_head: gate

affix_form: -gate-

allomorphs: -gate

meaning_definition: scandal | controversy

example_words_list_1: Billigate | Irangate | watergate

example_words_list_2: Billigate | Irangate | watergate

example_words_corpus: agate | gates | gated | algate | qugate | ingate

categorical_group_list: Event, Scandal

ancestor_etymon: Watergate  OED

etymology: part of the name Watergate OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Modern English


morpheme_key: gateau

morpheme: gateau

morpheme_head: gateau

affix_form: -gateau-

meaning_definition: cake | pastry

example_words_list_1: gateau

categorical_group_list: Food, Dessert

etymology: French gateau (cake)


morpheme_key: gateaux

morpheme: gateaux

morpheme_head: gateaux

affix_form: -gateaux-

meaning_definition: sweet pastries | cakes

example_words_list_1: gateaux

etymology: French 'gâteau', diminutive of 'gâte' (to please/delight)


morpheme_key: gather

morpheme: gather

morpheme_head: gather

affix_form: -gather-

meaning_definition: collect | bring together | accumulate

example_words_list_1: gather, gathering, gathered, gathers

example_words_corpus: regathers | gatherers | upgathers | begathers | ingathers | gatherings

categorical_group_list: Collection, Accumulation

etymology: Old French 'gatherer' from 'garenier'


morpheme_key: gator

morpheme: gator

morpheme_head: gator

affix_form: -gator-

meaning_definition: alligator | reptile

example_words_list_1: alligator, gator

example_words_corpus: gators

categorical_group_list: Animals, Reptiles

etymology: Spanish 'caimán' via 'alligator' (shortened from 'alligator')

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: gauche

morpheme: gauche

morpheme_head: gauche

affix_form: -gauche-

meaning_definition: clumsy | awkward | socially inept

example_words_list_1: gauche

example_words_corpus: gauchely | gaucheness | gauchenesses

categorical_group_list: Manner, Social behavior

etymology: French 'gauche' meaning 'left'


morpheme_key: gaucherie

morpheme: gaucherie

morpheme_head: gaucherie

affix_form: -gaucherie-

meaning_definition: clumsiness | awkwardness | lack of social grace

example_words_list_1: gaucherie

example_words_corpus: gaucheries

categorical_group_list: Social behavior, Mannerism

etymology: French 'gauche' (left, awkward) + suffix '-erie'


morpheme_key: gauge

morpheme: gauge

morpheme_head: gauge

affix_form: -gauge-

meaning_definition: measure | standard | scale

example_words_list_1: gauge, regauge, degauge

example_words_corpus: gauger | gauges | gauged | gaugers | gaugeth | gaugest

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Standard

etymology: Old French 'jauge' (a measure, a standard)


morpheme_key: gaul

morpheme: gaul

morpheme_head: gaul

affix_form: -gaul-

meaning_definition: Gaul | Gauls | Celtic people of ancient Gaul

example_words_list_1: Gaul, Gallic, Gallicism, Gallicize

example_words_corpus: Gaulish

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Geography, History, Celtic

etymology: From Latin 'Gallia' (the region) and 'Galli' (the people), derived from the Gaulish ethnonym *Galli*.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: gaunt

morpheme: gaunt

morpheme_head: gaunt

affix_form: -gaunt-

meaning_definition: thin | lean | haggard

example_words_list_1: gaunt, gauntness

example_words_corpus: gauntly | armgaunt | gauntness | gauntnesses

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Size/Dimension

etymology: Middle English gaunt, from Old Norse gáinn 'thin, lean'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: gauntlet

morpheme: gauntlet

morpheme_head: gauntlet

affix_form: -gauntlet-

meaning_definition: protective glove | armored glove

example_words_list_1: gauntlet

example_words_corpus: gauntlets | gauntleted | ungauntlet | ungauntlets | demigauntlet | demigauntlets

categorical_group_list: Armor, Clothing

etymology: Old French 'gantelet', diminutive of 'gant' (glove)


morpheme_key: gauss

morpheme: gauss

morpheme_head: gauss

affix_form: -gauss-

meaning_definition: gauss (unit of magnetic flux density)

example_words_list_1: gauss, gaussmeter, gaussmeter

example_words_corpus: degauss | gausses | Gaussian | gaussage | gaussoid | degaussed

categorical_group_list: Physics, Units of Measurement, Proper Name

etymology: Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, the German mathematician and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of magnetism.


morpheme_key: gauze

morpheme: gauze

morpheme_head: gauze

affix_form: -gauze-

meaning_definition: thin | permeable | fabric

example_words_list_1: gauze

example_words_corpus: gauzes | gauzed | gauzelike | gauzeless

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: French 'gaze' (thin fabric)


morpheme_key: gave

morpheme: gave

morpheme_head: gave

affix_form: -gave-

meaning_definition: to hand over | to bestow | to transfer possession

example_words_list_1: gave

example_words_corpus: gavest

categorical_group_list: Action, Transfer

etymology: Old English giefan 'to give'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: gavel

morpheme: gavel

morpheme_head: gavel

affix_form: -gavel-

meaning_definition: hammer | mallet | judge's mallet

example_words_list_1: gavelkind, gaveler

example_words_corpus: gavels | gaveller | gavellers

categorical_group_list: Tool, Law

etymology: Middle English gavel, related to Old English gafol 'tribute, tax'


morpheme_key: gawp

morpheme: gawp

morpheme_head: gawp

affix_form: -gawp-

meaning_definition: stare | gaze | open-mouthed wonder

example_words_list_1: gawp, gawping, gawped

example_words_corpus: gawped | gawper | gawping | gawpers | gawpings | gawpingly

categorical_group_list: Visual, Expression, Emotion

etymology: imitative of the sound of gasping or the visual of an open mouth

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: gay

morpheme: gay

morpheme_head: gay

affix_form: gay

meaning_definition: bright and colorful | vivid | lively

example_words_list_1: gays | gayly | begay | gaymo | gayby | gaymer

ancestor_etymon_language: French

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: gaze

morpheme: gaze

morpheme_head: gaze

affix_form: -gaze-

meaning_definition: to look steadily | to stare

example_words_list_1: gazed | gazer | gazes | agaze | gazee | upgaze

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Middle English 'gasen', possibly related to 'gaze' (to stare)


morpheme_key: gazebo

morpheme: gazebo

morpheme_head: gazebo

affix_form: -gazebo-

meaning_definition: pavilion | summerhouse | garden structure

example_words_list_1: gazebo

example_words_corpus: gazebos | gazeboed | gazebolike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Structure

etymology: Persian gāzebo (from gāh-sebū)

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: gazette

morpheme: gazette

morpheme_head: gazette

affix_form: -gazette-

meaning_definition: official announcement | newspaper | bulletin

example_words_list_1: gazetteer

example_words_corpus: gazettes | gazetted | gazetteer | degazette | gazetteers | degazetted

categorical_group_list: Communication, Information

etymology: Old French 'gazette' (small coin, later a small newspaper)


morpheme_key: gazump

morpheme: gazump

morpheme_head: gazump

affix_form: -gazump-

meaning_definition: to overbid | to outbid | to bid higher than a previous offer

example_words_list_1: gazump, gazumping, gazumped, gazumper

example_words_corpus: gazumps | gazumped | gazumper | gazumping | gazumpers | gazumpings

categorical_group_list: Deception, Competition

etymology: From 'gazump' (verb), likely from 'gaze' + 'ump' (comparative suffix influence or dialectal), meaning to beat someone at their own game by bidding higher.


morpheme_key: ge

morpheme: ge

morpheme_head: ge

affix_form: ge-

sense_label: earth

meaning_definition: soil | ground

example_words_list_1: apogee | biogeography | epigeous | Gaia | geocentric | geocentrism | geode | geodesy | geodetic | geography | geoid | geology | geomancy | geometry | geomorphology | geophysicist | geophysics | georgic | Georgics | geosphere | geostatic | geostrophic | geosynchronous | geosyncline | hypogeous | hypogeum | Pangea | perigee

example_words_corpus: ged | geds

categorical_group_list: Nature, Physical Science, Earth

etymology: γῆ (gê) | γαῖα | γαίας (gaîa | gaías) | γεω- (geō-)


morpheme_key: gear

morpheme: gear

morpheme_head: gear

affix_form: -gear-

meaning_definition: equipment | apparatus | mechanism

example_words_list_1: gear, gears, gearshift

example_words_corpus: geared | ungear | regear | degear | upgear | gearbox

categorical_group_list: Tools, Mechanics, Equipment

etymology: Middle English 'gere' (equipment, armor)


morpheme_key: geddon

morpheme: geddon

morpheme_head: geddon

affix_form: -geddon

meaning_definition: catastrophe | destruction | total ruin

example_words_list_1: geddon

example_words_corpus: Moneygeddon | Obamageddon | cybergeddon | Thermageddon

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Catastrophe

etymology: Clipping of 'Armageddon'


morpheme_key: geezer

morpheme: geezer

morpheme_head: geezer

affix_form: geezer

meaning_definition: a wife | an old woman

example_words_list_1: geezers | geezery | geezerly | geezerdom | geezerish


morpheme_key: gel

morpheme: gel

morpheme_head: gel

affix_form: gel-

sense_label: freezing

meaning_definition: frigid | frosty

example_words_list_1: gelid, gelation, gelidness

example_words_corpus: gels | gelled | biogel | aerogel | xerogel | gelling

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin gelidus 'cold, icy', from gelare 'to freeze'


morpheme_key: gelatin

morpheme: gelatin

morpheme_head: gelatin

affix_form: gelatin

meaning_definition: A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter in photography or for theatrical lighting effects | a substance derived from collagen used in various applications.

example_words_list_1: gelatins | gelatinase | gelatinise | gelatinize | gelatinoid | gelatinate

etymology: From Latin 'gelātīn-', meaning 'jelly', derived from 'gēlāre' (to freeze).


morpheme_key: geld

morpheme: geld

morpheme_head: geld

affix_form: -geld-

meaning_definition: money | payment | fee

example_words_list_1: geld, gelding, gelder

example_words_corpus: gelds | gelded | gelder | ungeld | wergeld | gelding

categorical_group_list: Finance, Value

etymology: Old English geald, past participle of gealdan 'to pay', from Proto-Germanic *galda- (cf. Old Norse gjalda, Gothic gildan), from PIE *gel- 'to pay, recompense'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: gem

morpheme: gem

morpheme_head: gem

affix_form: -gem-

allomorphs: gemm

meaning_definition: double | pair

example_words_list_1: geminate, Gemini, gemination

example_words_corpus: gems | begem | gemmy | gemmed | begems | gemfish

categorical_group_list: Duality, Number

etymology: Latin geminus 'twin, double'


morpheme_key: gemin

morpheme: gemin

morpheme_head: gemin

affix_form: gemin-

allomorphs: gemini

meaning_definition: duplicate | pair of duplicates

example_words_list_1: geminate | gemination | Gemini | trigeminal

categorical_group_list: Duality, Multiplicity


morpheme_key: gen

morpheme: gen

morpheme_head: gen

affix_form: gen

allomorphs: gint

sense_label: times ten

meaning_definition: tenfold | multiplied by ten

example_words_list_1: nonagenarian, octogenarian, quinquegenarian, septuagenarian, Septuagint, sexagenary

example_words_corpus: gens | imagen | anagen | neogen | biogen | exogen

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplier

etymology: Latin gen- (stem of gignere 'to beget, produce') + -arius/-ianus suffixal forms


morpheme: gen-

affix_form: gen-

sense_label: birth

meaning_definition: origin | procreate | lineage | category | generate | making | source | development | conceive | emerge | descend from | thus: class | kin | conceive | form | commence | fabricate

example_words_list_1: genesis, generate, genetic, genealogy, progeny, indigenous, engender

related_morphemes: gen2 / gen / : germ / germ | gn / gn | gen1 / gen / : germ / germ

categorical_group_list: Core Concept

ancestor_etymon: gen

etymology: From Greek genos 'race, kind' or Latin gignere 'to beget, produce'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin


morpheme_key: genarian

morpheme: genarian

morpheme_head: genarian

affix_form: -genarian-

meaning_definition: one who is associated with, originating from, or adhering to the first element | entity connected to, derived from, or representing the initial component

example_words_list_1: octogenarian

example_words_list_2: octogenarian

categorical_group_list: Agent, Origin, Age

ancestor_etymon: -i- + -ānus OED

etymology: From Latin -genārius, from gēn- (stem of genus 'birth, race') + -ārius (adjective suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: gendarme

morpheme: gendarme

morpheme_head: gendarme

affix_form: -gendarme-

meaning_definition: policeman | soldier

example_words_list_1: gendarmes, gendarmerie

example_words_corpus: gendarmes

categorical_group_list: Agent, Law enforcement

etymology: French 'gens d'armes' (men-at-arms)


morpheme_key: gender

morpheme: gender

morpheme_head: gender

affix_form: -gender-

meaning_definition: sex | type | category

example_words_list_1: genderless, transgender, gendered

example_words_corpus: genders | agender | engender | regender | bigender | ungender

categorical_group_list: Classification, Identity

etymology: Latin 'genus' (birth, race, stock) + '-gender' (suffixal variant)


morpheme_key: gener

morpheme: gener

morpheme_head: gener

affix_form: -gener-

meaning_definition: origin | lineage | type

example_words_list_1: genre, generic, generous, generation

example_words_list_2: genre, generic, generous, generation

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

etymology: Latin gignere 'to beget, produce'


morpheme_key: general

morpheme: general

morpheme_head: general

affix_form: -general-

meaning_definition: universal | common | widespread | non-specific

example_words_list_1: generalize, generality, generalization

example_words_corpus: generals | generally | generalcy | generaled | outgeneral | generalist

categorical_group_list: Universality, Scope

etymology: Latin 'generālis' (of a kind/class), from 'genus' (birth, race, kind)


morpheme_key: generare

morpheme: generare

morpheme_head: generare

affix_form: -generare-

meaning_definition: to make | to produce | to create

example_words_list_1: generate, generation, generator, generic, progenitor

categorical_group_list: Creation, Production, Genesis

etymology: Latin 'generare' meaning 'to beget, produce, create', from 'gen-' (birth, race)


morpheme_key: generous

morpheme: generous

morpheme_head: generous

affix_form: -generous-

meaning_definition: giving | bountiful | unselfish

example_words_list_1: generosity, generously

example_words_corpus: ungenerous | generously | generousness | overgenerous | ungenerously | supergenerous

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Character trait

etymology: Latin generosus 'noble, of good birth', from genus 'birth, race'


morpheme_key: genesis

morpheme: genesis

morpheme_head: genesis

affix_form: -genesis

meaning_definition: origin | generate | lineage | category | create | making | source | development | formation | evolution from prior state

example_words_list_1: archegenesis, epigenesis, cosmogenesis, epigenetics

example_words_corpus: regenesis | cogenesis | eugenesis | diagenesis | pangenesis | biogenesis

etymology: Greek genesis 'origin, creation', from gignesthai 'to be born'


morpheme_key: genial

morpheme: genial

morpheme_head: genial

affix_form: -genial-

meaning_definition: friendly | kind | pleasant

example_words_list_1: geniality, genialness

example_words_corpus: genially | ungenial | congenial | geniality | genialize | ungenially

categorical_group_list: Affability, Disposition

etymology: Latin 'genialis' meaning 'of birth, festive, genial', from 'genus' (birth, race)


morpheme_key: genialis

morpheme: genialis

morpheme_head: genialis

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: of origin | of creation

example_words_list_1: genial, geniality, congenial

etymology: Latin genialis 'of birth, genial', from genitor 'begetter' (from gignere 'to beget')


morpheme_key: genically

morpheme: genically

morpheme_head: genically

affix_form: -genically

meaning_definition: in a manner characteristic of | by means of | having the nature of

example_words_list_1: allegoric, anachronistic, apocalyptic, apocryphal, apologetic, apoplectic, aristocratic, autobiographical, biographical, charismatic

categorical_group_list: Manner, Origin

etymology: Greek -genikos, from genos 'race, kind'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: geniculo

morpheme: geniculo

morpheme_head: geniculo

affix_form: geniculo-

meaning_definition: knee | knee-like

example_words_list_1: genicular, geniculate, geniculation

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin geniculum 'little knee', diminutive of genu 'knee'


morpheme_key: genie

morpheme: genie

morpheme_head: genie

affix_form: -genie-

allomorphs: genio

meaning_definition: spirit | supernatural being

example_words_list_1: genie, djinn, djinni

example_words_corpus: genies | genielike

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Entity

etymology: Arabic jinnī, from jinn 'spirit, demon'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: genin

morpheme: genin

morpheme_head: genin

affix_form: -genin

meaning_definition: born | produced | generated

example_words_list_1: generate, genesis, gene, genuine, progeny

categorical_group_list: Origin, Creation


morpheme_key: genit

morpheme: genit-

morpheme_head: genit-

affix_form: genit-

allomorphs: genit | genito-

meaning_definition: birth, beget, race, kind, produce, production, origin, formation

example_words_list_1: genesis, genetics, progeny, generation

categorical_group_list: Origin, Creation, Biology

etymology: From Greek gen- (stem of gignesthai 'to be born') or Latin gen- (stem of gignere 'to beget')

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek, Latin


morpheme_key: genito

morpheme: genito

morpheme_head: genito

affix_form: genito-

sense_label: of or concerning birth

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: of or concerning birth | of or concerning procreation | relating to the genitals

example_words_list_1: genital, genitalia

example_words_list_2: genitofemoral, genito-urinary

example_words_corpus: genitoanal | genitocrural | genitoplasty | genitorectal | genitofemoral | genitosensory

categorical_group_list: Generation, Procreation

ancestor_etymon: genitālis  OED

etymology: < classical Latin genitālis of or concerned with creation OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: geno

morpheme: geno

morpheme_head: geno

affix_form: geno-

allomorphs: genous

sense_label: origin, development

meaning_definition: origin, development

example_words_list_1: genocide | genoise | genome | genomics | genontology | genotype | genotypic | genotypical

example_words_list_2: genocide, genoise, genome, genomics, genontology, genotype, genotypic, genotypical

example_words_corpus: genotype | genogram | genocopy | genodeme | genotoxic | genophore

categorical_group_list: Origin, Biology, Lineage

etymology: Greek genos "race, stock, kind"


morpheme_key: genocide

morpheme: genocide

morpheme_head: genocide

affix_form: -genocide-

meaning_definition: people | race | nation

example_words_list_1: genocide, genocidal, ethnogenesis, congenital

example_words_corpus: genocides | genocider | genocided | genociders | pregenocide | antigenocide

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Violence, Mass death

etymology: From Greek genos 'race, kind' + -cide 'killing'


morpheme_key: genre

morpheme: genre

morpheme_head: genre

affix_form: -genre-

meaning_definition: kind | type | category

example_words_list_1: genre, generic, generosity, generation

example_words_corpus: genres | subgenre | nongenre | subgenres | minigenre | genreless

categorical_group_list: Classification, Taxonomy

etymology: Latin genus 'birth, origin, race, stock'


morpheme_key: gent

morpheme: gent-

morpheme_head: gent-

affix_form: gent-

example_words_list_1: generate, genetics, progeny, progeny, generation, genesis

example_words_corpus: gents

categorical_group_list: Creation, Origin, Biological, Kinship

etymology: From Latin 'genus' (birth, race, kind) via the stem 'gener-'; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *gene- meaning 'to produce'.


morpheme_key: genteel

morpheme: genteel

morpheme_head: genteel

affix_form: -genteel-

meaning_definition: polite | refined | well-bred

example_words_list_1: genteel, genteelness

example_words_corpus: genteelly | ungenteel | genteelism | genteelish | genteelize | genteelness

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Manner

etymology: French genteel, from gentil 'noble, well-born'


morpheme_key: gentian

morpheme: gentian

morpheme_head: gentian

affix_form: -gentian-

meaning_definition: a type of flowering plant | bitter-tasting herb

example_words_list_1: gentian

example_words_corpus: gentians | gentianic | gentianine | gentianose

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Latin gentiana, from Greek gentiane (genitive gentianēs), named after Gentius, king of the Illyrians who reportedly discovered its medicinal properties


morpheme_key: gentile

morpheme: gentile

morpheme_head: gentile

affix_form: -gentile-

meaning_definition: noble | high-born | of good family

example_words_list_1: gentility, gentility, gentility

example_words_corpus: gentiles | gentiledom | antigentile

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Lineage

etymology: Latin gentilis 'of the same clan', from gens (genitive gentis) 'clan, family'


morpheme_key: gentle

morpheme: gentle

morpheme_head: gentle

affix_form: -gentle-

meaning_definition: mild | soft | kind | gentle

example_words_list_1: gentleness, gently, gentility

example_words_corpus: gentled | gentles | ungentle | gentleman | gentleboy | gentleness

categorical_group_list: Quality, Manner, Temperament

etymology: Latin 'gentilis' meaning 'of the same clan or family', derived from 'gens' (clan, tribe)


morpheme_key: genu

morpheme: genu

morpheme_head: genu

affix_form: -genu-

sense_label: of a certain kind

meaning_definition: of a certain kind

example_words_list_1: heterogenous

categorical_group_list: Classification, Type

etymology: Greek genos "kind, race, stock"


affix_form: genu-

sense_label: of or pertaining to the knee

meaning_definition: relating to the knee | knee

example_words_list_1: genu valgum | genu | genuflect

example_words_list_2: genu, genuflect

related_morphemes: by some accounts, genuine belongs here

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Latin genu 'knee'

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: genuflect

morpheme: genuflect

morpheme_head: genuflect

affix_form: -genuflect-

meaning_definition: to bend the knee | to kneel

example_words_list_1: genuflection

example_words_corpus: genuflects | genuflected | genuflection | genuflecting | genuflective | genuflections

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical Action

etymology: Latin genuflectere, from genu 'knee' + flectere 'to bend'


morpheme_key: genuine

morpheme: genuine

morpheme_head: genuine

affix_form: -genuine-

meaning_definition: true | authentic | real

example_words_list_1: genuineness

example_words_corpus: genuinely | ingenuine | ungenuine | nongenuine | genuineness | ungenuineness

categorical_group_list: Truth, Authenticity, Essence

etymology: Latin genuinus 'native, indigenous', from gignere 'to beget'


morpheme_key: genus

morpheme: genus

morpheme_head: genus

affix_form: -genus-

meaning_definition: kind | type | class

example_words_list_1: gender, generic, progeny

example_words_corpus: genuses | bigenus | oogenus | subgenus | nothogenus | ichnogenus


morpheme_key: geny

morpheme: geny

morpheme_head: geny

affix_form: geny-

sense_label: birth, beget, race, kind, produce, production, ori

example_words_list_1: generate, genesis, genetic, genealogy, progeny, engender, progenitor

example_words_corpus: eugeny | orogeny | zoogeny | exogeny | zoögeny | geogeny

categorical_group_list: Generation, Origin, Biological, Creation

etymology: γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai), and related γένος (génos), γενετικός (genetikós), γένεσις (génesis); see also γενεά (geneá), gignere, genitus, genus (genitive generis), see also generare


morpheme_key: geo

morpheme: geo

morpheme_head: geo

affix_form: -geo-

meaning_definition: soil | surface | territory

example_words_list_1: geography | geology | geometry | apogee | biogeography | epigeous | Gaia | geocentric | geocentrism | geode | geodesy | geodetic | geoid | geomancy | geomorphology | geophysicist | geophysics | georgic | Georgics | geosphere | geostatic | geostrophic | geosynchronous | geosyncline | hypogeous | hypogeum | Pangea | perigee | geo-political | epigeal | geodesic | geopolitics | George | Georgia | geothermal | hypogeal

example_words_corpus: geobag | geotag | geonym | geotic | Geoweb | geonet

categorical_group_list: Astronomical

ancestor_etymon: γεω-  OED | geo

etymology: Greek γῆ (gē) 'earth'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: georgia

morpheme: georgia

morpheme_head: georgia

affix_form: -georgia-

allomorphs: Georgio

meaning_definition: pertaining to the nation or region of Georgia

example_words_list_1: ['Georgian']

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Locative

etymology: from Greek 'Georgos' (farmer) via the ethnonym for the region


morpheme_key: ger

morpheme: ger

morpheme_head: ger

affix_form: ger-

allomorphs: geri | gero | geron

sense_label: old

meaning_definition: aged | senior

example_words_list_1: erigeron | gerascophobia | geriatric | geriatrics | gerontocracy | gerontology | gerontophile | gerontophilia | gerontophobia | gerontoplast | gerousia | progeria | progeroid

categorical_group_list: Age, Human

etymology: γέρων | γέροντος (gérōn | gérontos) "old man" | γηράσκω "grow old" | gérontos) ~old man~ | γηράσκω ~grow old~


affix_form: -ger-

sense_label: spear

meaning_definition: a long, pointed weapon | a thrusting pole

example_words_list_1: ger, gēr, gear, gerah

related_morphemes: gar2 / gar

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Physical object

etymology: OHG ger : spear

ancestor_etymon_language: Old High German


morpheme_key: gerhard

morpheme: gerhard

morpheme_head: gerhard

affix_form: -gerhard-

meaning_definition: spear | brave | hardy

example_words_list_1: Gerhard

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Personality, Strength

etymology: Old High German gerot, from Proto-Germanic *geraz (spear) + *harduz (hard, brave)


morpheme_key: geriatric

morpheme: geriatric

morpheme_head: geriatric

affix_form: -geriatric-

meaning_definition: old | elderly

example_words_list_1: geriatrics, geriatrician

categorical_group_list: Age, Biology

etymology: Greek geron 'old man' + -ikos 'pertaining to'


morpheme_key: germ

morpheme: germ

morpheme_head: germ

affix_form: -germ-

allomorphs: germa

meaning_definition: initial growth | essential component | germ | small growth | early developmental stage | originating from | connected

example_words_list_1: germinate, germination, germinal

example_words_corpus: germs | germy | degerm | germyl | germane | degerms

related_morphemes: gen1 / gen, gen2 / gen, gn / gn

categorical_group_list: Growth, Life, Origin

etymology: Latin 'germen' (stem 'germin-') meaning 'sprout, bud, offspring', from the verb 'gerere' meaning 'to bear, carry, bring forth'


morpheme_key: german

morpheme: german

morpheme_head: german

affix_form: german

meaning_definition: A typographic size measurement | a unit of type in printing | a specific point size in typography

example_words_list_1: germans | Germanly | Germanoid | Germanism | Germanize | Germanist


morpheme_key: germanium

morpheme: germanium

morpheme_head: germanium

affix_form: germanium

meaning_definition: A chemical element with atomic number 32 | A single atom of the element germanium

example_words_list_1: germaniums | digermanium | nongermanium | radiogermanium | organogermanium

etymology: Named after Germany (from Latin 'Germania')


morpheme_key: germano

morpheme: germano-

morpheme_head: germano-

affix_form: germano-

meaning_definition: pertaining to being relevant or connected | relating to something that is closely associated

example_words_list_1: Germanophone | Germanomania | germanophilia | Germanosphere | Germanophobia | germanomethane

etymology: Derived from Latin 'germanus', meaning 'related' or 'of the same family'


morpheme_key: geront

morpheme: geront

morpheme_head: geront

affix_form: geront-

allomorphs: geronto

meaning_definition: aged | senior | advanced age

example_words_list_1: erigeron | gerascophobia | geriatric | geriatrics | gerontocracy | gerontology | gerontophile | gerontophilia | gerontophobia | gerontoplast | gerousia | progeria | progeroid | ageratum | Geritol™

categorical_group_list: Age, Person

etymology: γέρων | γέροντος (gérōn | gérontos) ~old man~ | γηράσκω ~grow old~ | Greek gēron (stem geront-) : old man

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: gerous

morpheme: gerous

morpheme_head: gerous

affix_form: -gerous

meaning_definition: tending to | causing | prone to

example_words_list_1: ovigerous | pupigerous | setigerous | ascigerous | pedigerous | palpigerous

categorical_group_list: Attribute, State of being

etymology: From Latin -gerous, from gerere 'to bear, carry'


morpheme_key: gerund

morpheme: gerund

morpheme_head: gerund

affix_form: -gerund-

meaning_definition: action | process | state of being

example_words_list_1: gerund, gerundive, gerundial

example_words_corpus: gerunds | gerundial | gerundially

categorical_group_list: Action, Verbal aspect

etymology: Latin gerundivus, from gerere 'to carry, bear'


morpheme_key: gest

morpheme: gest

morpheme_head: gest

affix_form: gest-

sense_label: carry

meaning_definition: transport | endure | take | convey | have on | conduct

example_words_list_1: gestation, gesture, gestion, gestural

example_words_corpus: gests | gested | gestic | dienogest | megestrol | norgestrel

related_morphemes: ger1 / ger

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: gest

etymology: Latin gerere 'to carry, bear'


morpheme_key: gestate

morpheme: gestate

morpheme_head: gestate

affix_form: -gestate-

meaning_definition: to carry | to bear | to develop

example_words_list_1: gestation, gestating, gestator

example_words_corpus: gestated | gestates

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Motion

etymology: Latin gess-, past participle stem of gerere 'to carry, bear'


morpheme_key: gesterone

morpheme: gesterone

morpheme_head: gesterone

affix_form: -gesterone

meaning_definition: steroid hormone | related to progesterone

example_words_list_1: dydrogesterone

example_words_corpus: dydrogesterone

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry, Endocrinology

etymology: Greek steros "solid" + hormone "to move/stimulate"


morpheme_key: gesticulate

morpheme: gesticulate

morpheme_head: gesticulate

affix_form: -gesticulate-

meaning_definition: to move hands or arms | to express via gesture

categorical_group_list: Motion, Communication

etymology: Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari 'to gesture', frequentative of gestus 'bearing, action'


morpheme_key: gesture

morpheme: gesture

morpheme_head: gesture

affix_form: -gesture-

meaning_definition: movement | signal | motion

example_words_list_1: gestural, gesturing, gesturalist

example_words_corpus: gestures | gestured | gesturer | gesturers | midgesture | misgesture

etymology: Latin gerere 'to carry, bear, do'


morpheme_key: get

morpheme: get

morpheme_head: get

affix_form: -get-

meaning_definition: to acquire | to receive

example_words_list_1: beget, forget, get

example_words_list_2: beget, forget, get

example_words_corpus: gets | beget | getup | reget | unget | forget

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Motion

etymology: Proto-Germanic *getaną "to obtain, get" (from PIE *ghedh- "to unite, be associated")

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: geusia

morpheme: geusia

morpheme_head: geusia

affix_form: -geusia

meaning_definition: taste

example_words_list_1: ageusia | dysgeusia | hypergeusia | hypogeusia | parageusia

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Perception

etymology: Greek γεῦσις (geûsis) | γεύειν (geúein) | γεύεσθαι (geúesthai) | γεῦσις | γευόμενον


morpheme_key: gewgaw

morpheme: gewgaw

morpheme_head: gewgaw

affix_form: -gewgaw-

meaning_definition: trinket | bauble | useless object

example_words_list_1: gewgaw

example_words_corpus: gewgaws | gewgawed | gewgawish

categorical_group_list: Object, Ornament

etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English 'gewe' (tool) + '-gaw', or imitative of the sound of tinkling objects; first recorded in the 16th century.


morpheme_key: geyser

morpheme: geyser

morpheme_head: geyser

affix_form: -geyser-

meaning_definition: hot spring | spout of water

example_words_list_1: geyser

example_words_corpus: geysers | geysery | geysered | geyseral | geyserite | geysering

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water, Geology

etymology: from Icelandic geysir, derived from 'gjósa' 'to gush'

ancestor_etymon_language: Icelandic


morpheme_key: ghastly

morpheme: ghastly

morpheme_head: ghastly

affix_form: -ghastly-

meaning_definition: having the nature or quality of a ghost | resembling a ghost | terrifying | frightening

example_words_list_1: ghastly, ghastliness

categorical_group_list: Fear, Death, Horror

etymology: Old English 'gāst' (spirit, ghost) + '-ly'


morpheme_key: ghetto

morpheme: ghetto

morpheme_head: ghetto

affix_form: -ghetto-

meaning_definition: segregated area | impoverished district

example_words_list_1: ghettoized

example_words_corpus: ghettos | ghettoes | ghettoize | nonghetto | ghettoish | ghettoized

categorical_group_list: Location, Social status

etymology: Italian 'ghetto' (enclosure/slum)

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: ghost

morpheme: ghost

morpheme_head: ghost

affix_form: -ghost-

meaning_definition: spirit | specter | phantom

example_words_list_1: ghostly, ghostwriter, ghosting

example_words_corpus: ghosts | ghosty | ghostly | ghosted | ghostie | beghost

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Entity

etymology: Old French 'goste' or 'gost'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: ghoul

morpheme: ghoul

morpheme_head: ghoul

affix_form: -ghoul-

meaning_definition: desert demon | night monster | corpse-eater

example_words_list_1: ghoul

example_words_corpus: ghouls | ghoulie | ghoulish | ghoulies | ghoulishly | unghoulish

categorical_group_list: Entity, Undead, Monster

etymology: Arabic ghūl (غول) 'demon, goblin'


morpheme_key: giant

morpheme: giant

morpheme_head: giant

affix_form: -giant-

meaning_definition: huge | enormous | very large

example_words_list_1: gigantic, gigantism, gigantology

example_words_corpus: giants | giantin | giantly | giantry | giantism | giantess

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Greek gigas 'giant'


morpheme_key: gibber

morpheme: gibber

morpheme_head: gibber

affix_form: -gibber-

meaning_definition: to speak meaninglessly | rapid unintelligible speech

example_words_list_1: gibber, gibberish

example_words_corpus: gibbers | gibbered | gibberer | gibbering | gibberers | gibberbird

categorical_group_list: Speech, Sound

etymology: imitative of meaningless speech


morpheme_key: gibbet

morpheme: gibbet

morpheme_head: gibbet

affix_form: -gibbet-

meaning_definition: gallows | scaffold for execution

example_words_list_1: gibbeted, gibbeting

example_words_corpus: gibbets | gibbeted | gibbeting | gibbetlike | gibbetings

categorical_group_list: Punishment, Execution

etymology: Middle English gibbet, from Old French gibet

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: gibbon

morpheme: gibbon

morpheme_head: gibbon

affix_form: -gibbon-

meaning_definition: small ape | primate

example_words_list_1: gibbon

example_words_corpus: gibbons | shitgibbon | Shitgibbon | shitgibbons

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Primates

etymology: from Malay 'gibon'

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: gibbous

morpheme: gibbous

morpheme_head: gibbous

affix_form: -gibbous-

meaning_definition: bulging | swelling | convex

example_words_list_1: gibbous

example_words_corpus: gibbously | subgibbous | gibbousness

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical state

etymology: Latin gibbosus 'hunchbacked, swollen', from gibba 'hump'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: gibe

morpheme: gibe

morpheme_head: gibe

affix_form: -gibe-

meaning_definition: mock | ridicule | taunt

example_words_list_1: gibe

example_words_corpus: gibed | gibes | giber | gibers | gibelike

categorical_group_list: Communication, Derision

etymology: Middle English giben 'to mock, deride'


morpheme_key: giblet

morpheme: giblet

morpheme_head: giblet

affix_form: -giblet-

meaning_definition: small piece of meat or offal | trivial detail

example_words_list_1: giblets, giblet gravy

example_words_corpus: giblets

categorical_group_list: Food, Anatomy, Diminutive

etymology: From Middle French giblet, diminutive of gibet (game, fowl), from Old French gibier.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: giddy

morpheme: giddy

morpheme_head: giddy

affix_form: -giddy-

meaning_definition: dizzy | lightheaded | frivolous

example_words_list_1: ['giddy']

example_words_corpus: giddyish | giddysome

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Physical sensation

etymology: Middle English gedig, related to giddiness


morpheme_key: gif

morpheme: gif

morpheme_head: gif

affix_form: -gif-

meaning_definition: gift

example_words_list_1: gift, giftable, giftee

example_words_corpus: gifs | GIFs | gifset | gifsets

categorical_group_list: Gift, Object, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'gif' is not a standard etymon; likely a typo for 'gift' (Germanic) or 'graph' (Greek). However, given 'gif' as a root in English, it is a free morpheme meaning 'gift'.


morpheme_key: giga

morpheme: giga

morpheme_head: giga

affix_form: giga-

allomorphs: gig

sense_label: billion (109)

meaning_definition: billion (109) | billion

example_words_list_1: gigabyte, gigahertz, gigawatt

example_words_list_2: gigabyte, gigahertz, gigawatt

example_words_corpus: gigamp | gigaop | gigamps | gigabit | gigaton | gigabel

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: Greek gígas 'giant'

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: gigant

morpheme: gigant

morpheme_head: gigant

affix_form: gigant-

allomorphs: giganto

meaning_definition: great size or extent

example_words_list_1: gigantic, gigantism, gigantesque

example_words_list_2: gigantic, gigantism, gigantesque


morpheme_key: gigantic

morpheme: gigantic

morpheme_head: gigantic

affix_form: -gigantic-

meaning_definition: extremely large | massive

example_words_list_1: gigantic, gigantism, gigantically


morpheme_key: giggle

morpheme: giggle

morpheme_head: giggle

affix_form: -giggle-

meaning_definition: to laugh lightly | to laugh in a short, repetitive manner

example_words_list_1: giggle, giggling, giggled

example_words_corpus: giggles | giggler | gigglers | gigglesome

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sound, Manner of action

etymology: From Old English 'gigolian' or 'giglian', meaning to laugh or giggle, of imitative origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: gild

morpheme: gild

morpheme_head: gild

affix_form: -gild-

meaning_definition: to cover with gold | to brighten | to adorn

example_words_list_1: gilded, gilding, regild

example_words_corpus: gilds | gilder | gilded | gilden | regild | engild

categorical_group_list: Material, Action, Ornamentation

etymology: Old English gildan 'to pay, to endow, to gild'


morpheme_key: gilder

morpheme: gilder

morpheme_head: gilder

affix_form: -gilder-

meaning_definition: to cover with gold | gold-plated

example_words_list_1: gild, gilding, gilded, gilder

categorical_group_list: Material, Action

etymology: From 'gilt' (covered in gold), from Old English 'gyldan'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: gill

morpheme: gill

morpheme_head: gill

affix_form: -gill-

meaning_definition: gill | breathing organ

example_words_list_1: gill, gills

example_words_corpus: gills | gillie | gilled | gillies | gillnet | sixgill

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy

etymology: From Old English gill, gela, meaning 'gill', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieuwe and German Kieme.


morpheme_key: gilt

morpheme: gilt

morpheme_head: gilt

affix_form: -gilt-

meaning_definition: covered in gold | gold-plated

example_words_list_1: gilt, gilded, gilding

example_words_corpus: gilts | ungilt | giltwood | gilthead | giltheads | electrogilt

categorical_group_list: Material, Color, Value

etymology: Old English gilt (past participle of gild)


morpheme_key: gimcrack

morpheme: gimcrack

morpheme_head: gimcrack

affix_form: gimcrack

meaning_definition: A showy but worthless object | a gimmick | a trinket

example_words_list_1: gimcracks | gimcrackery | gimcrackeries

example_words_corpus: gimcracks | gimcrackery | gimcrackeries

etymology: From Dutch gimcrak, from gim (a toy) + crak (crack).

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch

etymological_family: Dutch

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: gimmick

morpheme: gimmick

morpheme_head: gimmick

affix_form: -gimmick-

meaning_definition: a trick | a device | a novelty

example_words_list_1: ['gimmick']

example_words_corpus: gimmicky | gimmicks | gimmickry | ungimmicky | gimmickries | gimmickless

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Trickery

etymology: From German 'Gimmick' (a trick or device), likely from Yiddish 'gimik' or German dialect 'Gimmick', of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly related to 'gimmal' (a link in a chain).

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: gin

morpheme: gin

morpheme_head: gin

affix_form: gin

meaning_definition: A clear, unaged spirit distilled from fermented grains and juniper berries | the base for cocktails | a type of liquor

example_words_list_1: gins | ginny | ginner | ginned | ginning | ginners


morpheme_key: ginger

morpheme: ginger

morpheme_head: ginger

affix_form: -ginger-

meaning_definition: ginger | spicy | reddish-yellow

example_words_list_1: ginger, gingerly, gingerbread

example_words_corpus: gingery | gingers | gingerly | gingerol | gingered | gingernut

categorical_group_list: Food, Color

etymology: Malay 'jahe' or 'halia' via Middle English/Old French


morpheme_key: gingivo

morpheme: gingivo

morpheme_head: gingiv

affix_form: gingivo-

allomorphs: gingivo

meaning_definition: gum | gingiva

example_words_list_1: gingivoplasty | gingivodental | gingivobuccal | gingivolabial | gingivolingual | gingivostomatitis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical

etymology: From Latin 'gingiva' (gum) with the prefix 'in-' (in, on) or 'con-' (together), forming a combining form related to the gums.


morpheme_key: gingko

morpheme: gingko

morpheme_head: gingko

affix_form: -gingko-

meaning_definition: ginkgo tree

example_words_list_1: gingko

example_words_corpus: gingkoes

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Japanese 'ginkgo' (銀杏), from Chinese 'yinxing' (銀杏), literally 'silver apricot', referring to the tree's seeds.

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese


morpheme_key: ginkgo

morpheme: ginkgo

morpheme_head: ginkgo

affix_form: -ginkgo-

example_words_list_1: ginkgo, ginkgo biloba

example_words_corpus: ginkgos | Ginkgoales | Ginkgophyta | ginkgophyte | Ginkgoaceae | ginkgotoxin

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany


morpheme_key: ginn

morpheme: ginn

morpheme_head: ginn

affix_form: -ginn-

meaning_definition: to do | to make | to become

example_words_list_1: hallow, soften, widen, lengthen

example_words_corpus: ginns

categorical_group_list: Verbal, Action, Frequentative

etymology: From Old English -gennan, -gian, frequentative suffix derived from verbs, indicating repeated or intensive action.


morpheme_key: giraffe

morpheme: giraffe

morpheme_head: giraffe

affix_form: -giraffe-

meaning_definition: giraffe

example_words_list_1: giraffe

example_words_corpus: giraffes | giraffedom | giraffelike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Mammals

etymology: French giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic zarāfah, of unknown origin


morpheme_key: gird

morpheme: gird

morpheme_head: gird

affix_form: -gird-

meaning_definition: to surround | to encase

example_words_list_1: gird, girder, girdle, girt, girth

example_words_list_2: gird, girder, girdle, girt, girth

example_words_corpus: girds | girdle | girded | begird | engird | ungird

categorical_group_list: Enclosure, Boundary, Physical action

etymology: Middle English girden, girten : to enclose, to encircle


morpheme_key: girdle

morpheme: girdle

morpheme_head: girdle

affix_form: -girdle-

meaning_definition: to encircle | to bind | a band or belt

example_words_list_1: girdle, gird, girded

example_words_corpus: girdlestead

categorical_group_list: Enclosure, Binding

etymology: Old English gyrdan "to encircle, bind"


morpheme_key: girl

morpheme: girl

morpheme_head: girl

affix_form: -girl-

meaning_definition: female child | young female human

example_words_list_1: girlhood, girly, girlfriend

example_words_corpus: girly | girls | girlz | girlie | girlish | cowgirl

categorical_group_list: Human, Age, Gender

etymology: Old English 'gierl' (young woman, girl)


morpheme_key: giro

morpheme: giro

morpheme_head: giro

affix_form: -giro-

meaning_definition: turn | rotate | circle

example_words_list_1: gyroscope, gyration, gyroscopic

example_words_corpus: giros | postgiro | postgiros | girocheque | girocheques

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rotation

etymology: Greek gyros 'circle, ring'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: girt

morpheme: girt

morpheme_head: girt

affix_form: -girt-

meaning_definition: gird | encircle | surround

example_words_list_1: girdle, gird, girt

example_words_corpus: girts | begirt | engirt | ungirt | seagirt

categorical_group_list: Action, Spatial, Enclosure

etymology: From Old English 'gierdan' meaning 'to gird, encircle, or surround'.


morpheme_key: girth

morpheme: girth

morpheme_head: girth

affix_form: -girth-

meaning_definition: circumference | thickness | width

example_words_list_1: girth, girthiness

example_words_corpus: girths | girthy | girthed | digirth | girthly | ungirth

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Measurement

etymology: Old English 'gyrt', related to 'gyrdan "to encircle"'


morpheme_key: gist

morpheme: gist

morpheme_head: gist

affix_form: -gist-

meaning_definition: gist | essence | core | substance

example_words_list_1: gist, gistless, gistful

example_words_corpus: gists

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Essence, Substance

etymology: Latin 'gustus' meaning 'taste' or 'sense', from 'gustare' (to taste)


morpheme_key: give

morpheme: give

morpheme_head: give

affix_form: -give-

meaning_definition: to transfer possession | to hand over | to bestow

example_words_list_1: give, giveaway, giver

example_words_corpus: given | giver | gives | gived | givee | upgive

categorical_group_list: Action, Transfer, Core concept

etymology: Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- 'to give, offer'


morpheme_key: gl

morpheme: gl

morpheme_head: gl

affix_form: -gl-

meaning_definition: emit light | expressing happiness

example_words_list_1: glabrous, glad, glade, glance (ore), glare, glass, glaze, glazier, gleam, glean, glee, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glitter, gloaming, gloat, gloom, glossy, glow, glum

categorical_group_list: Light, Emotion, Visual perception

etymology: PIE *ghel- "to shine, to gleam"

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European