sense_label: coil, twist, winding

meaning_definition: loop | turn | curving

example_words_list_1: spirograph [drawing], spirochete

example_words_list_2: spirograph [drawing], spirochete

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Geometry

ancestor_etymon: σπεῖρα  OED

etymology: Greek spira 'coil, spiral'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | OED


morpheme_key: spit

morpheme: spit

morpheme_head: spit

affix_form: spit

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: a narrow, pointed landform extending into water | a sandy peninsula | a narrow strip of land connected to the mainland

example_words_list_1: spits | spitty | bespit | unspit | spittle | spitted

etymology: Derived from Old English 'spit,' meaning a narrow point of land.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata

attestation: both


morpheme_key: spittle

morpheme: spittle

morpheme_head: spittle

affix_form: -spittle-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: saliva | liquid from the mouth

example_words_list_1: spit, spittle, spitting

example_words_corpus: spittled | spittles | bespittle | spittlebug | lickspittle | spittlebugs

categorical_group_list: Bodily fluid, Substance

etymology: From Old English 'spitul' or 'spittan', related to the verb 'spit'.

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: splanchno

morpheme: splanchno

morpheme_head: splanchno

affix_form: splanchno-

allomorphs: splanchn

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: viscera | internal organs | entrails

example_words_list_1: splanchnotomy | splanchnocele | splanchnoceles | splanchnography | splanchnoptosis | splanchnocranium

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek splanchnon 'viscera, internal organ'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific

source: Wiktionary

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: splash

morpheme: splash

morpheme_head: splash

affix_form: -splash-

meaning_definition: to strike or fall with a splashing sound | to scatter liquid in drops

example_words_list_1: splash, splashing, splashed

example_words_corpus: splashy | splashes | splasher | besplash | splashing | splashily

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Impact

etymology: imitative of the sound of liquid hitting a surface

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: splatter

morpheme: splatter

morpheme_head: splatter

affix_form: -splatter-

meaning_definition: to spread or splash (a liquid) in a messy way | to hit or strike with force

example_words_list_1: splatter, splattered, splattering

etymology: Likely from Middle Dutch 'splateren' or Middle Low German 'splatern', meaning to splash or scatter, related to the root 'split'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: splay

morpheme: splay

morpheme_head: splay

affix_form: -splay-

meaning_definition: spread | out | extend

example_words_list_1: splay, unsplayed

example_words_corpus: splays | splayed | splaying | splayfoot | splayfooted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Spatial arrangement

etymology: From Middle English 'splaien', related to 'explain'


morpheme_key: spleen

morpheme: spleen

morpheme_head: spleen

affix_form: -spleen-

meaning_definition: spleen

example_words_list_1: spleen, splenetic, splenomegaly

example_words_corpus: spleens | spleeny | spleened | spleenful | spleenish | spleenwort

etymology: Greek spleēn 'spleen'


morpheme_key: splendere

morpheme: splendere

morpheme_head: splendere

affix_form: -splendere-

meaning_definition: to shine | to be bright | to gleam

example_words_list_1: splendid, splendor, resplendent, dissident

categorical_group_list: Light, Visual perception, Action

etymology: Latin splendere 'to shine, gleam'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: splendid

morpheme: splendid

morpheme_head: splendid

affix_form: -splendid-

meaning_definition: magnificent | excellent | impressive

example_words_list_1: splendor, splendiferous

example_words_corpus: splendidly | unsplendid | splendidness | unsplendidly | splendidiferous

categorical_group_list: Quality, Positive attribute

etymology: Latin splendidus, from splendere 'to shine'

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical


morpheme_key: splendiferous

morpheme: splendiferous

morpheme_head: splendiferous

affix_form: -splendiferous-

meaning_definition: splendid | magnificent | brilliant

example_words_list_1: splendiferous

example_words_corpus: splendiferously | splendiferousness

categorical_group_list: Light, Beauty, Grandeur

etymology: Latin splendor 'brightness, brilliance' + -ferous 'bearing, producing'


morpheme_key: splendor

morpheme: splendor

morpheme_head: splendor

affix_form: -splendor-

meaning_definition: brilliance | magnificence | splendor

example_words_list_1: splendid, splendorous, resplendent

example_words_corpus: splendors | splendorous

categorical_group_list: Light, Brilliance, Magnitude

etymology: Latin splendor (genitive splendoris) 'brightness, shining, glory'


morpheme_key: splenetic

morpheme: splenetic

morpheme_head: splenetic

affix_form: -splenetic-

meaning_definition: spleen | bad temper | ill humor

example_words_list_1: splenetic, spleen

example_words_corpus: splenetics | antisplenetic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Temperament

etymology: Latin 'spleen' (organ associated with melancholy in ancient medicine)


morpheme_key: spleno

morpheme: spleno

morpheme_head: spleno

affix_form: spleno-

allomorphs: splen

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: the spleen | spleen

example_words_list_1: splenocyte | splenectomy

example_words_list_2: splenocyte | splenectomy

example_words_corpus: splenocyte | splenotomy | splenopexy | splenocele | splenocytes | splenorenal

ancestor_etymon: σπληνο-  OED

etymology: < Greek σπληνο- | combining form of σπλήν spleen OED | Greek σπλήν | σπλην- (splḗn | splēn-) | spleen | milt

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: splice

morpheme: splice

morpheme_head: splice

affix_form: -splice-

meaning_definition: join | connect | unite

example_words_list_1: splice, splicing, spliced

example_words_corpus: splicer | spliced | splices | splicers | resplice | unspliced

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity

etymology: From Latin splicare 'to fold, plait', from splica 'twist, plait'.


morpheme_key: splint

morpheme: splint

morpheme_head: splint

affix_form: -splint-

meaning_definition: small piece | fragment | strip

example_words_list_1: splint, splinting

example_words_corpus: splints | splinter | splinted | splinting | shinsplint | splintlike

categorical_group_list: Physical object, Fragment

etymology: Middle English splint, likely related to split


morpheme_key: split

morpheme: split

morpheme_head: split

affix_form: -split-

meaning_definition: divide | separate | break apart

example_words_list_1: split, splitting, splitter, unsplit

example_words_corpus: splits | unsplit | resplit | splitty | splitter | netsplit

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation, Fragmentation

etymology: From Old English 'splitan' meaning 'to divide, separate, or break apart', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: sploitation

morpheme: sploitation

morpheme_head: sploitation

affix_form: -sploitation

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: exploitation | sensationalism

example_words_list_1: artsploitation | fatsploitation | gaysploitation | nunsploitation | carsploitation | Jewsploitation

categorical_group_list: Genre, Exploitation, Derogatory

etymology: Truncation of 'exploitation' combined with the productive suffix '-ation', originating from the 'splatter film' genre term 'splatter-tation' in the 1970s.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: spoil

morpheme: spoil

morpheme_head: spoil

affix_form: -spoil-

meaning_definition: to ruin | to decay | to corrupt

example_words_list_1: spoil, spoils, spoiled, spoiling, spoilsport

example_words_corpus: spoils | spoiled | spoiler | unspoil | spoilers | spoiling

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Decay, Corruption

etymology: Latin 'spoliare' meaning 'to strip, plunder, or ruin', derived from 'spolium' (spoils)


morpheme_key: spoke

morpheme: spoke

morpheme_head: spoke

affix_form: -spoke-

meaning_definition: speech | spoken | language

example_words_list_1: spoken, spoke, spokesperson

example_words_corpus: spoken | spokes | spoked | spokest | respoke | unspoken

categorical_group_list: Communication, Language

etymology: PIE *sbheug- (to strike, to move, to speak)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: spond

morpheme: spond

morpheme_head: spond

affix_form: spond-

allomorphs: spons

sense_label: a surety

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: guarantee | assurance | provide assurance | vow | commitment | voluntary pledge

example_words_list_1: correspond | correspondence | correspondent | corresponsive | cosponsor | despond | despondency | despondent | desponsage | desponsate | desponsation | disespouse | espousage | espousal | espouse | interspousal | irresponsibility | irresponsible | irresponsive | nonresponsive | respond | respondee | respondence | respondent | response | responsibility | responsible | responsion | responsive | responsivity | riposte | sponsal | sponsion | sponsional | sponsor | spousal | spouse | spontaneous | spontaneity

categorical_group_list: Commitment, Agreement, Obligation

ancestor_etymon: spon

etymology: spondere | sponsus


morpheme_key: spondylo

morpheme: spondylo

morpheme_head: spondylo

affix_form: spondylo-

allomorphs: spondyl | spondylus

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra

example_words_list_1: spondylitis

example_words_list_2: spondylitis

example_words_corpus: spondylolysis | spondylopathy | spondylodesis | spondylophyte | spondylolytic | spondylocostal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical

etymology: Greek σφόνδῠλος / σπόνδυλος (sphóndulos, spóndulos), the spine


morpheme_key: spongio

morpheme: spongio

morpheme_head: spongio

affix_form: spongio-

meaning_definition: sponge, sponge-like

example_words_list_1: spongioblast

example_words_list_2: spongioblast

categorical_group_list: Biology, Texture

etymology: Greek spongia 'sponge'


morpheme_key: spongo

morpheme: spongo

morpheme_head: sponge

affix_form: spongo-

allomorphs: spongo

meaning_definition: absorb | soak up | sponge

example_words_list_1: spongocoel | spongocoels | spongobiont | spongobiotic

categorical_group_list: Absorption, Material property

etymology: Greek spongos 'sponge'


morpheme_key: spons

morpheme: spons

morpheme_head: spons

affix_form: spons-

meaning_definition: confidence | security | assurance | vow | commitment

example_words_list_1: correspond | correspondence | correspondent | corresponsive | cosponsor | despond | despondency | despondent | desponsage | desponsate | desponsation | irresponsibility | irresponsible | irresponsive | nonresponsive | respond | respondee | respondence | respondent | response | responsibility | responsible | responsion | responsive | responsivity | riposte | sponsal | sponsion | sponsional | sponsor

related_morphemes: spond / spond

categorical_group_list: Commitment, Agreement

etymology: spondere | sponsus | Greek spora : a sowing | a seed

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: sponsor

morpheme: sponsor

morpheme_head: sponsor

affix_form: -sponsor-

meaning_definition: to support | to back | to provide patronage

example_words_list_1: sponsor, sponsorship, sponsoring

example_words_corpus: sponsors | sponsored | cosponsor | sponsorer | sponsorly | cosponsors

categorical_group_list: Support, Agency

etymology: Latin sponsor, sponsorem 'guarantor, surety', from past participle stem of spondere 'to pledge'


morpheme_key: spontane

morpheme: spontane

morpheme_head: spontane

affix_form: -spontane-

meaning_definition: of one's own accord | unplanned | natural

example_words_list_1: spontaneous, spontaneity

categorical_group_list: Agency, Nature

etymology: Latin sponte 'of one's own accord, willingly' (ablative of spōns, spont- 'will, pleasure')


morpheme_key: spoof

morpheme: spoof

morpheme_head: spoof

affix_form: -spoof-

meaning_definition: to mock | to deceive | to counterfeit

example_words_list_1: ['spoof']

example_words_corpus: spoofs | spoofy | spoofed | spoofer | spoofing | spoofers

categorical_group_list: Deception, Mockery

etymology: From French 'espuer' (to deceive, mock), possibly from Old French 'esploier' or related to 'espier' (to spy), ultimately of Germanic origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: spook

morpheme: spook

morpheme_head: spook

affix_form: -spook-

meaning_definition: frighten | scare | ghost-like

example_words_list_1: spook, spooked, spookiness

example_words_corpus: spooky | spooks | spooked | spooker | spooking | spookily

categorical_group_list: Fear, Supernatural

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'spoken' (past participle of 'spucken' meaning to blow or spit), referring to the breath or spirit of the dead.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: spool

morpheme: spool

morpheme_head: spool

affix_form: -spool-

meaning_definition: cylindrical device for winding | to wind onto a cylinder

example_words_list_1: ['spool']

example_words_corpus: spoolup | spooldown

categorical_group_list: Object, Action

etymology: From Old English 'spula' (spool, bobbin), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'spoel' and German 'Spule'.


morpheme_key: spoon

morpheme: spoon

morpheme_head: spoon

affix_form: -spoon-

meaning_definition: utensil for eating | small concave vessel

example_words_list_1: spoonful, spoonerism, spoons

example_words_corpus: spoony | spoons | spooned | spooner | teaspoon | spoonful

categorical_group_list: Tool, Utensil, Eating

etymology: Old English spon 'splinter, chip'


morpheme_key: spoor

morpheme: spoor

morpheme_head: spoor

affix_form: -spoor-

meaning_definition: track | scent | trail

example_words_list_1: spoor

example_words_corpus: spoors | spoorer | spoorers | spoorless

categorical_group_list: Trace, Nature

etymology: Middle Dutch spoor 'track, trail'


morpheme_key: sporadic

morpheme: sporadic

morpheme_head: sporadic

affix_form: -sporadic-

meaning_definition: occurring at irregular intervals | not constant

example_words_list_1: sporadic

categorical_group_list: Frequency, Distribution

etymology: Greek spora 'seed' + -adik (adjectival suffix)


morpheme_key: spore

morpheme: spore

morpheme_head: spore

affix_form: -spore

allomorphs: spor

meaning_definition: seed | reproductive unit | fragment

example_words_list_1: spore, sporocarp, sporophyte

example_words_corpus: spores | spored | oospore | bispore | zoospore | exospore

categorical_group_list: Biology, Reproduction, Growth

etymology: σπείρω (speírō), σπαρτός, σπορά, σποράς, σποράδος (sporás, sporádos), σποραδικός (sporadikós), σπόρος (spóros)


morpheme_key: sporo

morpheme: sporo

morpheme_head: sporo

affix_form: sporo-

allomorphs: spori

meaning_definition: spore

categorical_group_list: Biology, Reproduction

etymology: Greek spora 'seed' from spero 'to sow'


morpheme_key: sport

morpheme: sport

morpheme_head: sport

affix_form: -sport-

meaning_definition: physical activity | recreation | game

example_words_list_1: sport, sportsmanship, sporting, sportswear

example_words_corpus: sporty | sported | sporter | sportal | eSports | sporting

categorical_group_list: Activity, Recreation

etymology: Old French 'desport' (leisure, pastime)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: spot

morpheme: spot

morpheme_head: spot

affix_form: -spot-

meaning_definition: a particular place | a small mark | to notice

example_words_list_1: spotless, spotted, spotlight

example_words_corpus: spotty | respot | bespot | sunspot | spottle | spotter

categorical_group_list: Location, Mark, Perception

etymology: Middle English 'spot' (a small patch or stain)


morpheme_key: spouse

morpheme: spouse

morpheme_head: spouse

affix_form: -spouse-

meaning_definition: partner | mate | wedded companion

example_words_list_1: spouse

example_words_corpus: spouses | spoused | spousess | spousely | bespouse | spousedom

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Relationship

etymology: Old English spous (companion, betrothed)


morpheme_key: spout

morpheme: spout

morpheme_head: spout

affix_form: -spout-

meaning_definition: to flow out | nozzle | opening

example_words_list_1: spout, spoutful, spouter

example_words_corpus: spouts | aspout | spouted | spouter | bespout | spouting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Anatomy

etymology: imitative of the sound of liquid flowing


morpheme_key: sprain

morpheme: sprain

morpheme_head: sprain

affix_form: -sprain-

meaning_definition: to twist | injury | strain

example_words_list_1: sprain, sprained, spraining

example_words_corpus: sprains | sprained | spraining | unsprained

categorical_group_list: Injury, Physical sensation

etymology: From Old English 'sprǣnan' meaning 'to twist, bend, or break', related to the Proto-Germanic root *sprenganą.


morpheme_key: sprang

morpheme: sprang

morpheme_head: sprang

affix_form: -sprang-

meaning_definition: to leap | to move suddenly | to originate

example_words_list_1: spring, springing, springs

categorical_group_list: Motion, Suddenness, Origin

etymology: Old English sprangen, past tense of springan


morpheme_key: sprat

morpheme: sprat

morpheme_head: sprat

affix_form: -sprat-

meaning_definition: a small, silvery food fish

example_words_list_1: sprat, sprats

example_words_corpus: sprats | spratlike

categorical_group_list: Animal, Fish, Noun

etymology: Old English 'sprætt' meaning 'a small fish'


morpheme_key: sprawl

morpheme: sprawl

morpheme_head: sprawl

affix_form: -sprawl-

meaning_definition: spread | extend | straggle

example_words_list_1: sprawl, sprawling, sprawled

example_words_corpus: sprawls | asprawl | sprawly | sprawled | sprawler | sprawling

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Motion, Expansion

etymology: From Old English 'sprǣlan' meaning 'to spread out, extend, or lie at full length', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: spray

morpheme: spray

morpheme_head: spray

affix_form: -spray-

meaning_definition: a thin stream of liquid or particles | a shoot or branch of a plant

example_words_list_1: sprayer, spraying, spray-painted

example_words_corpus: respray | sprayer | sprayed | sprayey | spraying | sprayers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Dispersion

etymology: Middle English sprayen, related to Old French esprey


morpheme_key: spread

morpheme: spread

morpheme_head: spread

affix_form: -spread-

meaning_definition: to extend | to distribute | to cover an area

example_words_list_1: spread, spreading, spreader, widespread

example_words_corpus: spreads | aspread | spreader | dispread | bespread | despread

categorical_group_list: Extension, Distribution, Motion

etymology: From Old English 'sprǣdan' meaning 'to extend, stretch out, cause to spread', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: sprig

morpheme: sprig

morpheme_head: sprig

affix_form: -sprig-

meaning_definition: a small shoot or twig | a small piece or fragment

example_words_list_1: sprig, sprigging

example_words_corpus: sprigs | spriggy | sprigged | spriglet | sprigging | sprigtail

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Middle English sprigge


morpheme_key: spring

morpheme: spring

morpheme_head: spring

affix_form: -spring-

meaning_definition: to leap | to jump | season of growth

example_words_list_1: spring, springtime, springs

example_words_corpus: springs | springy | springer | upspring | atspring | springed

categorical_group_list: Motion, Nature, Time

etymology: From Old English 'springan' meaning 'to leap, jump, burst forth', derived from Proto-Germanic '*sprengwaną'.


morpheme_key: sprint

morpheme: sprint

morpheme_head: sprint

affix_form: -sprint-

meaning_definition: run fast | dash | rush

example_words_list_1: sprint, sprinter, sprinting

example_words_corpus: sprints | sprinter | sprinted | sprinting | sprinters | outsprint

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: Middle English sprinten


morpheme_key: sprit

morpheme: sprit

morpheme_head: sprit

affix_form: -sprit-

meaning_definition: spirit | soul | essence | life force

example_words_list_1: spirit, spiritual, spirituality, spiritless

example_words_corpus: sprits | spritsail | spritsails

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Essence, Animating force

etymology: Latin spiritus 'breath, soul', from spirare 'to breathe'


morpheme_key: sprout

morpheme: sprout

morpheme_head: sprout

affix_form: -sprout-

meaning_definition: to grow | to emerge | to bud

example_words_list_1: sprout, sprouting, sprouts

example_words_corpus: sprouty | asprout | sprouted | resprout | sprouter | sprouting

categorical_group_list: Growth, Nature, Vitality

etymology: Middle English sproten, from Old English sprytan


morpheme_key: spruce

morpheme: spruce

morpheme_head: spruce

affix_form: -spruce-

meaning_definition: coniferous tree | evergreen tree

example_words_list_1: spruce

example_words_corpus: spruces | spruced | sprucen | sprucely | sprucens | spruceness

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: From Old English 'spruce' (a variant of 'pruce'), originally meaning 'the tree of Prussia', derived from Middle French 'prouce' or 'pruce', referring to the region of Prussia where the tree was imported.

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: sprung

morpheme: sprung

morpheme_head: sprung

affix_form: -sprung-

meaning_definition: to leap | to burst forth | to originate

example_words_list_1: sprung

example_words_corpus: unsprung

categorical_group_list: Motion, Emergence

etymology: Old English sprungen, past participle of springan 'to leap, jump, burst forth', from Proto-Germanic *sprengwaną


morpheme_key: spry

morpheme: spry

morpheme_head: spry

affix_form: -spry-

meaning_definition: active | lively | agile

example_words_list_1: spry

example_words_corpus: spryly | spryness

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Motion

etymology: From Old English 'sprē' meaning 'active, lively, vigorous', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: spu

morpheme: spu

morpheme_head: spu

affix_form: spu-

allomorphs: sput

sense_label: spit

meaning_definition: spit | saliva

example_words_list_1: exspuition, sputum

example_words_list_2: exspuition, sputum

categorical_group_list: Action, Bodily function

etymology: spuere


morpheme_key: spud

morpheme: spud

morpheme_head: spud

affix_form: -spud-

meaning_definition: potato

example_words_list_1: spud

example_words_corpus: spuds | spuddy | spudded | spudnut | spudding | spudless

categorical_group_list: Food, Vegetable

etymology: Scottish 'spud' (originally a small digging tool, later the tuber itself), possibly from Old French 'espadouille' or related to 'spade'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish


morpheme_key: spume

morpheme: spume

morpheme_head: spume

affix_form: -spume-

allomorphs: spum

meaning_definition: froth | foam | bubbles

example_words_list_1: spume, spumous, spumante

example_words_corpus: spumed | spumes | despume | despumed

categorical_group_list: Nature, Liquid, Texture

etymology: From Latin spuma 'foam, froth'


morpheme_key: spun

morpheme: spun

morpheme_head: spun

affix_form: -spun-

meaning_definition: rotated | twisted | turned

example_words_list_1: spun, spinning, spinner

example_words_corpus: unspun | topspun | prespun | homespun | finespun | spunlaid

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transformation

etymology: Old English spinnan 'to spin, weave'


morpheme_key: spur

morpheme: spur

morpheme_head: spur

affix_form: -spur-

allomorphs: spuri

meaning_definition: to goad | to urge on | to stimulate

example_words_list_1: spur, spurred, spurring

example_words_corpus: hotspur | spurred | spurdog | spurrer | larkspur | hotspurs

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion, Stimulus

etymology: Latin 'spura' meaning spur, likely of imitative origin


morpheme_key: spurious

morpheme: spurious

morpheme_head: spurious

affix_form: -spurious-

meaning_definition: false | fake | counterfeit

example_words_list_1: spuriousness

example_words_corpus: spuriously | unspurious | nonspurious | spuriousness | spuriousnesses

categorical_group_list: Falsehood, Deception

etymology: Latin spurius 'illegitimate, forged', possibly from spurcus 'dirty, impure'


morpheme_key: spurn

morpheme: spurn

morpheme_head: spurn

affix_form: -spurn-

meaning_definition: to reject with disdain | to treat with contempt | to refuse

example_words_list_1: spurn, spurned, spurning, spurns

example_words_corpus: spurns | spurned | spurner | spurning | spurneth | spurners

categorical_group_list: Rejection, Emotion

etymology: From Old French espurner 'to spurn, kick', from espur 'spur', from Vulgar Latin *exspurdare


morpheme_key: spurt

morpheme: spurt

morpheme_head: spurt

affix_form: -spurt-

meaning_definition: sudden | rapid | ejection

example_words_list_1: spurt, spurting, spurts

example_words_corpus: spurts | spurted | bespurt | spurting | bespurts | spurtings

categorical_group_list: Motion, Velocity

etymology: From Old English 'spyrtan' meaning 'to gush or spout', related to 'spire' and 'spout'.


morpheme_key: sput

morpheme: sput

morpheme_head: sput

affix_form: sput-

allomorphs: sputum

example_words_corpus: sputs


morpheme_key: sputnik

morpheme: sputnik

morpheme_head: sputnik

affix_form: -sputnik-

meaning_definition: fellow traveler | companion

example_words_list_1: Sputnik

example_words_corpus: muttnik | muttniks

categorical_group_list: Companionship, Motion

etymology: Russian sputnik (спутник) from sputit' 'to accompany'

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: spy

morpheme: spy

morpheme_head: spy

affix_form: -spy-

meaning_definition: to observe | to investigate | to gather intelligence

example_words_list_1: spy, spycraft, espionage

categorical_group_list: Observation, Investigation

etymology: Old French 'espion' from 'espier' 'to spy, watch'


morpheme_key: squab

morpheme: squab

morpheme_head: squab

affix_form: -squab-

meaning_definition: quarrel | dispute | petty fight

example_words_list_1: squabble, squabbling, squabbler

example_words_corpus: squabs | squabby | squabness | squabbish

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Verbal action

etymology: Middle English squaben, from Old French esquiver 'to avoid' (via the sense of 'shifting to avoid a blow' -> 'quarreling')


morpheme_key: squabble

morpheme: squabble

morpheme_head: squabble

affix_form: -squabble-

meaning_definition: to argue | noisy quarrel | petty dispute

example_words_list_1: ['squabble']

example_words_corpus: squabbler | squabbled | squabbles | squabblers | squabblesome

etymology: From Middle English squablen, of imitative origin, possibly related to squab 'pigeon' or squab 'short and fat'.


morpheme_key: squad

morpheme: squad

morpheme_head: squad

affix_form: -squad-

meaning_definition: a four-sided figure with equal sides and right angles | a level or fair arrangement | a public gathering space

example_words_list_1: squad, squadron

example_words_list_2: squad, squadron

example_words_corpus: squads | squaddy | squaddie | squadrol | squaddies | squadmate

related_morphemes: quadr / quadr

categorical_group_list: Shape, Group, Quantity

etymology: Latin 'squadra' meaning 'square, row, set of soldiers'


morpheme_key: squadron

morpheme: squadron

morpheme_head: squadron

affix_form: -squadron-

meaning_definition: a small group | unit | formation

example_words_list_1: squadron

example_words_corpus: squadronmates

categorical_group_list: Group, Military, Unit

etymology: Italian squadron (squadrone), from squadro 'square'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: squal

morpheme: squal

morpheme_head: squal

affix_form: squal-

allomorphs: squali

meaning_definition: arid | coarse | scaled

example_words_list_1: squalid | squalidity | squalor

example_words_list_2: squalid | squalidity | squalor

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical state

ancestor_etymon: squal

etymology: squalere


morpheme_key: squalid

morpheme: squalid

morpheme_head: squalid

affix_form: -squalid-

meaning_definition: dirty | squalid | wretched

example_words_list_1: squalid

example_words_corpus: squalids | squalidly | unsqualid | squalidity | squalidness

categorical_group_list: Condition, Negativity

etymology: Latin squalidus 'rough, shaggy, dirty', from squallere 'to be rough, shaggy'


morpheme_key: squall

morpheme: squall

morpheme_head: squall

affix_form: -squall-

meaning_definition: sudden gust of wind | violent storm | cry of distress

example_words_list_1: squall

example_words_corpus: squalls | squally | squalled | squaller | squalling | squallers

categorical_group_list: Weather, Nature, Violence

etymology: Middle English squallen (to cry out, or a sudden gust)


morpheme_key: squalor

morpheme: squalor

morpheme_head: squalor

affix_form: -squalor-

meaning_definition: filth | dirt | misery | wretchedness

example_words_list_1: squalid, squalor, squalorously

example_words_corpus: squalors

categorical_group_list: Dirt, Misery, Neglect

etymology: From Latin squalor, from squaleo 'to be rough, shaggy'


morpheme_key: squam

morpheme: squam

morpheme_head: squam

affix_form: squam-

allomorphs: squamo

sense_label: scale

meaning_definition: scale

example_words_list_1: squamous, squamata, squamule

example_words_list_2: squamous, squamata, squamule

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: squama


morpheme_key: squamoso

morpheme: squamos(o)

morpheme_head: squamos(o)

affix_form: squamos-

meaning_definition: scale-like | scaly

example_words_list_1: squamous cell

example_words_list_2: squamous cell

categorical_group_list: Texture, Biology

etymology: Latin squāmosus 'covered with scales', from squāma 'scale'


morpheme_key: squander

morpheme: squander

morpheme_head: squander

affix_form: -squander-

meaning_definition: to misuse | to expend extravagantly | to consume wastefully

example_words_list_1: squander

example_words_list_2: squander

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin squandare 'to squander, waste'


morpheme_key: square

morpheme: square

morpheme_head: square

affix_form: -square-

meaning_definition: four-sided | equilateral | regular

example_words_list_1: squarely, squaring, squares

example_words_corpus: squares | squared | squarer | squarely | squarers | squareth

categorical_group_list: Geometry, Shape

etymology: Latin quadratus, past participle of quadrare 'to make square', from quadrus 'square'


morpheme_key: squash

morpheme: squash

morpheme_head: squash

affix_form: -squash-

meaning_definition: to crush | to compress | to flatten

example_words_list_1: squash, squashed, squashing

example_words_corpus: squashy | squashes | squasher | squashing | squashers | squashily

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical transformation

etymology: From Old French 'esquasser' or 'esquasser', meaning 'to break, crush, or shatter', likely of Germanic origin (cf. Old High German 'skazzan' meaning 'to break').


morpheme_key: squat

morpheme: squat

morpheme_head: squat

affix_form: -squat-

meaning_definition: to crouch | to sit low

example_words_list_1: squat, squatter, squatting

example_words_corpus: asquat | squats | squatly | squatty | squatter | squatted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Posture

etymology: Middle English squat, from squatting


morpheme_key: squawk

morpheme: squawk

morpheme_head: squawk

affix_form: squawk

meaning_definition: A warning signal | An indication of an error | A vocal expression of alarm

example_words_list_1: squawky | squawked | squawker | squawkers | squawkily | outsquawk


morpheme_key: squeal

morpheme: squeal

morpheme_head: squeal

affix_form: -squeal-

meaning_definition: a high-pitched, sharp cry or sound

example_words_list_1: squeal, squealing, squealed

example_words_corpus: squeals | squealy | squealed | squealer | squealers | squealing

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory

etymology: imitative of the sound produced


morpheme_key: squeamish

morpheme: squeamish

morpheme_head: squeamish

affix_form: -squeamish-

meaning_definition: easily nauseated | easily disgusted | sensitive

example_words_list_1: squeamishness

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Disgust, Sensitivity

etymology: Middle English 'squemyshen' (disgust, nausea)


morpheme_key: squeegee

morpheme: squeegee

morpheme_head: squeegee

affix_form: -squeegee-

meaning_definition: tool for cleaning | to clean with a rubber blade

example_words_list_1: squeegee

example_words_corpus: squeegees | squeegeeing | squeegeelike

categorical_group_list: Tool, Cleaning

etymology: From Dutch 'sweegje', diminutive of 'swee' (to sweep), referring to the tool's function.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: squeeze

morpheme: squeeze

morpheme_head: squeeze

affix_form: -squeeze-

meaning_definition: to compress | to press tightly | to grip firmly

example_words_list_1: squeeze, squeezing, squeezed, squeezable

example_words_corpus: squeezes | squeezer | squeezed | squeezers | squeezeth | unsqueeze

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality, Pressure

etymology: Middle English squyshen, from Old French escuissier


morpheme_key: squib

morpheme: squib

morpheme_head: squib

affix_form: -squib-

meaning_definition: a person or thing of little importance | a small explosive charge

example_words_list_1: squib, squibs

example_words_corpus: squibbed | squibber | squibbing | squibbers

categorical_group_list: Person, Object, Diminutive, Informal

etymology: Middle English squib 'spark, small firework', of unknown origin; later extended to mean 'trivial person'.


morpheme_key: squid

morpheme: squid

morpheme_head: squid

affix_form: -squid-

meaning_definition: cephalopod mollusk | marine animal

example_words_list_1: squid

example_words_corpus: squids | squiddy | squidder | squidded | squidlike | nanoSQUID

categorical_group_list: Animals, Marine life

etymology: Middle English squid, likely from an imitative source or related to 'skid'


morpheme_key: squiggle

morpheme: squiggle

morpheme_head: squiggle

affix_form: -squiggle-

meaning_definition: to move in a wavy line | to twist | to curve

example_words_list_1: squiggle, squiggled, squiggling

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape

etymology: imitative of a wavy motion


morpheme_key: squint

morpheme: squint

morpheme_head: squint

affix_form: -squint-

meaning_definition: to partially close the eyes | to look with eyes partly closed

example_words_list_1: squinting, squinted, squinty

example_words_corpus: squints | squinty | squinted | squinter | squinting | squinters

categorical_group_list: Vision, Perception

etymology: From Old English 'scīetan' meaning 'to shoot, aim', related to the notion of directing one's gaze.


morpheme_key: squire

morpheme: squire

morpheme_head: squire

affix_form: -squire-

meaning_definition: attendant | shield-bearer | trainee

example_words_list_1: squire, squirearchy, esquire

example_words_corpus: squired | squires | squirely | squiredom | unsquired | unsquires

categorical_group_list: Agent, Nobility, Military

etymology: Old French esquier < Frankish *skild-waria (shield-bearer)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: squirm

morpheme: squirm

morpheme_head: squirm

affix_form: -squirm-

meaning_definition: to twist | to wriggle | to move with small, jerky motions

example_words_list_1: squirming, squirmed, squirmy

example_words_corpus: squirmy | squirms | squirmed | squirmer | squirmish | squirming

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physicality

etymology: Middle English squirmen


morpheme_key: squirrel

morpheme: squirrel

morpheme_head: squirrel

affix_form: -squirrel-

meaning_definition: small rodent | sciuridae

example_words_list_1: squirrel

example_words_corpus: squirrels | squirrely | squirrelly | squirrelish | squirreldom | squirrelpox

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Middle French 'écureuil', from Old French 'escuril'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: squirt

morpheme: squirt

morpheme_head: squirt

affix_form: -squirt-

meaning_definition: to eject liquid in a small stream | to spray

example_words_list_1: squirt, squirted, squirting

example_words_corpus: squirts | squirty | squirted | squirter | squirting | squirters

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Action

etymology: imitative of the sound of spraying liquid


morpheme_key: st

morpheme: st

morpheme_head: st

affix_form: st-

sense_label: stand

meaning_definition: remain upright | induce standing | the act of standing

example_words_list_1: antestature | arrest | arrestant | arrestee | bistability | bistable | bistate | circumstance | circumstantial | consist | constable | constabulary | constancy | constant | constitute | consubstantiation | contrast | distance | distant | equidistance | equidistant | establish | estate | extant | inconstancy | inconstant | instability | instance | instant | obstacle | presto | stable | stamen | stamina | stance | stanchion | stanza | state | station | stationary | statistic | statue | status | staunch | stay | substance | substantial | substantiality | substantiate | substantiation | substantive | substate | substation | substitute | superstation | superstition | superstitious | transubstantiate | transubstantiation | tristate | acrostatic | actinostele | anastasis | antistatic | apostasy | apostate | astasia | astasis | astatic | astatine | catastasis | chronostasis | diastase | diastasis | diastatic | diasystem | ecstasy | ecstatic | epistasis | episteme | epistemic | epistemology | eustasis | eustatic | eustele | haplostele | homeostasis | homeostatic | hydrostatic | hypostasis | hypostasize | hypostatic | hypostatize | mesostatic | metastasis | metastasize | metastatic | metasystem | orthostates | orthostatic | protostele | stasimon | stasis | stater | static | statoblast | statocyst | statolith | stela | stele | systasis | system | systematic | systematize | systematology | systemic | teleutostatic | cost | imprest | oust | rest (remainder) | rest (to be | to remain | to keep) | restive | stare decisis unrelated: rest (relaxation)

example_words_corpus: sts | against | againster | againstism | againsters | unbeknownst

related_morphemes: sta / sta

categorical_group_list: Stability, Position, State of Being

etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *stā- 'to stand', via Latin *stare or Greek *stasis

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Greek


morpheme_key: sta

morpheme: sta

morpheme_head: sta

affix_form: sta-

meaning_definition: remain upright | state | motionless | the act of standing

example_words_list_1: acrostatic | antistatic | apostate | ecstatic | homeostasis | homeostatic | institution | station | stationary | statistic | statue | status | statute | substate | substation | photostat | pyrostat | rheostat | thermostat | electrostatic | eustatic | geostatic | gyrostatic | haemostatic | hemostatic | hydrostatic | antidisestablishmentarianism | constable | constabulary | disestablish | establish | stabile | stability | stabilize | stable (all senses)

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Position, Stability

etymology: Latin stāre 'to stand'


morpheme_key: stab

morpheme: stab

morpheme_head: stab

affix_form: -stab-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to puncture | to thrust

example_words_list_1: stab, stabbing, stabber

example_words_corpus: stabs | stabby | stabbed | stabber | backstab | stabbing

categorical_group_list: Action, Violence, Physical impact

etymology: Middle English stabbe, from Old English stabban 'to work, toil'


morpheme_key: stable

morpheme: stable

morpheme_head: stable

affix_form: -stable-

meaning_definition: firm | steady | unchanging | fixed

example_words_list_1: stability, stabilize, destabilize

example_words_corpus: stables | astable | stabled | stabler | unstable | bistable

categorical_group_list: Stability, Permanence

etymology: From Latin stabilis 'firm, steady', from stare 'to stand'


morpheme_key: stack

morpheme: stack

morpheme_head: stack

affix_form: -stack-

meaning_definition: pile | heap | accumulation

example_words_list_1: stack, stacking, stacked

example_words_corpus: stacky | stacked | stacker | restack | unstack | stackup

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Physical arrangement

etymology: Middle English stak, from Old English stæc


morpheme_key: stadium

morpheme: stadium

morpheme_head: stadium

affix_form: -stadium-

allomorphs: stadia

meaning_definition: large venue | arena | place for sports or events

example_words_list_1: stadium

example_words_corpus: stadiums | stadiumful | stadiumlike | stadiumfuls

categorical_group_list: Location, Space

etymology: Latin 'stadium' (a measure of length, ~600 feet), from Greek 'stadion' (a stadium, a course for running)


morpheme_key: staff

morpheme: staff

morpheme_head: staff

affix_form: -staff-

meaning_definition: a group of people | a stick or pole | personnel

example_words_list_1: staff, staffroom, staff sergeant, staff officer, staff car, staff meeting

example_words_corpus: staffs | Staffs | staffer | restaff | staffed | destaff

categorical_group_list: People, Object, Tool

etymology: Old English stæf 'stick, letter, rod'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: stafford

morpheme: stafford

morpheme_head: stafford

affix_form: -stafford-

meaning_definition: staff | staff of office | authority

example_words_list_1: staff, staffroom, staff sergeant, staff officer

example_words_corpus: Staffie

categorical_group_list: Authority, Office, Object

etymology: From Old English 'staf' meaning 'stick, pole, staff', referring to the staff of office carried by officials.


morpheme_key: stag

morpheme: stag

morpheme_head: stag

affix_form: -stag-

meaning_definition: male deer

example_words_list_1: stag

example_words_corpus: stags | staggy | staglike | staghorn | stagette | staggard

etymology: Old English staga, from Proto-Germanic *stagaz


morpheme_key: stagger

morpheme: stagger

morpheme_head: stagger

affix_form: stagger

meaning_definition: To arrange parts alternately on either side of a central line | To position elements in an alternating pattern | To place components symmetrically in succession

example_words_list_1: staggers | staggery | staggered | staggerer | bestagger | staggering

etymology: From Old English 'stægeran', meaning to arrange alternately


morpheme_key: stagn

morpheme: stagn

morpheme_head: stagn

affix_form: stagn-

allomorphs: stagna

sense_label: standing, still

meaning_definition: standing, still

example_words_list_1: stagnant

example_words_list_2: stagnant

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Motionlessness

etymology: stagnare

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: staid

morpheme: staid

morpheme_head: staid

affix_form: -staid-

meaning_definition: sedate | steady | unadventurous

example_words_list_1: staid, staidly, staidness

example_words_corpus: staidly | unstaid | staidness | unstaidness | staidnesses

categorical_group_list: Stability, Temperament

etymology: Middle English staid, from stay (to stop/remain)


morpheme_key: stain

morpheme: stain

morpheme_head: stain

affix_form: -stain-

meaning_definition: discoloration | mark | blemish

example_words_list_1: stain, unstained, stainless

example_words_corpus: stained | restain | stainer | costain | bestain | staining

categorical_group_list: Discoloration, Imperfection

etymology: Latin macula 'spot, stain'


morpheme_key: stair

morpheme: stair

morpheme_head: stair

affix_form: -stair-

meaning_definition: stair, stairs

example_words_list_1: backstair, downstair, upstair

example_words_list_2: backstair, downstair, upstair

example_words_corpus: stairs | upstair | staired | upstairs | stairway | airstair

categorical_group_list: Physical object, Architecture

etymology: Old English stæger 'step, stair'


morpheme_key: stake

morpheme: stake

morpheme_head: stake

affix_form: -stake-

meaning_definition: a share | an interest | a wager | a support

example_words_list_1: stakeholder, stakes, staker

example_words_corpus: stakes | staked | staker | stakers | staketh | stakest

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Possession, Support

etymology: Old English staca 'a pole, stake'


morpheme_key: stalactite

morpheme: stalactite

morpheme_head: stalactite

affix_form: -stalactite-

meaning_definition: dripping | stalactite

example_words_list_1: stalactite, stalagmite, stalactiform

example_words_corpus: stalactites

categorical_group_list: Geology, Nature

etymology: Greek stalaktos 'dripping'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: stalagmite

morpheme: stalagmite

morpheme_head: stalagmite

affix_form: -stalagmite-

meaning_definition: upward-growing cave formation

example_words_list_1: stalagmite, stalactite

example_words_corpus: stalagmites

etymology: Greek stalagma 'drop' + mitos 'thread'


morpheme_key: stale

morpheme: stale

morpheme_head: stale

affix_form: -stale-

meaning_definition: no longer fresh | stagnant | old

example_words_list_1: stale

example_words_corpus: stales | staled | stalely | nonstale | stalemate | staleness

categorical_group_list: State, Quality, Decay

etymology: Old English stæle 'stale, motionless'


morpheme_key: stalin

morpheme: stalin

morpheme_head: stalin

affix_form: -stalin-

meaning_definition: man of steel

example_words_list_1: Stalinist, Stalinism

example_words_corpus: Stalinism | Stalinist | Stalinian | Stalinize | destalinize | destalinized

categorical_group_list: Material, Person

etymology: Russian 'stal' (сталь) meaning 'steel'


morpheme_key: stalk

morpheme: stalk

morpheme_head: stalk

affix_form: -stalk-

meaning_definition: stem | stem of a plant | slender part of a plant

example_words_list_1: stalk, stalker, stalked

example_words_corpus: stalks | stalky | stalker | stalked | stalkee | destalk

categorical_group_list: Botany, Physical structure

etymology: Old English 'stalc' or 'stalu'


morpheme_key: stall

morpheme: stall

morpheme_head: stall

affix_form: -stall-

meaning_definition: to delay | to stop | to obstruct

example_words_list_1: stall, stalling, stallmate

example_words_corpus: stalls | stalled | staller | stalling | stallers | stallage

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Delay, Obstruction

etymology: Middle English stall (to stop, delay)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: stallion

morpheme: stallion

morpheme_head: stallion

affix_form: -stallion-

meaning_definition: uncastrated male horse

example_words_list_1: stallion, stallionry

example_words_corpus: stallions | stallioner | stallioneer | stallioners | stallioneers

categorical_group_list: Animals, Mammals

etymology: Middle English stallion, from Old English stallion


morpheme_key: stalwart

morpheme: stalwart

morpheme_head: stalwart

affix_form: -stalwart-

meaning_definition: loyal | steadfast | firm | unwavering

example_words_list_1: stalwart

example_words_corpus: stalwarts | stalwartly | stalwartness

categorical_group_list: Loyalty, Strength, Stability

etymology: Middle English stalwart (strong, steadfast)


morpheme_key: stam

morpheme: stam

morpheme_head: stam

affix_form: -stam-

meaning_definition: standing | position | state | condition

example_words_list_1: status, station, statute, establish, instance, constant

example_words_corpus: stams

categorical_group_list: Position, State, Existence, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'stare' (to stand) or 'status' (state, position)


morpheme_key: stamen

morpheme: stamen

morpheme_head: stamen

affix_form: -stamen-

meaning_definition: stamen | male reproductive organ of a flower

example_words_list_1: stamen, staminal, stamens

example_words_corpus: stamens | stamened | stamenless | stameniferous

categorical_group_list: Botany, Biology

etymology: Greek stamamen 'supporting, making to stand'


morpheme_key: stamina

morpheme: stamina

morpheme_head: stamina

affix_form: -stamina-

allomorphs: stamin

meaning_definition: endurance | vitality | physical strength

example_words_list_1: stamina

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Physicality, Endurance

etymology: Latin 'stamina' (plural of 'stamen' meaning 'warp, thread, standing'), from 'stare' (to stand)


morpheme_key: stamp

morpheme: stamp

morpheme_head: stamp

affix_form: -stamp-

meaning_definition: to press | to mark | to imprint

example_words_list_1: stamp, stamping, stamper

example_words_corpus: stamps | stamped | stamper | enstamp | restamp | stamping

categorical_group_list: Action, Impression

etymology: Old English stampian 'to stamp, tread', of imitative origin


morpheme_key: stampede

morpheme: stampede

morpheme_head: stampede

affix_form: -stampede-

meaning_definition: sudden rush | uncontrolled movement | mass movement

example_words_list_1: stampede, stampeding, stampeder

example_words_corpus: stampedes | stampeded | stampeder | stampeders

categorical_group_list: Motion, Chaos, Force

etymology: Middle English stampeden, from Old French estamper 'to stamp, trample'


morpheme_key: stan

morpheme: stan

morpheme_head: stan

affix_form: -stan-

meaning_definition: land | place | region

example_words_list_1: Shiastan | Kurdistan | Blogistan | nerdistan | Zionistan | Sunnistan

categorical_group_list: Locative, Toponymic

etymology: Persian -stān meaning "land" or "place"

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: stance

morpheme: stance

morpheme_head: stance

affix_form: -stance-

allomorphs: stanc

meaning_definition: stand

example_words_list_1: arrestant, substance, constant, distant, instant, stanchion, stanza, circumstance

example_words_corpus: stances | stanced | midstance | stanceless | stancelessness

categorical_group_list: Stability, Position, State

etymology: Latin stāre 'to stand'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: stanch

morpheme: stanch

morpheme_head: stanch

affix_form: -stanch-

meaning_definition: to stop | to check | to obstruct

example_words_list_1: stanch, stanchion

example_words_corpus: stanched | stancher | stanchly | stanchers | stancheth | stanchless

categorical_group_list: Stoppage, Obstruction

etymology: Old French estancher 'to stop a flow'


morpheme_key: stand

morpheme: stand

morpheme_head: stand

affix_form: -stand-

meaning_definition: to be upright | to hold position

example_words_list_1: bystander, outstanding, stand, standard, standby, standoff, standpipe, standpoint, standstill, substandard, understand, upstanding, withstand

example_words_corpus: stands | astand | standee | bestand | stander | upstand

categorical_group_list: Position, Stability, State

etymology: Old English stǣnan 'to cause to stand', frequentative of stān 'to stand'


morpheme_key: standard

morpheme: standard

morpheme_head: standard

affix_form: -standard-

meaning_definition: conforming to a rule | usual | regular | not deviant

categorical_group_list: Normativity, Regularity

etymology: From Latin 'standardum' (a flag or banner), from 'stare' (to stand).


morpheme_key: stant

morpheme: stant

morpheme_head: stant

affix_form: -stant

meaning_definition: remain upright | the act of being in a vertical position

example_words_list_1: arrestant | substance | constant | distant | instant | stanchion | stanza | circumstance | staunch | Constance | Constantine | extant | happenstance | instance | stance | stanch | substance (→substant / substant.) Variant Spellings: stanza

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin stans, present participle of stare 'to stand'


morpheme_key: stanza

morpheme: stanza

morpheme_head: stanza

affix_form: -stanza-

meaning_definition: division | section | verse

example_words_list_1: stanza

example_words_corpus: stanzaic | stanzaed | stanzalike

categorical_group_list: Structure, Poetry

etymology: Italian stanza "room, stopping place"


morpheme_key: staphyl

morpheme: staphyl

morpheme_head: staphyl

affix_form: staphyl-

allomorphs: staphylo

meaning_definition: grape cluster | grouping

example_words_list_1: staphyledema | staphylion | staphylococcus | staphyloderma | staphyloplasty | staphylorrhaphy

etymology: From Greek staphylē 'bunch of grapes'


morpheme_key: staple

morpheme: staple

morpheme_head: staple

affix_form: -staple-

meaning_definition: main | fundamental | essential

example_words_list_1: staple, stapleable, unstapled

example_words_corpus: stapler | staplers | restaple | unstaple | nonstaple | restapled

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Importance

etymology: Old English stæpel "post, pillar, support"


morpheme_key: star

morpheme: star

morpheme_head: star

affix_form: -star-

meaning_definition: celestial body | luminous point in the sky

example_words_list_1: star, starry, starlight, starfish, starboard

example_words_corpus: stars | astar | instar | bistar | starry | costar

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Nature

etymology: Old English stær


morpheme_key: stark

morpheme: stark

morpheme_head: stark

affix_form: -stark-

meaning_definition: severe | harsh | bare | unadorned

example_words_list_1: stark, starkly, starkness

example_words_corpus: starks | starkly | starken | starkers | starkish | starkens

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Quality, Physical State

etymology: Old English 'stearc' meaning stiff, strong, or severe


morpheme_key: start

morpheme: start

morpheme_head: start

affix_form: -start-

meaning_definition: begin | originate | initiate

example_words_list_1: start, started, starting, starter, startup, startle, start-up

example_words_corpus: starts | astart | starter | startle | upstart | started

categorical_group_list: Motion, Initiation, Temporal

etymology: Old English 'styrtan' (to leap, spring, or move suddenly)


morpheme_key: starve

morpheme: starve

morpheme_head: starve

affix_form: -starve-

meaning_definition: to suffer from hunger | to die of hunger | to lack

example_words_list_1: starvation, starving, starvations

example_words_corpus: starved | starves | starver | starveth | starvest | starvers

categorical_group_list: Deprivation, Mortality, Lack

etymology: Old English 'steorfan' (to die)


morpheme_key: stas

morpheme: stas

morpheme_head: stas

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: remain upright | hold position

example_words_list_1: Anastasia, apostasy, ecstasy, homeostasis, metastasize, stasis

categorical_group_list: Position, Stability

etymology: Greek stasis 'a standing, stoppage'


morpheme_key: stash

morpheme: stash

morpheme_head: stash

affix_form: -stash-

meaning_definition: to store | to hide | a collection

example_words_list_1: stash

example_words_corpus: stashed | stasher | stashes | destash | stashing | stashers

categorical_group_list: Storage, Accumulation

etymology: Unknown origin, possibly from Middle English 'stassen' or related to 'stow' (place); first attested as a verb in the 18th century.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: stasis

morpheme: stasis

morpheme_head: stasis

affix_form: -stasis

sense_label: stand, condition, still

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: stand, condition, still

example_words_list_1: acrostatic, antistatic, apostate, ecstatic, homeostasis, homeostatic, institution, station, stationary, statistic, statue, status, statute, substate, substation, photostat, pyrostat, rheostat, thermostat, electrostatic, eustatic, geostatic, gyrostatic, haemostatic, hemostatic, homeostatic, hydrostatic

example_words_corpus: biostasis | myostasis | cytostasis | venostasis | cryostasis | mesostasis

categorical_group_list: State, Position, Stability

ancestor_etymon: sta

etymology: statuere


morpheme_key: stat

morpheme: stat

morpheme_head: stat

affix_form: -stat

allomorphs: -stat

sense_label: mechanism or device maintaining what is denoted by

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: system or tool preserving the meaning of the initial element | structure sustaining the significance of the first component

example_words_list_1: cryostat, photostat, thermostat

example_words_list_2: cryostat, photostat, thermostat

example_words_corpus: stats | biostat | pyrostat | rheostat | aquastat | cryostat

categorical_group_list: Stability, State, Mechanism

ancestor_etymon: -στάτης  OED | sta

etymology: Greek -stat (from -stasis) "standing, staying, or stable"

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: Stein | Wikidata


affix_form: -stat-

meaning_definition: position | state | motionless | remain upright

example_words_list_1: status, statue, static, station, statute

categorical_group_list: Position, State, Stability

ancestor_etymon: sta | stand

etymology: Latin 'stare' meaning 'to stand'


morpheme_key: state

morpheme: state

morpheme_head: state

affix_form: -state-

meaning_definition: condition | mode | situation

example_words_list_1: statehood, statesman, estate

example_words_corpus: stater | states | stated | upstate | stately | instate

categorical_group_list: Condition, Status

etymology: Latin status 'condition, position, standing', from stare 'to stand'


morpheme_key: static

morpheme: static

morpheme_head: static

affix_form: -static

example_words_list_1: acrostatic | antistatic | apostate | ecstatic | homeostasis | homeostatic | institution | station | stationary | statistic | statue | status | statute | substate | substation | photostat | pyrostat | rheostat | thermostat | electrostatic | eustatic | geostatic | gyrostatic | haemostatic | hemostatic | hydrostatic

example_words_list_2: acrostatic, antistatic, apostate, ecstatic, homeostasis, homeostatic, institution, station, stationary, statistic, statue, status, statute, substate, substation, photostat, pyrostat, rheostat, thermostat, electrostatic, eustatic, geostatic, gyrostatic, haemostatic, hemostatic, homeostatic, hydrostatic

example_words_corpus: statics | astatic | staticy | staticky | bistatic | statical

categorical_group_list: Stability, State, Position


morpheme_key: statin

morpheme: statin

morpheme_head: statin

affix_form: -statin

meaning_definition: to stop | to inhibit | to stay

example_words_list_1: myostatin | myostatins | pravastatin | fluvastatin | spliceostatins

categorical_group_list: Inhibition, Stasis

etymology: Greek -stasis 'a standing, stoppage'


morpheme_key: statistic

morpheme: statistic

morpheme_head: statistic

affix_form: -statistic-

meaning_definition: statistic | statistics | numerical data

example_words_list_1: statistics, statistician, statistical

categorical_group_list: Data, Science, Measurement

etymology: Latin 'statisticus' (of or pertaining to the state), from 'status' (state, condition)


morpheme_key: statistics

morpheme: statistics

morpheme_head: statistics

affix_form: -statistics-

meaning_definition: data | collection of facts | numerical study

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Science, Data

etymology: Latin statistica 'statistics', from Greek statikos 'standing, causing to stand', from statos 'standing'


morpheme_key: stator

morpheme: stator

morpheme_head: stator

affix_form: -stator-

meaning_definition: standing | stationary | fixed

example_words_list_1: stator, electrostatic

example_words_corpus: stators

categorical_group_list: Stasis, Position

etymology: Latin stator 'one who stands or stays', from stare 'to stand'


morpheme_key: statu

morpheme: statu

morpheme_head: statu

affix_form: statu-

meaning_definition: stand | condition | still

example_words_list_2: acrostatic | antistatic | apostate | ecstatic | homeostasis | homeostatic | institution | station | stationary | statistic | statue | status | statute | substate | substation | photostat | pyrostat | rheostat | thermostat | electrostatic | eustatic | geostatic | gyrostatic | haemostatic | hemostatic | hydrostatic

categorical_group_list: Stability, Position, State


morpheme_key: statuary

morpheme: statuary

morpheme_head: statuary

affix_form: -statuary-

meaning_definition: place for | room for | collection of

example_words_list_1: statuary, mortuary, granary

categorical_group_list: Relation, Material, Attribute

etymology: Latin -ārium, from -ārius (adjectival suffix) derived from the stem of nouns like statua (statue) or mors (death)


morpheme_key: statue

morpheme: statue

morpheme_head: statue

affix_form: -statue-

meaning_definition: sculpture | image | representation

example_words_list_1: statuesque, statuette, statue-like

example_words_corpus: statues | statued | statuette | statuesque | statuelike | statuettes

categorical_group_list: Object, Art

etymology: Latin statua 'a standing, pillar, image' (from stare 'to stand')


morpheme_key: stature

morpheme: stature

morpheme_head: stature

affix_form: -stature-

meaning_definition: height | size | physical standing

example_words_list_1: stature, statured

example_words_corpus: statured

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Physicality

etymology: Latin statura 'height, stature', from statuere 'to set, place'


morpheme_key: statute

morpheme: statute

morpheme_head: statute

affix_form: -statute-

meaning_definition: law | decree | established rule

example_words_list_1: statute, constitution, establish, status, stationary

example_words_corpus: statutes | substatute | substatutes

categorical_group_list: Law, Order, Stability

etymology: Latin statūtum 'thing settled', past participle of statuere 'to set, place, establish'


morpheme_key: staunch

morpheme: staunch

morpheme_head: staunch

affix_form: -staunch-

meaning_definition: loyal | steadfast | firm

example_words_list_1: staunch, staunchly, staunchness

example_words_corpus: staunchly | stauncher | staunched | staunching | staunchness | unstaunched

categorical_group_list: Loyalty, Stability

etymology: Old French estanche 'firm, stable'


morpheme_key: staur

morpheme: staur

morpheme_head: staur

affix_form: -staur-

meaning_definition: reestablish | reerect | reconstruct

example_words_list_1: instauration, restaurant, restaurateur

example_words_list_2: instauration, restaurant, restaurateur

categorical_group_list: Restoration, Stability, Rebuilding

etymology: Middle English stede : a place


morpheme_key: stauro

morpheme: stauro

morpheme_head: stauro

affix_form: stauro-

meaning_definition: cross | crucifix

example_words_list_1: staurolite | staurogram | staurolites | stauroscope | staurolitic | staurospore

categorical_group_list: Object, Religious

etymology: Greek stauros (σταυρός) 'cross, upright stake'


morpheme_key: stave

morpheme: stave

morpheme_head: stave

affix_form: -stave-

meaning_definition: a staff or rod | a line of music | a verse of a poem

example_words_list_1: stave, staved, staving

example_words_corpus: staves | staved | bowstave | bookstave | staveless | stavewood

categorical_group_list: Object, Writing

etymology: Old Norse stafr 'staff, pole', from Proto-Germanic *staba-

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: stay

morpheme: stay

morpheme_head: stay

affix_form: -stay-

meaning_definition: remain | continue | stop

example_words_list_1: stay, stayed, staying, stays

example_words_corpus: stays | astay | stayed | stayer | upstay | bestay

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Stability

etymology: Old English stægan 'to rise, to ascend'


morpheme_key: stead

morpheme: stead

morpheme_head: stead

affix_form: -stead-

meaning_definition: location | remain stationary

example_words_list_1: bedstead, homestead, instead, roadstead, stead, -stead (in place names, as Hampstead, Worstead), steadfast, steady

example_words_corpus: steads | instead | bestead | onstead | bedstead | besteads

categorical_group_list: Location, Stability

etymology: Old English stede "place, position"


morpheme_key: steadfast

morpheme: steadfast

morpheme_head: steadfast

affix_form: -steadfast-

meaning_definition: firm | unwavering | resolute

example_words_list_1: steadfastness

categorical_group_list: Stability, Persistence

etymology: Old English stæðefæst (stæðe 'fixed' + fæst 'firm')


morpheme_key: steak

morpheme: steak

morpheme_head: steak

affix_form: -steak-

meaning_definition: slice of meat

example_words_list_1: steak

example_words_corpus: steaks | steaky | nonsteak | ribsteak | beefsteak | steaklike

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Middle English steik, from Old English stæc


morpheme_key: steal

morpheme: steal

morpheme_head: steal

affix_form: -steal-

meaning_definition: to take without permission | to pilfer

example_words_list_1: stealer, stealing, stolen

example_words_corpus: steals | stealth | stealer | besteal | stealed | upsteal

categorical_group_list: Action, Theft

etymology: Old English stelan


morpheme_key: stealth

morpheme: stealth

morpheme_head: stealth

affix_form: -stealth-

meaning_definition: secret | hidden | unnoticed

example_words_list_1: stealthy, stealthiness

categorical_group_list: Secrecy, Motion

etymology: Middle English stele, stele 'secret, hidden', from Old English stelan 'to steal, hide'


morpheme_key: steam

morpheme: steam

morpheme_head: steam

affix_form: -steam-

meaning_definition: vapor | mist | hot water vapor

example_words_list_1: steamboat, steamship, steamroller

example_words_corpus: steamy | steams | steamer | steamed | steamie | steaming

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Physical state

etymology: Old English stēam 'vapor, steam'


morpheme_key: stear

morpheme: stear

morpheme_head: stear

affix_form: stear-

meaning_definition: fatty substance

example_words_list_1: stearate | stearic | stearin | stearoptene Variant Spellings: steapsin | steapsin

example_words_corpus: stears

related_morphemes: steato / steato

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old English steap : lofty, high


morpheme_key: steato

morpheme: steato

morpheme_head: steato

affix_form: steato-

allomorphs: steat

example_words_list_1: steatocystoma, steatorrhea, steatopygia

example_words_corpus: steatosis | asteatosis | steatopygia | steatorrhea | steatopygic | steatogenic

related_morphemes: stear / stear

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nutrition

etymology: Greek steato, genitive of stear : tallow

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: steed

morpheme: steed

morpheme_head: steed

affix_form: -steed-

meaning_definition: horse | mount | cavalry

example_words_list_1: steed

example_words_corpus: steeds | steedlike | steedless

categorical_group_list: Animal, Transportation

etymology: Old English stēod


morpheme_key: steel

morpheme: steel

morpheme_head: steel

affix_form: -steel-

allomorphs: steele

meaning_definition: hard metal | alloy of iron and carbon

example_words_list_1: steelwork, steelclad, steely

example_words_corpus: steely | steels | steeled | steelie | unsteel | steeler

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: From Old English 'stēal' meaning 'hard metal, iron', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: steen

morpheme: steen

morpheme_head: steen

affix_form: steen-

meaning_definition: stone

example_words_list_1: steencode, steenglass, steenground

example_words_corpus: steens

categorical_group_list: Material, Hardness, Geology

etymology: From Old English 'stān' meaning stone, often used in compound words to denote something hard, solid, or made of stone.


morpheme_key: steep

morpheme: steep

morpheme_head: steep

affix_form: -steep-

meaning_definition: elevated | noble

example_words_list_1: steep, steeple, steeplechase, steeplejack

example_words_corpus: steeps | steepy | steeple | steeped | steeply | steepen

categorical_group_list: Elevation, Verticality

etymology: Greek stēlē : post, slab


morpheme_key: steer

morpheme: steer

morpheme_head: steer

affix_form: -steer-

meaning_definition: to guide | to direct | to control the course of

example_words_list_1: steer, steering, steersman

example_words_corpus: steers | steered | steerer | resteer | besteer | steerage

categorical_group_list: Direction, Control, Motion

etymology: Old English stieran "to direct, guide, steer"


morpheme_key: stego

morpheme: stego

morpheme_head: stego

affix_form: stego

allomorphs: steg | stega

meaning_definition: roof. Used for armoured or plated animals. | cover | covered | hidden

example_words_list_1: Examples: Stegosaurus ("roofed lizard") | Ichthyostega ("roofed fish") | Acanthostega ("spine roof") | steganography | steganopod | stegosaur

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: στέγη (stégē)

etymology: στέγειν, στέγη (stégē), στεγανός (steganós)

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek

pronunciation: /stɛgoʊ/, /stɛgə/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: stein

morpheme: stein

morpheme_head: stein

affix_form: -stein-

meaning_definition: stone | rock

example_words_list_1: steinway, steinmetz, steinbruch, steinzeit

example_words_corpus: steins

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stey- 'to stand'

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: steinberg

morpheme: steinberg

morpheme_head: steinberg

affix_form: -steinberg-

example_words_list_1: steinberg, steinmetz, steinreich

categorical_group_list: Material, Geology, Noun

etymology: From Old High German 'stein' meaning stone or rock.


morpheme_key: steiner

morpheme: steiner

morpheme_head: steiner

affix_form: -steiner-

example_words_list_1: lithography, lithosphere, monolith

categorical_group_list: Material, Geology

etymology: Greek lithos 'stone'


morpheme_key: stel

morpheme: stel

morpheme_head: stel

affix_form: -stel-

meaning_definition: vertical support | upright pole | flat stone

example_words_list_1: stele, siphonostele, solenostele

example_words_list_2: stele, siphonostele, solenostele

categorical_group_list: Structure, Physical Object

etymology: Greek stele 'pillar, slab, upright stone'


morpheme_key: stell

morpheme: stell

morpheme_head: stell

affix_form: stell-

allomorphs: stol

sense_label: send

meaning_definition: send

example_words_list_1: stellar, constellation, stellate

example_words_corpus: stells

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transmission

etymology: στέλλω (stéllō), στάλσις (stálsis), στολή (stolḗ)


allomorphs: stella

sense_label: star

meaning_definition: celestial body | luminous point in the sky

example_words_list_1: constellation | stellar | Estelle | Stella | stellate | stellar (of the stars | like a star) | constellation (group of stars)

categorical_group_list: Astronomical

etymology: Latin stella 'star'

source: Cognatarium | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Wikidata


morpheme_key: stem

morpheme: stem

morpheme_head: stem

affix_form: -stem-

meaning_definition: to position | to set | to make stand

example_words_list_1: epistemology, system

example_words_list_2: epistemology, system

example_words_corpus: stems | destem | stemmy | bestem | restem | stemed

categorical_group_list: Structure, Foundation

etymology: Greek stenos : narrow


morpheme_key: steno

morpheme: sten(o)

morpheme_head: sten

affix_form: sten-

allomorphs: sten(o)

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: constricted | compressed

example_words_list_1: stenometer | stenography | stenosis | stenohygric | stenoky | stenophagous | stenotopic | stenotype

example_words_corpus: stenotype | stenoderm | stenogamy | stenograph | stenotypes | stenotherm

related_morphemes: compare eury / eury

categorical_group_list: Descriptives

ancestor_etymon: στενός  OED

etymology: combining form of Greek στενός narrow OED | Greek στενός (stenós) | narrow | short | στενός (stenós) | Greek stereos : solid | cubic

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Cognatarium | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: stench

morpheme: stench

morpheme_head: stench

affix_form: -stench-

meaning_definition: unpleasant smell | odor

example_words_list_1: stench

example_words_corpus: stenchy | stenches | stenchful | stenchsome

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Olfaction

etymology: Old English stenc 'a smell, odor'


morpheme_key: stenosis

morpheme: stenosis

morpheme_head: stenosis

affix_form: -stenosis

meaning_definition: narrowing | constriction

example_words_list_1: restenosis, stenosis

example_words_list_2: restenosis, stenosis

example_words_corpus: restenosis | poststenosis | angiostenosis | homeostenosis | dacryostenosis | bronchostenosis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Condition, Process

etymology: Greek στενός (stenós), narrow, short; + -σῐς (-sis), added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process


morpheme_key: stentorian

morpheme: stentorian

morpheme_head: stentorian

affix_form: -stentorian-

meaning_definition: loud | powerful | sonorous

example_words_list_1: stentorian, stentor

categorical_group_list: Sound, Volume, Intensity

etymology: Latin stentorius, from stentor 'Stentor' (a herald with a loud voice in the Iliad)


morpheme_key: step

morpheme: step

morpheme_head: step

affix_form: step-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: connected via a subsequent marriage | kinship formed through a later union | familial bonds | association | a later marriage

example_words_list_1: step-brother | step-mother | step-parents | stepbrother | stepmother | stepfather | stepsister

example_words_corpus: steps | upstep | unstep | bestep | steply | stepma

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family relation

ancestor_etymon: stéop-  OED

etymology: Old English stéop- ... prefixed to terms of relationship OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: steph

morpheme: steph

morpheme_head: steph

affix_form: -steph-

meaning_definition: crown | garland

example_words_list_1: stephanos, stephanic

categorical_group_list: Objects, Honorifics

etymology: Greek 'stephanos' (wreath, crown)


morpheme_key: stephanotis

morpheme: stephanotis

morpheme_head: stephanotis

affix_form: -stephanotis-

meaning_definition: madagascar jasmine | flower

example_words_list_1: stephanotis

categorical_group_list: Botany, Flora

etymology: Greek stephanos 'crown'


morpheme_key: steppe

morpheme: steppe

morpheme_head: steppe

affix_form: -steppe-

meaning_definition: large area of flat grassland | treeless plain

example_words_list_1: steppe

example_words_corpus: steppes | steppelike | shrubsteppe | shrubsteppes

categorical_group_list: Geography, Landscape

etymology: Russian steppe (степь), from Turkic origins

ancestor_etymon_language: Turkic


morpheme_key: stepson

morpheme: stepson

morpheme_head: stepson

affix_form: -stepson-

meaning_definition: son of one's spouse by a previous marriage

example_words_list_1: stepdaughter, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family

etymology: Compound of 'step-' (from Old English 'steop-') and 'son' (from Old English 'sunu'), literally 'son of a step-parent'.


morpheme_key: ster

morpheme: ster

morpheme_head: ster

affix_form: -ster

allomorphs: -ster

sense_label: a person producing or taking part in what is denot

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun | 0

meaning_definition: someone engaged in the action of the initial component | an individual participating in | a noun form indicating existence

example_words_list_1: baker, brewer, spinster, wardenster

example_words_list_2: fraudster | mobster | trickster | adjuster | administer | alabaster | arrester | aster | attester | buster | master | baluster | bandmaster | huckster | pollster | hipster

example_words_corpus: lobster | skister | tipster | dabster | lamster | punster

categorical_group_list: Creature grouper

ancestor_etymon: -estre  OED | ster

etymology: < Old English -estre  OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED | ...

source: Wiktionary | Stein


morpheme_key: stere

morpheme: stere

morpheme_head: stere

affix_form: stere-

allomorphs: ster

meaning_definition: solid

example_words_list_1: allosteric, stereochemistry, stereochromy, stereographic, stereography, stereoisomer, stereometry, stereophonic, stereopsis, stereoscope, stereoscopy, stereotaxis, stereotomy, stereotype, stereotypic, steric

example_words_corpus: steres | kilostere | decastere | kilosteres | decasteres

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Physicality, Structure

etymology: στερεός (stereós)


morpheme_key: stereo

morpheme: stereo

morpheme_head: stereo

affix_form: stereo-

sense_label: dual, paired

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: dual, paired

example_words_list_1: stereophonic | stereoscopic

example_words_list_2: stereophonic | stereoscopic

example_words_corpus: stereos | stereogen | stereology | stereogram | stereopsis | stereobond

categorical_group_list: Pluralizer

ancestor_etymon: stereo

etymology: Greek stereos 'solid, three-dimensional'


sense_label: three-dimensional

meaning_definition: having three dimensions | having volume | three-dimensional spatial area

example_words_list_1: allosteric | stereochemistry | stereochromy | stereographic | stereography | stereoisomer | stereometry | stereophonic | stereopsis | stereoscope | stereoscopy | stereotaxis | stereotomy | stereotype | stereotypic | steric | stereo-isomerism | stereopticon

related_morphemes: part of ster / ster

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Spatial, Quantity

ancestor_etymon: στερεός  OED

etymology: Greek stereos 'solid'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikidata


morpheme_key: sterile

morpheme: sterile

morpheme_head: sterile

affix_form: -sterile-

allomorphs: steril

meaning_definition: free | pure | clean

example_words_list_1: sterility, sterilization, sterilize

example_words_corpus: unsterile | nonsterile | intersterile | ultrasterile

categorical_group_list: Infertility, Purity, Absence

etymology: Latin sterilis 'barren, fruitless', from sterilis 'barren'


morpheme_key: sterling

morpheme: sterling

morpheme_head: sterling

affix_form: -sterling-

meaning_definition: value | worth | quality

example_words_list_1: sterling, sterling silver, sterling reputation

example_words_corpus: sterlings | sterlingly | sterlingness

categorical_group_list: Value, Quality, Adjective

etymology: From Old English 'steorling' (coin), from 'steorra' meaning 'star', referring to the star on early English coins.


morpheme_key: stern

morpheme: stern

morpheme_head: stern

affix_form: stern-

sense_label: solid

meaning_definition: firm | rigid | tough

example_words_list_1: stereo, sterile, stereotype, stereoscopic, stereotyped

example_words_corpus: astern | sterns | sternly | sterner | sterned | sternway

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Texture

etymology: στέρνον (stérnon) | στέρνον(stérnon) | -sterol cholesterol Greek stereos : solid | stiff


morpheme_key: sterno

morpheme: sterno

morpheme_head: sterno

affix_form: -sterno-

sense_label: breastbone

meaning_definition: breastbone | sternum

example_words_list_1: sternum, substernal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin sternum 'breastbone', from Greek sternon


morpheme_key: sternum

morpheme: sternum

morpheme_head: sternum

affix_form: -sternum-

meaning_definition: breastbone | chest

example_words_list_1: sternum

example_words_corpus: episternums

etymology: Latin sternum "breastbone", from Greek sternon


morpheme_key: steroid

morpheme: steroid

morpheme_head: steroid

affix_form: -steroid-

meaning_definition: solid | firm | substance

example_words_list_1: sterile, sterigma, stereoscopy, stereo

categorical_group_list: Physical property, Substance

etymology: Greek stēreos 'solid'


morpheme_key: stertorous

morpheme: stertorous

morpheme_head: stertorous

affix_form: -stertorous-

meaning_definition: labored | heavy | noisy breathing

example_words_list_1: stertor, stertorous

categorical_group_list: Sound, Physical state

etymology: Latin stertor (snoring) + -ous


morpheme_key: stet

morpheme: stet

morpheme_head: stet

affix_form: -stet-

meaning_definition: remain | state | motionless | to remain

example_words_list_1: acrostatic | antistatic | apostate | ecstatic | homeostasis | homeostatic | institution | station | stationary | statistic | statue | status | statute | substate | substation | photostat | pyrostat | rheostat | thermostat | electrostatic | eustatic | geostatic | gyrostatic | haemostatic | hemostatic | hydrostatic | obstetrics | stet

example_words_corpus: stets | stetted | stetting

categorical_group_list: Stability, Position, State

etymology: statuere | Greek sthenos : strength


morpheme_key: steth

morpheme: steth

morpheme_head: steth

affix_form: steth-

sense_label: chest

meaning_definition: chest

example_words_list_1: stethoscope

example_words_list_2: stethoscope

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: στῆθος (stêthos)


morpheme_key: stetho

morpheme: stetho

morpheme_head: stetho

affix_form: stetho-

allomorphs: steth

sense_label: a mouth or opening

meaning_definition: an oral passage | an entrance

example_words_list_1: stethoscope | stethogram

example_words_list_2: stethoscope, stethogram

example_words_corpus: stethoscope | stethoscopes | stethoscoped | stethoscopist | stethoscoping | stethoscopists

ancestor_etymon: στῆθος  OED

etymology: Greek stethos 'chest'


morpheme_key: stew

morpheme: stew

morpheme_head: stew

affix_form: -stew-

meaning_definition: thick liquid food | mixture | to cook slowly

example_words_list_1: stew, stewed, stewing

example_words_corpus: stews | stewy | stewed | stewer | stewing | stewpan

categorical_group_list: Food, Cooking, Process

etymology: Middle English stewe, from Old French estuver 'to boil, stew'


morpheme_key: steward

morpheme: steward

morpheme_head: steward

affix_form: -steward-

meaning_definition: manager | caretaker | administrator

example_words_list_1: steward, stewardship, stewardess

categorical_group_list: Agency, Management, Governance

etymology: Old French estourage/estouage (related to 'steward' as one who manages an estate)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: stheno

morpheme: stheno

morpheme_head: sthen

affix_form: stheno-

allomorphs: stheno

meaning_definition: strength, force, power

example_words_list_1: Sthenite, sthenic, sthenography

categorical_group_list: Strength, Power, Vitality

etymology: Greek σθένος (sthénos)


morpheme_key: stibio

morpheme: stibio

morpheme_head: stibio

affix_form: stibio-

meaning_definition: antimony | related to antimony

example_words_list_1: stibiomicrolite

example_words_corpus: stibiomicrolite

categorical_group_list: Chemical, Element

etymology: From Greek stibi(um) 'antimony' + -o- combining form


morpheme_key: stic

morpheme: stic

morpheme_head: stic

affix_form: -stic-

meaning_definition: to remain upright | to be stationed

example_words_list_1: armistice, interstice, solstice

example_words_list_2: armistice, interstice, solstice

categorical_group_list: Position, Stability

etymology: Latin -sticus, from Greek -stikos, from histēmi 'to stand'


morpheme_key: stich

morpheme: stich

morpheme_head: stich

affix_form: stich-

allomorphs: sticho

sense_label: line

meaning_definition: a straight mark | a series | a verse line

example_words_list_1: acrostic | cadastre | distich | distichous | haplostichous | hemistich | heptastich | monostich | monostichous | orthostichy | pentastich | polystichia | polystichous | stich | stichic | stichomancy | stichometry | stichomythia | telestich

example_words_corpus: stichic | tristich | heptastich | pentastich | chronostich

categorical_group_list: Sequence, Textual Structure

etymology: Greek stichos (στῖχος) 'line, row, verse'


morpheme_key: stick

morpheme: stick

morpheme_head: stick

affix_form: -stick-

meaning_definition: to adhere | to cling | to attach

example_words_list_1: stick, sticker, sticking, stickiness

example_words_corpus: sticky | sticks | stickup | sticker | stickum | unstick

categorical_group_list: Adhesion, Attachment

etymology: From Old English 'stician' meaning 'to pierce, stick, or adhere', derived from Proto-Germanic '*stikjanan'.


morpheme_key: stickle

morpheme: stickle

morpheme_head: stickle

affix_form: -stickle-

meaning_definition: to stick | to adhere | to cling

example_words_list_1: stickleback, stickler, stickiness

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical contact, Adhesion

etymology: From Old English stician 'to pierce, stick', from Proto-Germanic *stikjanan.


morpheme_key: stiff

morpheme: stiff

morpheme_head: stiff

affix_form: -stiff-

meaning_definition: not | flexible | rigid

example_words_list_1: stiff, stiffness, stiffen, stiffly

example_words_corpus: stiffy | stiffs | Stiffs | stiffen | stiffly | stiffens

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Old English stīf "firm, strong, rigid"


morpheme_key: stifle

morpheme: stifle

morpheme_head: stifle

affix_form: -stifle-

meaning_definition: to suppress | to suffocate | to restrain

example_words_list_1: stifle, stifling, stifled

example_words_corpus: stifled | stifles | stifler | stiflers | stiflest | stifleth

categorical_group_list: Restraint, Suppression

etymology: Middle English stiflen, related to stifle (to choke)


morpheme_key: stig

morpheme: stig

morpheme_head: stig

affix_form: stig-

meaning_definition: symbol | perforation | provoke | stimulate

example_words_list_1: anastigmat | anastigmatic | astigmatic | astigmatism | stigma | stigmata | stigmatic | instigate

example_words_corpus: stigs

related_morphemes: stigm / stigm, styl1 / styl

categorical_group_list: Action, Impression, Sensory

etymology: Greek stigma 'a mark, puncture'


morpheme_key: stigma

morpheme: stigma

morpheme_head: stigma

affix_form: stigma-

allomorphs: stigm

sense_label: mark

meaning_definition: blemish | perforation | patch | discoloration

example_words_list_1: anastigmat | anastigmatic | astigmatic | astigmatism | stigma | stigmatic | stigmatize

example_words_corpus: stigmas | stigmatic | stigmatics | antistigma | stigmaless | nonstigmatic

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: stigma

etymology: στίζειν (stízein), στίξις (stíxis), στίγμα, στίγματος (stígma, stígmatos)


morpheme_key: stigmata

morpheme: stigmata

morpheme_head: stigmata

affix_form: -stigmata-

meaning_definition: mark | brand | puncture | wound

example_words_list_1: stigma, stigmatize, stigmatization

categorical_group_list: Injury, Mark, Physicality

etymology: Greek stígma 'mark, puncture, brand'


morpheme_key: stigmine

morpheme: stigmine

morpheme_head: stigmine

affix_form: -stigmine

meaning_definition: alkaloid | substance

example_words_list_1: distigmine | neostigmine | rivastigmine | eptastigmine

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Alkaloids, Derivational Suffix

etymology: From Greek stikhminē, a type of alkaloid found in Strychnos plants


morpheme_key: stile

morpheme: stile

morpheme_head: stile

affix_form: -stile-

meaning_definition: writing | inscription | style

example_words_list_1: stylize, stylization, stylistics

categorical_group_list: Communication, Writing

etymology: Latin stilus 'stylus, writing instrument, finger-ring for scratching wax tablets'


morpheme_key: still

morpheme: still

morpheme_head: still

affix_form: still-

sense_label: drip

meaning_definition: a single drop of liquid falling | a single drop of liquid | a single unit of liquid

example_words_list_1: distillation | instill | distill | distillate | still (distillery)

example_words_corpus: stills | stilly | stilled | stiller | unstill | bestill

categorical_group_list: Liquid, Motion

etymology: Latin stil- (stem of stilla) 'a drop'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: stilt

morpheme: stilt

morpheme_head: stilt

affix_form: -stilt-

meaning_definition: upright | support | slender

example_words_list_1: stilt, stilts, stilt-walking

example_words_corpus: stilts | stilty | stilted | Stiltia | stilter | stiltify

categorical_group_list: Support, Physicality

etymology: Middle English stilte, from Old English stilt 'pole, stake'


morpheme_key: stimul

morpheme: stimul

morpheme_head: stimul

affix_form: stimul-

sense_label: goad, rouse, excite

meaning_definition: goad, rouse, excite

example_words_list_1: stimulate

example_words_list_2: stimulate

categorical_group_list: Action, Sensation, Motion

etymology: stimulus


morpheme_key: stin

morpheme: stin

morpheme_head: stin

affix_form: stin-

meaning_definition: remain in place | prevent from advancing

example_words_list_1: destination | obstinate | abstain | abstinence

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: stin

etymology: stinare


morpheme_key: sting

morpheme: sting

morpheme_head: sting

affix_form: -sting-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to wound | to sting

example_words_list_1: sting, stinging, stung

example_words_corpus: stingy | stings | stingo | stinger | unsting | stinged

categorical_group_list: Action, Pain, Sharpness

etymology: Old English stingan 'to pierce, wound'


morpheme_key: stingu

morpheme: stingu

morpheme_head: stingu

affix_form: stinct-

allomorphs: stinct

meaning_definition: separate | sign | imprint | extinguish

example_words_list_1: distinction | distinguish | distinctive | extinguish | distinguishable

ancestor_etymon: stinct

etymology: stinguere


morpheme_key: stinguere

morpheme: stinguere

morpheme_head: stinguere

affix_form: -stinguere-

meaning_definition: to extinguish | to quench | to put out

categorical_group_list: Action, Fire, Extinguishing

etymology: Latin 'stinguere' (variant of 'stinguere' or 'extinguere') meaning 'to put out, extinguish', related to 'stinguere' (to quench) and 'extinguere'.


morpheme_key: stingy

morpheme: stingy

morpheme_head: stingy

affix_form: -stingy-

meaning_definition: unwilling | parsimonious | miserly

example_words_list_1: stingy

example_words_corpus: unstingy

categorical_group_list: Personality, Scarcity

etymology: Middle English stingi, from Old English stingig 'pricking, pungent', from stingan 'to sting'


morpheme_key: stink

morpheme: stink

morpheme_head: stink

affix_form: -stink-

meaning_definition: to emit a strong unpleasant smell | unpleasant odor

example_words_list_1: stink, stinking, stinky

example_words_corpus: stinky | stinko | stinks | stinker | unstink | destink

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Olfaction, Disgust

etymology: Old English stincan 'to emit a smell'


morpheme_key: stint

morpheme: stint

morpheme_head: stint

affix_form: -stint-

meaning_definition: to stop | to limit | to restrict | to stint (verb)

example_words_list_1: stint, stinted

example_words_corpus: stints | stinty | stinted | stinter | stinting | stinters

categorical_group_list: Time, Limitation, Quantity

etymology: Middle English stint (a stopping, a cessation)


morpheme_key: stipend

morpheme: stipend

morpheme_head: stipend

affix_form: -stipend-

meaning_definition: fixed regular payment | allowance

example_words_list_1: stipend, stipendiary

example_words_corpus: stipends | stipendary | stipendless

categorical_group_list: Finance, Payment

etymology: Latin stipendium 'pay, salary', from stip- (stem of stipem 'money, ransom') + -pendere 'to weigh, pay'


morpheme_key: stipple

morpheme: stipple

morpheme_head: stipple

affix_form: -stipple-

meaning_definition: to mark with small dots | pattern of dots

example_words_list_1: stippled, stippling, stippler

example_words_corpus: stipples | stippler | stipplers

categorical_group_list: Texture, Visual pattern

etymology: imitative of the sound or action of small points


morpheme_key: stipul

morpheme: stipul

morpheme_head: stipul

affix_form: -stipul-

meaning_definition: to agree | to appoint | to demand

example_words_list_1: stipulate, stipulation, stipulatory

categorical_group_list: Agreement, Law, Requirement

etymology: Latin stipulus 'stipulated, agreed upon', from stipulare 'to stipulate, promise'


morpheme_key: stir

morpheme: stir

morpheme_head: stir

affix_form: -stir-

meaning_definition: move | agitate | mix

example_words_list_1: stir, stirring, stirred

example_words_corpus: astir | stirs | bestir | upstir | stirred | stirrer

categorical_group_list: Motion, Agitation

etymology: Old English stirian 'to move, agitate'


morpheme_key: stirrup

morpheme: stirrup

morpheme_head: stirrup

affix_form: -stirrup-

meaning_definition: support for a rider's foot | metal loop

example_words_list_1: ['stirrup']

categorical_group_list: Equipment, Riding

etymology: From Old French estriper, from Medieval Latin stipula 'straw, stalk', referring to the original straw-covered footrests.


morpheme_key: stit

morpheme: stit

morpheme_head: stit

affix_form: -stit-

meaning_definition: stand, condition, still

example_words_list_1: acrostatic, antistatic, apostate, ecstatic, homeostasis, homeostatic, institution, station, stationary, statistic, statue, status, statute, substate, substation, photostat, pyrostat, rheostat, thermostat, electrostatic, eustatic, geostatic, gyrostatic, haemostatic, hemostatic, homeostatic, hydrostatic

example_words_corpus: atstut | atstuts

categorical_group_list: Stability, Position, State

etymology: statuere


morpheme_key: stitch

morpheme: stitch

morpheme_head: stitch

affix_form: -stitch-

meaning_definition: to join | to sew | a loop of thread

example_words_list_1: stitch, stitched, stitching, stitches, outstitch, restitch

example_words_corpus: stitches | stitched | restitch | unstitch | stitcher | stitching

categorical_group_list: Action, Connection, Textile

etymology: From Old English 'stīcian' meaning 'to pierce, prick, or stick', related to Old Norse 'stika'.


morpheme_key: stitute

morpheme: stitute

morpheme_head: stitute

affix_form: -stitute-

meaning_definition: to set | to place | to establish

example_words_list_1: constitute, institute, substitute, restitue

categorical_group_list: Action, Placement

etymology: From Latin 'stituere', meaning 'to set up' or 'to place', derived from the root 'statu-' (past participle of 'stare', to stand).


morpheme_key: sto

morpheme: sto

morpheme_head: sto

affix_form: -sto-

meaning_definition: portico | entryway

example_words_list_1: stoicism, stoic, stoical

example_words_list_2: stoicism, stoic, stoical

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: sto

etymology: Greek stoa 'portico, porch'


morpheme_key: stoat

morpheme: stoat

morpheme_head: stoat

affix_form: -stoat-

meaning_definition: small carnivorous mammal | mustelid

example_words_list_1: stoat

example_words_corpus: stoats | stoatlike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Middle English 'stote'


morpheme_key: stochastic

morpheme: stochastic

morpheme_head: stochastic

affix_form: -stochastic-

meaning_definition: random | involving chance | unpredictable

example_words_list_1: stochasticity, stochasticity

categorical_group_list: Probability, Randomness

etymology: Greek stokhastikos 'aiming at a mark' from stochastikos 'guessing'


morpheme_key: stock

morpheme: stock

morpheme_head: stock

affix_form: -stock-

meaning_definition: supply | store | accumulation | trunk

example_words_list_1: stockpile, livestock, stockroom, stockade

example_words_corpus: stocky | stocks | stocked | restock | stocker | destock

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Substance, Physical Object

etymology: Old French stocke, from Frankish *stokk- 'stump, trunk'


morpheme_key: stocking

morpheme: stocking

morpheme_head: stocking

affix_form: -stocking-

meaning_definition: to supply | to store | to provision

example_words_list_1: stocking, stock, stockade

categorical_group_list: Provision, Accumulation

etymology: Old English stocgan 'to stop, to plug, to obstruct'


morpheme_key: stodge

morpheme: stodge

morpheme_head: stodge

affix_form: -stodge-

meaning_definition: heavy | dense | unpalatable | thick

example_words_list_1: stodge

example_words_corpus: stodges | stodged | stodger | stodgers

categorical_group_list: Texture, Density, Food

etymology: Middle English stodge (heavy food)


morpheme_key: stoic

morpheme: stoic

morpheme_head: stoic

affix_form: -stoic-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the Stoics | characterized by endurance of pain or hardship without display of feelings or complaint

example_words_list_1: stoic, stoicism, stoical

example_words_corpus: stoics | stoicly | unstoic | stoicism | stoicize | stoicity

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Temperament, Philosophy

etymology: Greek stoikos 'enduring, without harm'


morpheme_key: stoke

morpheme: stoke

morpheme_head: stoke

affix_form: -stoke-

meaning_definition: to feed | to stir | to agitate

example_words_list_1: stoke, stoked, stoking

example_words_corpus: stokes | stoked | stoker | stokers | restoke | unstoked

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion, Energy

etymology: Middle English stoken, from stoke (to poke, stir)


morpheme_key: stol

morpheme: stol

morpheme_head: stol

affix_form: stol-

allomorphs: stole

meaning_definition: dispatch | position | locate | dispatch

example_words_list_1: apostle, epistle

example_words_corpus: STOLport

related_morphemes: stals / stals, stle / stle

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Transmission

etymology: στέλλω (stéllō) | στάλσις (stálsis) | στολή (stolḗ) | Greek stoma : mouth


morpheme_key: stolid

morpheme: stolid

morpheme_head: stolid

affix_form: -stolid-

meaning_definition: rigid | emotionless | expressionless

example_words_list_1: stolid

example_words_list_2: stolid

example_words_corpus: stolidly | unstolid | stolidity | stolidness | stolidities

ancestor_etymon: stolid

etymology: Latin stolidus 'stupid, dull', from stolu- 'stiff'


morpheme_key: stoma

morpheme: stoma

morpheme_head: stoma

affix_form: stoma-

allomorphs: stom | stome

meaning_definition: mouth | opening | mouth.

example_words_list_1: anastomosis | anastomotic | deuterostome | monostomous | ozostomia | pentastomid | protostome | stoma | stomach | stomatalgia | stomatic | stomatoplasty | stome | stomate | stomachal | stomacher | stomachic | stomatal | stomatitis | stomatopod | stomatous | ostomy | tracheostomy | vasovasostomy | physostomous | Examples: deuterostome (second mouth) | Gnathostoma ("jaw mouth") Anastomus ("on mouth")

example_words_corpus: stomal | stomas | xerostoma | stomatous | parastomal | poststomal

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: στόμα (stóma)

etymology: στόμα, στόματος (stóma, stómatos)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /stoʊma/, /stoʊm/, /stoʊməs/


morpheme_key: stomach

morpheme: stomach

morpheme_head: stomach

affix_form: -stomach-

meaning_definition: stomach | belly

example_words_list_1: gastric, gastronomy, gastrointestinal

example_words_corpus: stomachs | stomachy | stomacher | stomached | stomaches | stomaching

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological organ

etymology: Greek stomachē 'the throat, the stomach'