morpheme_key: wilhelm

morpheme: wilhelm

morpheme_head: wilhelm

affix_form: -wilhelm-

meaning_definition: will | helmet | protection

example_words_list_1: Wilhelm, William, Guillermo, Guilherme, Vilhelm, Villem

example_words_corpus: Wilhelmine | Wilhelmian

categorical_group_list: Names, Person, Protection

etymology: From the Germanic personal name Wilhelm, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljamaz (desire + helmet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to wish, will) and *helma- (helmet, protection).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old High German


morpheme_key: willa

morpheme: willa

morpheme_head: will

affix_form: -willa-

allomorphs: willa

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: will | want | desire | intention

example_words_list_1: will, willing, willingness, willful, willfully

categorical_group_list: Volition, Mental state, Auxiliary verb

etymology: From Old English willan 'to wish, be willing', from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- 'to wish, want'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: williamsburg

morpheme: williamsburg

morpheme_head: williamsburg

affix_form: -williamsburg-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: Williamsburg (proper noun)

example_words_list_1: Williamsburg, Williamsburgian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical

etymology: Named after William III of England; originally a settlement in Virginia, now a historic district.

ancestor_etymon_language: English

etymological_family: other

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: willow

morpheme: willow

morpheme_head: willow

affix_form: -willow-

meaning_definition: willow tree

example_words_list_1: willow

example_words_corpus: willows | willowy | willowed | willowish | willowherb | willowlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Old English wēlig

etymological_family: Germanic

attestation: both


morpheme_key: wilt

morpheme: wilt

morpheme_head: wilt

affix_form: -wilt-

meaning_definition: to lose freshness | to decay | to droop

example_words_list_1: wilt, wilting, wilted

example_words_corpus: wilts | wilty | wilted | wilter | wilting | wilters

categorical_group_list: Decay, Vitality, Nature

etymology: Old English wyltan 'to suffer, to be weary'


morpheme_key: wimple

morpheme: wimple

morpheme_head: wimple

affix_form: -wimple-

meaning_definition: head covering | wimple

example_words_list_1: wimple, wimpled, wimpling

example_words_corpus: wimples | wimpled | bewimple

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Headgear, Noun

etymology: From Old French 'wimple' (head covering), of Germanic origin; cognate with Middle Dutch 'wimpel'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: wince

morpheme: wince

morpheme_head: wince

affix_form: -wince-

meaning_definition: to flinch | to shrink | to recoil

example_words_list_1: ['wince']

example_words_corpus: winced | winces | wincer | wincers | wincest | winceworthy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical reaction

etymology: From Old English 'wincan' meaning 'to turn aside, shrink back, or flinch', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: winch

morpheme: winch

morpheme_head: winch

affix_form: -winch-

meaning_definition: to pull | to haul | mechanical device for pulling

example_words_list_1: winch, winching, winched

example_words_corpus: winches | winched | wincher | unwinch | winching | winchman

categorical_group_list: Motion, Tool

etymology: Middle English winch, from Old English wince (to recoil/pull)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: wind

morpheme: wind

morpheme_head: wind

affix_form: -wind-

sense_label: moving air

meaning_definition: moving air | breeze | gust

example_words_list_1: windmill, windward, windbreak, windlass, windbag

example_words_corpus: windy | winds | rewind | unwind | window | windle

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Motion

etymology: From Old English 'wind', from Proto-Germanic '*windaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*weyd-' (to blow).

register: neutral


morpheme_key: wine

morpheme: wine

morpheme_head: win

affix_form: -wine-

meaning_definition: wine

example_words_list_1: wineglass, winery, winemaker, winepress, winegrower

example_words_corpus: wines | wined | winery | winecup | winebag | nonwine

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Liquid

etymology: From Old English 'wīn', borrowed from Latin 'vinum', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*wóinós'.


morpheme_key: wing

morpheme: wing

morpheme_head: wing

affix_form: -wing-

meaning_definition: wing | part of a bird's body | lateral projection

example_words_list_1: wing, wingtip, wingman, wingless

example_words_corpus: awing | wings | wingy | winger | winged | bewing

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Movement

etymology: Old English 'wing' (wing, pinion)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: wink

morpheme: wink

morpheme_head: wink

affix_form: -wink-

meaning_definition: to close and open the eye quickly | a signal via eye movement

example_words_list_1: wink

example_words_corpus: winks | winky | winker | winked | winking | winketh

categorical_group_list: Action, Vision, Gesture

etymology: Middle English winken 'to blink'


morpheme_key: winnow

morpheme: winnow

morpheme_head: winnow

affix_form: -winnow-

meaning_definition: to separate | to sift | to remove impurities

example_words_list_1: winnow, winnowing, winnowed

example_words_corpus: winnows | winnowed | winnower | winnowing | winnowers | winnoweth

categorical_group_list: Action, Separation, Purification

etymology: Old English winnian 'to strive, struggle' + winnan 'to labor'


morpheme_key: winsome

morpheme: winsome

morpheme_head: winsome

affix_form: -winsome-

meaning_definition: attractive | pleasing | charming

example_words_list_1: winsome, winsomeness

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Positive attribute

etymology: Old English wīn (pleasure) + -sum (suffix meaning 'characterized by')


morpheme_key: winter

morpheme: winter

morpheme_head: winter

affix_form: -winter-

meaning_definition: the coldest season of the year | characterized by snow and cold

example_words_list_1: wintertime, wintery, winterize

example_words_corpus: winters | twinter | wintered | winterly | winterer | bewinter

categorical_group_list: Season, Nature, Temperature

etymology: from Old English 'winter' (stem 'wint-'), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'winter' and German 'Winter', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European 'wend-' meaning 'to turn, rotate' (referring to the turning of the year).


morpheme_key: wipe

morpheme: wipe

morpheme_head: wipe

affix_form: -wipe-

meaning_definition: to clean | to remove | to erase

example_words_list_1: wipe, wiped, wiping, wiper

example_words_corpus: wiped | wipes | wiper | wipers | wipeth | rewipe

categorical_group_list: Action, Removal, Cleaning

etymology: Old English wīpian 'to wipe, to clean'


morpheme_key: wire

morpheme: wire

morpheme_head: wire

affix_form: -wire-

meaning_definition: thin metallic strand | flexible thread | connection

example_words_list_1: wire, wireless, wirework

example_words_corpus: wired | wirer | wirers | rewire | unwire | dewire

categorical_group_list: Material, Physical object

etymology: Old English wīren 'wire, thread'


morpheme_key: wise

morpheme: wise

morpheme_head: wise

affix_form: -wise-

sense_label: having knowledge

meaning_definition: having knowledge | intelligent | sagacious

example_words_list_1: wisdom, wisely, wisest

example_words_corpus: wisen | wised | wises | unwise | nowise | wisely

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Cognition

etymology: From Old English 'wīs' meaning 'wise, intelligent', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: wish

morpheme: wish

morpheme_head: wish

affix_form: -wish-

meaning_definition: to want | to hope | to desire

example_words_list_1: wish, wishes, wishing, wished

example_words_corpus: unwish | wished | wishes | wisher | bewish | wishful

categorical_group_list: Desire, Emotion, Intention

etymology: From Old English 'wyscan' (to wish, desire), from Proto-Germanic '*wōskijaną', from PIE '*weh₂-' (to wish, want).


morpheme_key: wisp

morpheme: wisp

morpheme_head: wisp

affix_form: -wisp-

meaning_definition: small | thin | ethereal | fleeting

example_words_list_1: wisp, wispy, wisps

example_words_corpus: wispy | wisps | wispen | wispily | wispish | wisplike

categorical_group_list: Size, Nature, Ephemerality

etymology: Middle English 'wispe' (a small amount, a tuft)


morpheme_key: wist

morpheme: wist

morpheme_head: wist

affix_form: -wist-

meaning_definition: wish | desire

example_words_list_1: wistful, wistfulness

example_words_corpus: wists | unwist | wistest

categorical_group_list: Desire, Emotion, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'wyscan' (to wish, desire), related to 'will'.


morpheme_key: wit

morpheme: wit

morpheme_head: wit

affix_form: -wit-

meaning_definition: mental capacity for logical thought | cognitive abilities | to be aware | to possess information | to exhibit wisdom

example_words_list_1: nitwit | outwit | slow-witted | wit (at wit&apos | s end | keep one&apos | s wits) | witticism | witty | unwitting | wit (...to wit) | witan | witenagomet | witness

example_words_corpus: wits | witty | inwit | unwit | bewit | outwit

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Intelligence

etymology: Old English witan : to know | Old English weorthan : worth | value

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: witch

morpheme: witch

morpheme_head: witch

affix_form: witch

meaning_definition: A woman considered unattractive or unpleasant | A practitioner of witchcraft (historically)

example_words_list_1: witchy | bewitch | witches | witched | witcher | unwitch

etymology: From Old English 'wicce,' related to witchcraft.

register: pejorative

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: with

morpheme: with

morpheme_head: with

affix_form: -with-

sense_label: accompanied by

meaning_definition: accompanied by | in the company of | using

example_words_list_1: together, together with, withal, withstand

example_words_corpus: withs | within | withal | withgo | bewith | outwith

categorical_group_list: Preposition, Accompaniment

etymology: Old English wið 'along, near, against'


morpheme_key: withe

morpheme: withe

morpheme_head: withe

affix_form: -withe-

meaning_definition: white | fair | bright

example_words_list_1: white, whitewash, whitening, whitish

example_words_corpus: withes | withed

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical attribute

etymology: From Old English 'hwīt' meaning white, derived from Proto-Germanic '*hwitaz'.


morpheme_key: wither

morpheme: wither

morpheme_head: wither

affix_form: -wither-

sense_label: to dry up

meaning_definition: to dry up | to shrivel | to decline in vitality

example_words_list_1: wither, withered, withering

example_words_corpus: witherwin | witherers | withername | witherling | unwithered | withersake

categorical_group_list: Decay, Vitality, Change

etymology: Old English wītherian 'to fade, dry up'


morpheme_key: withy

morpheme: withy

morpheme_head: withy

affix_form: -withy-

meaning_definition: willow

example_words_list_1: withy, withybed, withywood

categorical_group_list: Nature, Plant, Material

etymology: Old English wihtge, from wiht 'willow'


morpheme_key: witness

morpheme: witness

morpheme_head: witness

affix_form: -witness-

meaning_definition: to see | to observe | to testify

example_words_list_1: witness, eyewitness, witnessable

categorical_group_list: Perception, Veracity

etymology: Old English witnes 'evidence, testimony' from witan 'to know'


morpheme_key: witted

morpheme: witted

morpheme_head: witted

affix_form: -witted

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: characterized by | possessing the quality of

example_words_list_1: good-witted, quick-witted, dull-witted

example_words_corpus: quickwittedly

categorical_group_list: Attribute, Adjectival formation

ancestor_etymon: wit

etymology: derived from the adjective 'wit' + suffix '-ed'

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: wive

morpheme: wive

morpheme_head: wive

affix_form: -wive-

meaning_definition: woman | female

example_words_list_1: wife, widow, wifely

example_words_corpus: wived | unwive | unwived | unwives

categorical_group_list: Animate, Gender, Person

etymology: Old English wīf 'woman, female'


morpheme_key: woad

morpheme: woad

morpheme_head: woad

affix_form: -woad-

meaning_definition: blue dye | plant

example_words_list_1: woad

example_words_corpus: woads | woaden | woaded | woadster

categorical_group_list: Color, Nature

etymology: Old English wād


morpheme_key: woe

morpheme: woe

morpheme_head: woe

affix_form: -woe-

meaning_definition: distress | grief | misery | sorrow

example_words_list_1: woe, woe-begone

example_words_corpus: woes | woeful | woefare | woeless | woesome | woefully

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative state

etymology: Old English wā


morpheme_key: woke

morpheme: woke

morpheme_head: woke

affix_form: -woke-

meaning_definition: awake | not sleeping

example_words_list_1: woke, awoken

example_words_corpus: woken | woked | unwoke | unwoken | outwoke | wokeness

categorical_group_list: State of being, Consciousness

etymology: Old English wācan 'to be awake'


morpheme_key: wold

morpheme: wold

morpheme_head: wold

affix_form: -wold-

meaning_definition: open land | upland | hill

example_words_list_1: wold, woodland

example_words_corpus: wolds | wolder | wolders | woldest

categorical_group_list: Nature, Environment

etymology: From Old English wold, from Proto-Germanic *wulda- (open land), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn, roll).


morpheme_key: wolf

morpheme: wolf

morpheme_head: wolf

affix_form: -wolf-

allomorphs: wolfe

meaning_definition: canine | predator | lupine

example_words_list_1: wolf, werewolf, wolfish

example_words_corpus: wolfy | wolfed | wolfly | wolfie | wolfer | wolfish

categorical_group_list: Animal, Nature

etymology: Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos


morpheme_key: wolff

morpheme: wolff

morpheme_head: wolff

affix_form: -wolff-

meaning_definition: wolf

example_words_list_1: wolf, wolfhound, wolfsbane, werewolf

categorical_group_list: Animal, Predator

etymology: Old English wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: wolfram

morpheme: wolfram

morpheme_head: wolfram

affix_form: -wolfram-

meaning_definition: tungsten | chemical element

example_words_list_1: wolframite

example_words_corpus: wolframic | wolframian | wolframate | wolframates | wolframatian

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements, Metals

etymology: German 'Wolfram', from Middle High German 'wolfrahm' (wolf's foam), referring to the appearance of wolframite ore which resembles tin slag and was thought to steal tin from the ore.

ancestor_etymon_language: German

register: scientific


morpheme_key: woman

morpheme: woman

morpheme_head: woman

affix_form: -woman-

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: female

example_words_list_1: saleswoman

example_words_list_2: saleswoman

example_words_corpus: womans | womanly | adwoman | enwoman | unwoman | womance

categorical_group_list: Animate, Human, Gender

etymology: Old English wīfman


morpheme_key: womb

morpheme: womb

morpheme_head: womb

affix_form: -womb-

meaning_definition: womb | belly | uterus

example_words_list_1: womb, womb-like

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Origin

etymology: Old English 'wamb' (belly, womb)


morpheme_key: women

morpheme: women

morpheme_head: women

affix_form: -women-

sense_label: woman

meaning_definition: woman | female adult human

example_words_list_1: women

etymology: Old English wīfman (wīf "woman" + mann "person")


morpheme_key: won

morpheme: won

morpheme_head: won

affix_form: -won-

meaning_definition: one | single | unique

example_words_list_1: one, once, only, uniform, unicorn, unilateral

example_words_corpus: wons | unwon | wonnest | electrowon

categorical_group_list: Number, Cardinality, Core concept

etymology: Latin unus meaning 'one'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: wonder

morpheme: wonder

morpheme_head: wonder

affix_form: -wonder-

meaning_definition: surprise | curiosity | admiration

example_words_list_1: wonderful, wonderment, wondering

example_words_corpus: wonders | wondered | bewonder | wonderly | wonderer | unwonder

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Cognition

etymology: Old English wundrian 'to be amazed'


morpheme_key: wonky

morpheme: wonky

morpheme_head: wonky

affix_form: -wonky-

meaning_definition: unstable | crooked | irregular | eccentric

example_words_list_1: ['wonky']

categorical_group_list: Instability, Irregularity

etymology: Scottish dialectal variant of 'wanky', from 'wank' (to sway or swing), originally meaning 'swaying' or 'unsteady'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish


morpheme_key: wont

morpheme: wont

morpheme_head: wont

affix_form: -wont-

meaning_definition: accustomed | used to | habituated

example_words_list_1: wonted

example_words_corpus: wonts | unwont | wontly | diswont | wontish | wontless

categorical_group_list: Habit, State of being

etymology: Old English 'gewunian' 'to become accustomed'


morpheme_key: woo

morpheme: woo

morpheme_head: woo

affix_form: -woo-

meaning_definition: to make happy | to delight | to please

example_words_list_1: woo, wooing, wooer, wooed

example_words_corpus: woos | wooer | wooing | wooers | outwoo | wooish

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Happiness, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'wōwan' meaning 'to rejoice, be glad', related to 'wēn' (hope, expectation).


morpheme_key: wood

morpheme: wood

morpheme_head: wood

affix_form: -wood-

meaning_definition: wood | timber | forest

example_words_list_1: woodland, woodpecker, woodworking

example_words_corpus: woods | woody | wooden | wooded | woodie | woodsy

categorical_group_list: Material, Nature

etymology: Old English wudu 'wood, forest, timber'


morpheme_key: woodbury

morpheme: woodbury

morpheme_head: woodbury

affix_form: -woodbury-

meaning_definition: wood | forest

example_words_list_1: woodland, woodpecker, woodworking, woodchuck

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, Environment

etymology: From Old English 'wudu' meaning wood or forest.


morpheme_key: woodruff

morpheme: woodruff

morpheme_head: woodruff

affix_form: -woodruff-

meaning_definition: woodruff

example_words_list_1: woodruff

example_words_corpus: woodruffs

categorical_group_list: Plant, Botany

etymology: Old English wudu 'wood' + ruffe 'rue' (a plant name)


morpheme_key: woods

morpheme: woods

morpheme_head: woods

affix_form: -woods-

meaning_definition: forest | woodland

example_words_list_1: woods

etymology: From Old English 'wudu' meaning 'wood, forest', from Proto-Germanic '*widuz'.


morpheme_key: wool

morpheme: wool

morpheme_head: wool

affix_form: -wool-

sense_label: hair of a sheep

meaning_definition: hair of a sheep | soft fiber

example_words_list_1: woollen, woolly, woollenware

example_words_corpus: wooly | wools | woolen | woolly | wooled | woolens

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wullōną, from PIE *wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wolf), originally referring to the material associated with wolves or wild sheep, later specialized to domestic sheep wool.


morpheme_key: woomera

morpheme: woomera

morpheme_head: woomera

affix_form: -woomera-

meaning_definition: throwing stick | spear-thrower

example_words_list_1: woomera

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Tool

etymology: Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara word for a spear-thrower, likely derived from the verb 'woomera' (to throw with a spear-thrower). Not borrowed from another language.


morpheme_key: wor

morpheme: wor

morpheme_head: wor

affix_form: -wor-

allomorphs: wore

meaning_definition: importance | intrinsic merit

example_words_list_1: worship, worth, worthwhile, worthy

example_words_list_2: worship, worth, worthwhile, worthy

categorical_group_list: Value, Importance

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *werþaz 'worth, value', from PIE *wert- 'to turn, to wind'


morpheme_key: worcestershire

morpheme: worcestershire

morpheme_head: worcestershire

affix_form: -worcestershire-

meaning_definition: a county in England | a type of savory sauce

example_words_list_1: worcestershire sauce

categorical_group_list: Location, Food

etymology: Toponymic origin: Worcester (Wigorn's fort) + shire (shire/district)


morpheme_key: word

morpheme: word

morpheme_head: word

affix_form: -word-

sense_label: word

meaning_definition: word | language | speech | utterance

example_words_list_1: word, wording, wordless, wordy, crossword

example_words_corpus: wordy | words | byword | worded | reword | wordes

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Lexical root, Noun

etymology: Old English 'word', from Proto-Germanic '*wurdam', from PIE '*werdho- 'to weave, speak'


morpheme_key: work

morpheme: work

morpheme_head: work

affix_form: -work-

meaning_definition: made of a specified material, made in a particular way

example_words_list_1: network, woodwork, ironwork, casework

example_words_corpus: awork | works | worky | worker | rework | worked

categorical_group_list: Material, Composition, Process

etymology: Old English 'weorc' (action, deed, labor)


morpheme_key: world

morpheme: world

morpheme_head: world

affix_form: -world-

sense_label: earth

meaning_definition: earth | planet | realm | sphere

example_words_list_1: worldwide, otherworldly, underworld

example_words_corpus: worlds | worldy | eWorld | worldly | McWorld | inworld

categorical_group_list: Space, Nature, Existence

etymology: Old English 'weorold' (age of man)


morpheme_key: worm

morpheme: worm

morpheme_head: worm

affix_form: -worm-

meaning_definition: small invertebrate | crawling creature

example_words_list_1: earthworm, millipede, centipede, caterpillar, slug

example_words_corpus: worms | wormy | wormed | deworm | wormer | wormly

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: Old English 'wyrm' meaning dragon, serpent, or worm


morpheme_key: worn

morpheme: worn

morpheme_head: worn

affix_form: -worn

meaning_definition: worn

example_words_list_1: careworn, shopworn, sworn, timeworn, travel-worn, unsworn, war-worn, waterworn, weatherworn, well-worn

example_words_corpus: unworn | inworn | forworn | wayworn | warworn | seaworn

categorical_group_list: Condition, State of being, Depletion

etymology: Old English 'werian' 'to clothe, cover'


morpheme_key: worry

morpheme: worry

morpheme_head: worry

affix_form: -worry-

meaning_definition: anxiety | unease | distress

example_words_list_1: worry, worrisome, worried, worrying

example_words_corpus: beworry | worrying | worryful | worrywart | worryguts | worryment

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Mental state

etymology: Middle English worig, related to 'weary'


morpheme_key: worse

morpheme: worse

morpheme_head: worse

affix_form: -worse-

meaning_definition: lower in quality | more bad | inferior

example_words_list_1: worse, worsening, worst

example_words_corpus: worsen | worser | worsed | worsens | worsened | worsening

categorical_group_list: Degradation, Quality, Comparison

etymology: Old English wiersa, comparative of wyll 'bad, evil'


morpheme_key: worship

morpheme: worship

morpheme_head: worship

affix_form: -worship-

meaning_definition: reverence | adoration | veneration

example_words_list_1: worship, worshiper, worshipful

categorical_group_list: Religion, Emotion, Devotion

etymology: Old English worðscipe (worthship)


morpheme_key: worst

morpheme: worst

morpheme_head: worst

affix_form: -worst-

meaning_definition: most bad | superlative of bad

example_words_list_1: worst

example_words_corpus: worsts | worsted | worstly | worstest | worsteds | worsting

categorical_group_list: Quality, Degree, Negation

etymology: Old English wērst, superlative of wāgs


morpheme_key: wort

morpheme: wort

morpheme_head: wort

affix_form: -wort-

meaning_definition: word | speech | utterance

example_words_list_1: word, wording, wordy

example_words_corpus: worts | awlwort | ragwort | madwort | hipwort | ribwort

categorical_group_list: Communication, Language

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- (to speak, say). Cognate with Old English weord, Old High German wort, Gothic waurd.


morpheme_key: worth

morpheme: worth

morpheme_head: worth

affix_form: -worth-

meaning_definition: value | merit | amount equivalent to

example_words_list_1: worthy | worths | worthen | unworth | worthly | unworthy

categorical_group_list: Value, Quantity, Magnitude

etymology: Old English weorð 'worth, value', from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, from PIE *wert- 'to turn, to value'


morpheme_key: worthy

morpheme: worthy

morpheme_head: worthy

affix_form: -worthy

allomorphs: -worthy

affix_type: suffix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb,noun

meaning_definition: meriting | appropriate | capable of | prepared | acceptable | or justified in relation to the initial element

example_words_list_1: airworthy | blameworthy | creditworthy | newsworthy | noteworthy | praiseworthy | seaworthy | trustworthy | unairworthy | unseaworthy | untrustworthy | unworthy | roadworthy

example_words_corpus: unworthy | airworthy | seaworthy | bedworthy | gagworthy | skyworthy

categorical_group_list: Valuation, Quality, Suitability

ancestor_etymon: -wyrðe  OED | worth

etymology: Old English -wyrðe OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: would

morpheme: would

morpheme_head: would

affix_form: -would-

meaning_definition: conditional | habitual past | intention

example_words_list_1: would, wouldn't

example_words_corpus: woulds | woulder | woulders | woulding | wouldings

categorical_group_list: Modality, Aspect, Tense

etymology: Old English wuldan "to wish, to be able"


morpheme_key: wound

morpheme: wound

morpheme_head: wound

affix_form: -wound-

meaning_definition: injury | trauma | cut

example_words_list_1: wound, wounded, wounding

example_words_corpus: wounds | wounded | wounder | bewound | wounding | wounders

categorical_group_list: Injury, Physical damage

etymology: Old English 'wund'


morpheme_key: wove

morpheme: wove

morpheme_head: wove

affix_form: -wove-

meaning_definition: intertwined | fabric | woven

example_words_list_1: woven, weaver, weaving, wove, weft

example_words_corpus: woven | wovens | unwoven | nonwoven | wirewove | handwoven

categorical_group_list: Creation, Texture, Pattern

etymology: Old English wefan 'to weave'


morpheme_key: wrack

morpheme: wrack

morpheme_head: wrack

affix_form: -wrack-

meaning_definition: destruction | ruin | devastation

example_words_list_1: wrack, shipwreck, wrack and ruin

example_words_corpus: wracks | wracked | wracking | wrackful | tidewrack | hornwrack

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Damage

etymology: Old English 'wræc' (destruction, exile, or vengeance)


morpheme_key: wraith

morpheme: wraith

morpheme_head: wraith

affix_form: -wraith-

meaning_definition: ghost | spirit | apparition

example_words_list_1: wraith

example_words_corpus: wraiths | wraithy | ringwraith | Ringwraith | wraithlike | ringwraiths

categorical_group_list: Entity, Supernatural

etymology: Old English wrāith (spirit, ghost)


morpheme_key: wrap

morpheme: wrap

morpheme_head: wrap

affix_form: -wrap-

meaning_definition: to cover | to surround | to enclose

example_words_list_1: unwrap, wrapping, wrapper

example_words_corpus: wraps | unwrap | enwrap | rewrap | bewrap | wraple

categorical_group_list: Enclosure, Covering

etymology: Old English 'wrappian' (to wrap, roll, or fold)


morpheme_key: wrath

morpheme: wrath

morpheme_head: wrath

affix_form: -wrath-

meaning_definition: anger | fury | rage

example_words_list_1: wrath, wrathful, wrathfuless

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Anger

etymology: From Old English wræth 'wrath, anger', from Proto-Germanic *wrahtiz, from PIE *wer- 'to turn, twist'


morpheme_key: wreak

morpheme: wreak

morpheme_head: wreak

affix_form: -wreak-

meaning_definition: to cause destruction | to inflict harm | to execute vengeance

example_words_list_1: wreak, wreak havoc

example_words_corpus: wreaks | awreak | wreaked | bewreak | wreaker | wreakes

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction

etymology: From Old English wrecan 'to avenge, punish, drive', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wraak 'vengeance' and German Rache 'vengeance'.


morpheme_key: wreath

morpheme: wreath

morpheme_head: wreath

affix_form: -wreath-

allomorphs: wreathe

meaning_definition: circular arrangement | ring | garland

example_words_list_1: wreath

example_words_corpus: wreaths | wreathy | upwreath | wreathen | wreather | upwreaths

categorical_group_list: Shape, Ornamentation

etymology: Old English 'wrēah' (circular, round)


morpheme_key: wreck

morpheme: wreck

morpheme_head: wreck

affix_form: -wreck-

meaning_definition: to destroy | to damage | to ruin

example_words_list_1: wreck, wreckage, shipwreck, shipwrecked

example_words_corpus: wrecks | wrecked | wrecker | bewreck | unwreck | wreckage

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Violence

etymology: From Old French 'wrecque' (wreck, ruin), of uncertain origin, possibly from a Germanic source like Old English 'wreccan' (to drive, expel).


morpheme_key: wren

morpheme: wren

morpheme_head: wren

affix_form: -wren-

meaning_definition: wren (bird)

example_words_list_1: wren

example_words_corpus: wrens | wrenlet | wrenlike | wrenning | gnatwren | scrubwren

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animals

etymology: Old English 'wren'


morpheme_key: wrench

morpheme: wrench

morpheme_head: wrench

affix_form: -wrench-

meaning_definition: to twist | to pull | to distort

example_words_list_1: wrench, wrenching, wrenches

example_words_corpus: wrenchy | wrenched | wrenches | wrencher | upwrench | wrenching

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Distortion

etymology: Middle English wrenchen, related to twist


morpheme_key: wrest

morpheme: wrest

morpheme_head: wrest

affix_form: -wrest-

meaning_definition: to pull or twist away | to take by force

example_words_list_1: wrest, wrested, wresting

example_words_corpus: wrests | wrestle | wrested | wrester | wrestler | wrestled

categorical_group_list: Action, Force, Motion

etymology: Old English wrestan 'to twist, wriggle'


morpheme_key: wrestle

morpheme: wrestle

morpheme_head: wrestle

affix_form: -wrestle-

meaning_definition: to twist | to struggle | to fight

example_words_list_1: wrestler, wrestling, wrestlerly

categorical_group_list: Physical action, Conflict


morpheme_key: wretch

morpheme: wretch

morpheme_head: wretch

affix_form: -wretch-

meaning_definition: wretched person | outcast | exile

example_words_list_1: wretch, wretched, wretchedness

example_words_corpus: wretched | wretches | wretchful | unwretched | wretchedness

categorical_group_list: Misery, Malice, Social Status

etymology: Old English 'wrecca' (exile, outcast)


morpheme_key: wright

morpheme: wright

morpheme_head: wright

affix_form: -wright-

allomorphs: -wright

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: one who crafts | constructs | or creates items related to the initial component | laborer | worker

example_words_list_1: cartwrights | playwright | shipwright | cartwright | wainwright | wheelwright | wright Variant Spellings: wrought | wrought

example_words_corpus: wrights | Wrighty | arkwright | gemwright | ginwright | playwright

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: wyrhta, wryhta OED

etymology: Old English wright 'worker, maker'

source: Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: wrinkle

morpheme: wrinkle

morpheme_head: wrinkle

affix_form: -wrinkle-

meaning_definition: small | shallow | fold | crease

example_words_list_1: wrinkled, wrinkling, wrinkle

example_words_corpus: wrinkled | wrinkler | unwrinkle | bewrinkle | wrinklers | dewrinkle

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical state

etymology: Middle English wrinkle, from wring + -kle


morpheme_key: write

morpheme: write

morpheme_head: write

affix_form: -write-

meaning_definition: to mark symbols | to compose text | to scribe

example_words_list_1: writer, rewrite, handwriting, typewriter

example_words_corpus: writer | writes | writed | writee | rewrite | writers

categorical_group_list: Communication, Action, Creation

etymology: From Old English 'wrītan' meaning 'to scratch, carve, or inscribe', derived from Proto-Germanic '*wrītaną'.


morpheme_key: writhe

morpheme: writhe

morpheme_head: writhe

affix_form: -writhe-

meaning_definition: twist | squirm | contort

example_words_list_1: writhe, writhing, writhed

example_words_corpus: writhes | writhed | writher | writhers | midwrithe

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physicality

etymology: Old English 'wrīthan' 'to twist, bend'


morpheme_key: wrong

morpheme: wrong

morpheme_head: wrong

affix_form: -wrong-

meaning_definition: incorrect | erroneous | faulty

example_words_list_1: wrong, wrongdoing, wrongful

example_words_corpus: awrong | wrongs | wrongly | wronged | wronger | unwrong

categorical_group_list: Negation, Error, Quality

etymology: Old English wrang "bent, crooked, wrong"


morpheme_key: wrought

morpheme: wrought

morpheme_head: wrought

affix_form: -wrought-

meaning_definition: shaped | fashioned | worked

example_words_list_1: wrought, wrought iron, wrought gold

example_words_corpus: unwrought | enwrought | bewrought | upwrought | miswrought | forwrought

categorical_group_list: Creation, Transformation, Craftsmanship

etymology: Old English 'worht' (past participle of 'wyrcan' 'to work')


morpheme_key: wrung

morpheme: wrung

morpheme_head: wrung

affix_form: -wrung-

meaning_definition: squeezed | twisted | extracted

example_words_list_1: wring, wrung, wringing

example_words_corpus: unwrung

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical motion

etymology: Old English 'wrungan' (to twist, wring)


morpheme_key: wry

morpheme: wry

morpheme_head: wry

affix_form: -wry-

meaning_definition: twisted | distorted | contorted

example_words_list_1: wry, wryly, wryness

example_words_corpus: awry | wryly | wryneck | wryness | wrybill | wrybills

categorical_group_list: Shape, Motion

etymology: Old English 'wrīgan' 'to bend, twist'


morpheme_key: wurst

morpheme: wurst

morpheme_head: wurst

affix_form: -wurst-

meaning_definition: a seasoned meat product | a cylindrical meat preparation

example_words_list_1: bratwurst, knackwurst, liverwurst

example_words_list_2: bratwurst, knackwurst, liverwurst

example_words_corpus: wursts | liverwursts

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Middle High German wurtz, from Old High German wurtz, from Proto-Germanic *wurstaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- 'to boil, cook'


morpheme_key: wyman

morpheme: wyman

morpheme_head: wyman

affix_form: -wyman-

meaning_definition: person | man

example_words_list_1: woman, husbandman, tradesman, craftsman

categorical_group_list: Human, Gender, Person

etymology: From Old English 'wīfmann' (woman) and 'wer'/'wīf' related terms, ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*wībamą' and '*mannaz', meaning 'human being' or 'person'. In modern English, it functions as a free root meaning 'man' or 'male person'.


morpheme_key: wyn

morpheme: wyn

morpheme_head: wyn

affix_form: -wyn-

meaning_definition: wind | breath | spirit

example_words_list_1: wynn, swyn, wynful

categorical_group_list: Nature, Emotion, Germanic

etymology: From Old English 'wynn' meaning joy, pleasure, or delight; often associated with the concept of wind or breath in poetic contexts (e.g., 'wind' and 'wynn' share Germanic roots related to movement/air).


morpheme_key: wynn

morpheme: wynn

morpheme_head: wynn

affix_form: -wynn-

allomorphs: wynne

meaning_definition: luck | fortune | happiness

example_words_list_1: win, wintry, winless, winnability

example_words_corpus: wynns

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Abstract concept, Germanic

etymology: Old English 'wynn' meaning joy, pleasure, or delight


morpheme_key: wyvern

morpheme: wyvern

morpheme_head: wyvern

affix_form: -wyvern-

meaning_definition: dragon-like creature | winged serpent

example_words_list_1: wyvern, wyverns

example_words_corpus: wyverns

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythical Beast

etymology: Middle English wyvern, related to Old French viure

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: xantho

morpheme: xanth(o)

morpheme_head: xanth(o)

affix_form: xanth-

allomorphs: xanth

affix_type: prefix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: yellow

example_words_list_1: xanthous, xanthochromia

example_words_corpus: xanthoma | xanthosis | Xanthotis | xanthomous | xanthoderm | Xanthomyza

categorical_group_list: Color

ancestor_etymon: ξανθο-  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek ξανθο- | comb. form of ξανθός yellow OED | Greek ξᾰνθός (xanthós) | yellow | ξανθός (xanthós) | ξανθότης (xanthótēs) ~yellowness~

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

etymological_family: Greek

source: MorphoQuantics | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: xe

morpheme: xe

morpheme_head: xe

affix_form: xe-

meaning_definition: to split | to separate | to divide

example_words_list_1: arthroxesis

example_words_list_2: arthroxesis

categorical_group_list: Separation, Division

etymology: ξεῖν/ξέειν (xéein) | ξέσις (xésis) | ξέσμα (xésma) | ξέσις(xésis)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: xeno

morpheme: xen(o)

morpheme_head: xen(o)

affix_form: xen-

allomorphs: xen

sense_label: foreign

bound_free_or_root: stem

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: alien | outsider | visitor

example_words_list_1: xenophobia, xenograft, xenobiology, xenomorphic

example_words_list_2: xenograft | Examples: Xenosmilus ("strange knife") | Xenotarsosaurus ("strange ankled lizard") | Xenopsitta ("strange parrot") | Xenocyon ("strange dog") | Xenokeryx ("strange horn") | Xenostega ("strange roof") | Xenohyla ("strange hynadae") | Xenozancla ("strange animal") | Xenodermus ("strange skin") | axenic | Xenarthra | xenia | xenic | xenobiotic | xenoblast | xenogamy | xenolith | xenology | xenon | xenophobia | xenodiagnosis | xenophilia | xenial

example_words_corpus: xenoma | xenogamy | xenocide | xenolith | xenology | xenofree

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: ξένος (xénos) | ξενο- | ξεν- OED | xeno

etymology: Greek ξένος (xénos) | foreign | stranger | ξένϝος | ξένος (xénos) | ξενικός | ξενία (xenía) | repr. Greek ξενο- | ξεν- | combining form of ξένος a guest | foreigner OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /zinoʊ/

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


morpheme_key: xenno

morpheme: xenno

morpheme_head: xenno

affix_form: xenno-

meaning_definition: foreign | strange | alien

example_words_list_1: xenophobia, xenon, xenial, xenoglossy

categorical_group_list: Foreignness, Origin, Adjectival

etymology: Greek xénos 'stranger, guest, foreign'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: xenon

morpheme: xenon

morpheme_head: xenon

affix_form: -xenon-

meaning_definition: stranger | guest | foreigner

example_words_list_1: xenophobia, xenon, xenophile, xenoglossy

example_words_corpus: xenons | dixenon | nonxenon | xenonide | radioxenon | tetraxenon

categorical_group_list: Otherness, Alienation

etymology: Greek xenos 'stranger, guest'


morpheme_key: xero

morpheme: xer(o)

morpheme_head: xer

affix_form: xer-

allomorphs: xer(o) | xeri

meaning_definition: arid | desiccation-based procedure | reminiscent of arid environments

example_words_list_1: xerothermic | xerography | xerostomia | xeroderma | elixir | xerasia | xerochilia | xeromorph | xerophagy | xerophile | xerophthalmia | xerophyte | xerosis

example_words_corpus: xerogel | xerosis | xerosol | xerogels | xeronate | xerogram

categorical_group_list: Environment, Physical State

ancestor_etymon: ξηρο-, ξηρ- OED

etymology: repr. Greek ξηρο- | ξηρ- | combining form of ξηρός dry OED | Greek ξηρός (xērós) | dry | ξηρός (xērós) | ξηρότης (xērótēs)

source: MorphoQuantics | Wiktionary | Stein


morpheme_key: xerox

morpheme: xerox

morpheme_head: xerox

affix_form: -xerox-

meaning_definition: to photocopy | duplicate

example_words_list_1: xerox, xeroxing, xeroxed

example_words_corpus: xeroxed | xeroxer | xeroxing | xeroxers | xeroxable | xeroxcopy

categorical_group_list: Reproduction, Technology

etymology: Proper noun (trademark) used as a verb/common noun


morpheme_key: xiph

morpheme: xiph

morpheme_head: xiph

affix_form: xiph-

allomorphs: xipho

sense_label: sword

meaning_definition: blade | blade-like

example_words_list_1: xiphisternum | xiphoid | xiphopagus | xiphophyllous | xiphosuran

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Shape

etymology: ξίφος (xíphos) | Greek xiphos : sword


morpheme_key: xyl

morpheme: xyl

morpheme_head: xyl

affix_form: xyl-

allomorphs: xylo

sense_label: wood

meaning_definition: wood

example_words_list_1: metaxylem, protoxylem, xylem, xylene, xylitol, xylocarp, Xylocarpus, xyloid, xylophagous, xylophobia, xylophone, xylostroma

example_words_corpus: xylyl | xylene | xylite | xylenyl | xylenes | xylenol

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, Biology

etymology: ξύλον (xúlon)


morpheme_key: y

morpheme: y

morpheme_head: y

affix_form: -y

sense_label: condition or process of

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun | adjective | interjectio

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun | verb | adjective | interjection | 4.98677986570834e-05

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | adjective | interjection | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: state/condition | small/endearing version | informal/familiar variant | associated with the first element | characterized by the first element's quality | inclined toward the first element's action | instance/result of the first element's action | covered with/possessing the first element's attribute | affectionate term for someone/something defined by the first element

example_words_list_1: sunny, happy, cloudy, rainy, salty, funny, lovely, friendly, muddy, salty

example_words_corpus: any | icy | Yer | holy | airy | sexy

categorical_group_list: Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: -i | -é OED | assimilative -y | -ig  OED | -ie / -ῑa OED | y

etymology: From Latin -ius, -ia, -ium (neuter of adjectives in -ius), via Old French -ie/-e and Old English -ig/-y, originally forming adjectives and nouns denoting state, quality, or possession.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French OED | Old English OED | Old French from Latin OED | Greek | ...

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


affix_form: y-

sense_label: positive constructive conception of {prev}

meaning_definition: favorable interpretation of the preceding element | beneficial perspective on the prior context

example_words_list_1: cryptography | andry | happy

example_words_list_2: cryptography, andry, happy

categorical_group_list: Affirmation, Quality

ancestor_etymon: y

etymology: Greek eu- (good, well)

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


morpheme_key: yacht

morpheme: yacht

morpheme_head: yacht

affix_form: -yacht-

meaning_definition: large boat | vessel

example_words_list_1: yacht

example_words_corpus: yachty | yachts | yachter | yachted | yachting | yachters

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vessel

etymology: Dutch 'jacht' (small, fast ship)

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: yahoo

morpheme: yahoo

morpheme_head: yahoo

affix_form: -yahoo-

meaning_definition: exclamation of joy or triumph

example_words_list_1: yahoo, yahoos, yahoodom

example_words_corpus: yahoos | yahooism | yahooish | yahoodom | yahooisms

categorical_group_list: Interjection, Emotion, Exclamation

etymology: Onomatopoeic interjection originating in American English, popularized by the 1990s TV show 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'


morpheme_key: yak

morpheme: yak

morpheme_head: yak

affix_form: -yak-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

example_words_corpus: yaks | yakky | yakalo | yakked | yakker | yakman

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant) meaning 'not' or 'without'


morpheme_key: yam

morpheme: yam

morpheme_head: yam

affix_form: -yam-

meaning_definition: tuberous root | edible plant

example_words_list_1: yam

example_words_corpus: yamlike | yamless | yamstick | cocoyams | yamsticks | yamogenin

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: From English 'yam', derived from Portuguese 'inhame', which likely originates from West African languages (e.g., Wolof 'nyam' or Kikongo 'nyama') referring to the plant.

ancestor_etymon_language: West African languages


morpheme_key: yammer

morpheme: yammer

morpheme_head: yammer

affix_form: -yammer-

meaning_definition: to talk loudly | to chatter | to grumble

example_words_list_1: yammering, yammered

example_words_corpus: yammers | yammerer | yammered | yammering | yammerers | yammerings

categorical_group_list: Communication, Sound

etymology: From Middle English yammeren, of imitative origin, likely related to the sound of continuous talking or grumbling.


morpheme_key: yang

morpheme: yang

morpheme_head: yang

affix_form: -yang-

meaning_definition: light | bright | sun | masculine | positive

example_words_list_1: yin-yang

example_words_corpus: yangs | yangite

categorical_group_list: Duality, Nature, Cosmic principle

etymology: Old Chinese *laŋ (to shine, bright), from a root meaning 'to shine' or 'to illuminate'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Chinese


morpheme_key: yank

morpheme: yank

morpheme_head: yank

affix_form: -yank-

meaning_definition: pull | jerk | tug

example_words_list_1: yank, yanked, yanking

example_words_corpus: yanks | yanked | yanker | yanking | yankers | Yankspeak

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force

etymology: From Old English 'ianca' or 'yencan', meaning to jerk or pull suddenly, possibly of imitative origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: yap

morpheme: yap

morpheme_head: yap

affix_form: -yap-

meaning_definition: talk | chatter | speak

example_words_list_1: yap, yapper, yapping

example_words_corpus: yaps | yappy | yapped | Yapese | yapper | yapping

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication, Informal

etymology: Middle English yapen, of imitative origin

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: yard

morpheme: yard

morpheme_head: yard

affix_form: -yard-

meaning_definition: enclosed area | courtyard | garden

example_words_list_1: backyard, courtyard, graveyard

example_words_corpus: yards | yarder | Yardie | yardarm | yardman | yardage

categorical_group_list: Space, Enclosure

etymology: Old English 'gyrd' 'stick, rod' or 'geard' 'enclosure'


morpheme_key: yarn

morpheme: yarn

morpheme_head: yarn

affix_form: -yarn-

meaning_definition: thread | fiber | spun strand

example_words_list_1: yarn

example_words_corpus: yarns | yarny | yarned | yarner | yarnes | yarning

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: Old English 'gearn'


morpheme_key: yaw

morpheme: yaw

morpheme_head: yaw

affix_form: -yaw-

meaning_definition: yawn | yawning

example_words_list_1: yawn, yawning, yawns, yawned

example_words_corpus: yaws | yawed | yawing | yawingly | yawmeter | yawmeters

categorical_group_list: Action, Mouth, Sleepiness

etymology: From Old English 'geogan' meaning 'to gape, open wide', related to Old Norse 'geiga'.


morpheme_key: yawl

morpheme: yawl

morpheme_head: yawl

affix_form: -yawl-

meaning_definition: a long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used for fishing or transport

example_words_list_1: yawl, yawls

example_words_corpus: yawls | yawled | yawling | yawlsman

categorical_group_list: Noun, Vessel, Maritime

etymology: From Malay 'jaul' or 'jaul-jaul', referring to a type of boat, borrowed into English in the 17th century.

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: yawn

morpheme: yawn

morpheme_head: yawn

affix_form: -yawn-

meaning_definition: to open the mouth wide and inhale deeply | involuntary reflex of tiredness

example_words_list_1: yawn, yawning, yawned

example_words_corpus: yawns | yawny | yawner | yawned | yawning | yawners

categorical_group_list: Physiology, Reflex

etymology: Middle English 'yawn' or 'ganen'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: yea

morpheme: yea

morpheme_head: yea

affix_form: -yea-

meaning_definition: yes

example_words_list_1: yea, yea-ism, yea-man

example_words_corpus: yeasay | yeasays | yeasayer | yeasayers

categorical_group_list: Affirmation, Interjection, Discourse marker

etymology: From Old English 'gēa' or 'gē', an interjection expressing affirmation or agreement.


morpheme_key: year

morpheme: year

morpheme_head: year

affix_form: -year-

meaning_definition: year

example_words_list_1: first-year, fourth-year, one-year, second-year, third-year, two-year

example_words_corpus: years | yearly | toyear | yeared | midyear | yearful

categorical_group_list: Time, Duration

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- 'year'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: yearn

morpheme: yearn

morpheme_head: yearn

affix_form: -yearn-

meaning_definition: strong desire | longing | earnest wish

example_words_list_1: yearning, yearned, yearns

example_words_corpus: yearns | yearny | yearned | yearner | beyearn | yearning

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Desire

etymology: Old English 'georn' (eager, desirous)


morpheme_key: yeast

morpheme: yeast

morpheme_head: yeast

affix_form: -yeast-

meaning_definition: a substance containing yeast cells | a dough or batter containing yeast

example_words_list_1: yeast, yeasty

example_words_corpus: yeasty | yeasts | yeasted | yeastily | yeastful | yeastlike

categorical_group_list: Biology, Food, Fermentation

etymology: From Old English 'gēast' (ferment, leaven), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'gist' and German 'Gäst'.


morpheme_key: yell

morpheme: yell

morpheme_head: yell

affix_form: -yell-

meaning_definition: to shout | to cry out

example_words_list_1: yell, yelling, yelled

example_words_corpus: yells | yelled | yeller | yelling | yellers | outyell

etymology: Middle English yellen, related to yell/yell


morpheme_key: yellow

morpheme: yellow

morpheme_head: yellow

affix_form: -yellow-

sense_label: having the color of ripe lemons or butter

example_words_list_1: yellowish, yellowing

example_words_corpus: yellowy | yellows | yellowed | yellowly | unyellow | yellowen

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual perception

etymology: Old English 'geolu'


morpheme_key: yen

morpheme: yen

morpheme_head: yen

affix_form: -yen-

meaning_definition: money | currency | unit of payment

example_words_list_1: yen, yenage, yenful

example_words_corpus: yens | yenned | yenning

categorical_group_list: Currency, Money, Economics

etymology: Japanese yen (円) meaning 'circle' or 'round object', originally referring to silver dollars.

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese


morpheme_key: yer

morpheme: yer

morpheme_head: yer

affix_form: -yer

meaning_definition: one who does | agent of

example_words_list_1: teacher, baker, writer, player, seller

example_words_corpus: yers | lawyer | bowyer | sawyer | mowyer | tawyer

categorical_group_list: Agent, Noun-forming, Latin origin

ancestor_etymon: eer

etymology: Latin agent suffix -er, from -ator/-or


morpheme_key: yes

morpheme: yes

morpheme_head: yes

affix_form: -yes-

meaning_definition: yes | affirmative | positive

example_words_list_1: yes-man, yes-or-no

example_words_corpus: yeses | yessir | yesman | yesish | yesable | yeswoman

categorical_group_list: Affirmation, Interjection, Loanword

etymology: Latin 'yes' (from 'ita' or 'sic'), often used in English as a loanword or interjection, occasionally as a bound morpheme in compound words like 'yes-man'.


morpheme_key: yester

morpheme: yester

morpheme_head: yester

affix_form: yester-

sense_label: yesterday

meaning_definition: yesterday

example_words_list_1: yesterday | yesteryear

example_words_list_2: yesterday, yesteryear

example_words_corpus: yesterday | yestereve | yestergay | yestersol | yesteryear | yesterdays

categorical_group_list: Time, Past

etymology: Old English giestran 'yesterday'


morpheme_key: yeti

morpheme: yeti

morpheme_head: yeti

affix_form: -yeti-

meaning_definition: mythical snow creature | abominable snowman

example_words_list_1: yeti

example_words_corpus: yetilike

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythical being

etymology: Tibetan 'yeh-teh'

ancestor_etymon_language: Tibetan


morpheme_key: yield

morpheme: yield

morpheme_head: yield

affix_form: -yield-

meaning_definition: produce | surrender | submit | provide

example_words_list_1: yield, yielding, unyielding

example_words_corpus: yields | ayield | yieldy | yielded | yielder | upyield

categorical_group_list: Production, Submission, Exchange

etymology: Old English gieldan "to pay, render, or surrender"


morpheme_key: yin

morpheme: yin

morpheme_head: yin

affix_form: -yin-

meaning_definition: shadow | dark | passive | feminine

example_words_list_1: yin-yang, yin energy, yin phase

example_words_corpus: yins

categorical_group_list: Duality, Cosmology, Nature

etymology: From Chinese yīn (陰/阴) meaning 'shady side of a hill' or 'hidden', later associated with the passive, dark, and feminine principle in Taoist cosmology.


morpheme_key: yl

morpheme: yl

morpheme_head: yl

affix_form: -yl

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

example_words_corpus: enyl | oxyl | butyl | xylyl | lysyl | nonyl

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix a- (before vowels) or an- (before consonants) meaning 'not' or 'without', often used to form privative adjectives and nouns.


morpheme_key: yne

morpheme: yne

morpheme_head: yne

affix_form: -yne

meaning_definition: containing a triple bond

example_words_list_1: diyne | butyne | octyne | triyne | diynes | alkynes

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Organic compounds

etymology: From Greek 'yne' (feminine suffix of adjectives), derived from 'hyein' (to flow), referring to the fluidity or 'flowing' nature of unsaturated hydrocarbons compared to saturated ones.


morpheme_key: yobbo

morpheme: yobbo

morpheme_head: yobbo

affix_form: -yobbo-

meaning_definition: a foolish or aggressive young man | a hooligan

example_words_list_1: yobbo

categorical_group_list: Person, Insult

etymology: British slang, likely related to 'yob' (derived from 'boy')


morpheme_key: yoga

morpheme: yoga

morpheme_head: yoga

affix_form: -yoga-

allomorphs: yogi

meaning_definition: union | connection | yoke

example_words_list_1: yoga

example_words_corpus: yogasm | nonyoga | yogasms | yogalike | Acroyoga | yogawear

categorical_group_list: Connection, Physicality, Spirituality

etymology: Sanskrit yoga "union, yoke"

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: yoghurt

morpheme: yoghurt

morpheme_head: yoghurt

affix_form: -yoghurt-

meaning_definition: fermented milk product

example_words_list_1: yoghurt

example_words_corpus: yoghurts | yoghurted | yoghurtlike | yoghurtless

categorical_group_list: Food, Dairy

etymology: Turkish 'yoğurt'

ancestor_etymon_language: Turkish

etymological_family: Turkish


morpheme_key: yoke

morpheme: yoke

morpheme_head: yoke

affix_form: -yoke-

meaning_definition: bond | join | harness | pair

example_words_list_1: yoke, yoked, yoking

example_words_corpus: yokes | yoked | unyoke | yoketh | yokest | unyokes

categorical_group_list: Connection, Binding, Agriculture

etymology: Old English joc 'a wooden crosspiece'


morpheme_key: yokel

morpheme: yokel

morpheme_head: yokel

affix_form: -yokel-

meaning_definition: unsophisticated | rustic | provincial

example_words_list_1: yokel

example_words_corpus: yokels | yokelish | yokeldom

categorical_group_list: Person, Social status, Rurality

etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly related to 'yoke' or dialectal variations of 'yoke-el'


morpheme_key: yolk

morpheme: yolk

morpheme_head: yolk

affix_form: -yolk-

meaning_definition: yellow | yolk of an egg

example_words_list_1: yolk, yolky

example_words_corpus: yolks | yolky | yolked | deyolk | yolker | deyolks

categorical_group_list: Color, Food, Biology

etymology: Old English 'geolu' (yellow)


morpheme_key: yond

morpheme: yond

morpheme_head: yond

affix_form: yond-

meaning_definition: that | there

example_words_list_1: beyond, yonder Variant Spellings: yon

example_words_list_2: beyond, yonder Variant Spellings: yon

example_words_corpus: yonder | yonders | yonderness

categorical_group_list: Deixis, Locative, Distance

etymology: Old English 'geond' 'through, across, beyond'


morpheme_key: york

morpheme: york

morpheme_head: york

affix_form: -york-

meaning_definition: place | town | settlement

example_words_list_1: Yorkshire, Yorkist, New York

example_words_corpus: yorks | Yorkie | Yorkist | Yorkish | Yorkshire | Yorkstone

categorical_group_list: Location, Toponymic, Settlement

etymology: From Old English 'geoc' or 'wīc' (dwelling, village), often found in English place names like York (Eboracum) and Norwich.


morpheme_key: yorkshire

morpheme: yorkshire

morpheme_head: yorkshire

affix_form: -yorkshire-

meaning_definition: a region in Northern England

example_words_list_1: Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire

categorical_group_list: Location, Proper Noun

etymology: Old English 'York' (Eboracum) + 'scir' (shire/district)


morpheme_key: yorktown

morpheme: yorktown

morpheme_head: yorktown

affix_form: -yorktown-

meaning_definition: Yorktown

example_words_list_1: Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical Event

etymology: Proper noun derived from the town of York in England + the suffix -town


morpheme_key: yosemite

morpheme: yosemite

morpheme_head: yosemite

affix_form: -yosemite-

meaning_definition: Yosemite National Park | Yosemite Valley

example_words_list_1: Yosemite, Yosemiteite

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geographic Name

etymology: Proper noun derived from the name of a Native American tribe (Yosemite people) and the valley they inhabited; not a morphological affix in standard linguistics.


morpheme_key: yotta

morpheme: yotta

morpheme_head: yotta

affix_form: yotta-

meaning_definition: septillion (1024)

example_words_list_1: yottaton | yottabit | yottagram | yottabyte | yottatons | yottabits

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Magnitude, SI Prefixes

etymology: Greek 'yotta' (from 'yotta' meaning 'great' or derived from the SI system convention)

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: you

morpheme: you

morpheme_head: you

affix_form: -you-

meaning_definition: second person pronoun | person addressed

example_words_list_1: you

example_words_corpus: yous | youz | allyou | YouTube | YouPube | youness

categorical_group_list: Pronoun, Person

etymology: Old English 'ēow' (dative/accusative of 'þū')


morpheme_key: young

morpheme: young

morpheme_head: young

affix_form: -young-

meaning_definition: not old | youthful | in early stage of life

example_words_list_1: young, youngster, youngling

example_words_corpus: youngs | unyoung | youngly | youngth | youngen | youngish

categorical_group_list: Age, Temporal, Vitality

etymology: Old English 'geong'


morpheme_key: your

morpheme: your

morpheme_head: your

affix_form: -your-

meaning_definition: belonging to or associated with the person addressed

example_words_list_1: your, yours

example_words_corpus: yours | yoursen | yourself | yourselves

categorical_group_list: Possession, Pronoun

etymology: From Old English 'geower' (possessive pronoun), derived from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative stem *ge- combined with the genitive case ending.


morpheme_key: youth

morpheme: youth

morpheme_head: youth

affix_form: -youth-

meaning_definition: state of being young | young person

example_words_list_1: youth, youthful, youthfulness

categorical_group_list: Age, Vitality

etymology: Old English yūth (state of being young)


morpheme_key: yowl

morpheme: yowl

morpheme_head: yowl

affix_form: -yowl-

meaning_definition: to utter a loud, long, mournful cry

example_words_list_1: ['yowl']

example_words_corpus: yowls | yowly | yowler | yowled | yowling | yowlers

categorical_group_list: Sound, Vocalization

etymology: From Old English 'geowlan' meaning 'to howl, bellow, or roar', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: yule

morpheme: yule

morpheme_head: yule

affix_form: -yule-

meaning_definition: Yule | midwinter | Christmas

example_words_list_1: yule, yuletide, yuletide log

example_words_corpus: yuletide | Yulefest | yuletides | Yulemonth

categorical_group_list: Time, Seasonal, Holiday

etymology: Old English 'giuli' (midwinter)


morpheme_key: yuri

morpheme: yuri

morpheme_head: yuri

affix_form: -yuri-

meaning_definition: woman | female

example_words_list_1: yuri, Yuri, Yuri-san

categorical_group_list: Gender, Feminine, Person

etymology: Russian женщина (zhenshchina) or Yuri (name), often associated with femininity in modern contexts

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: z

morpheme: z

morpheme_head: z

affix_form: z-

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational

meaning_definition: diminutive | small | affectionate

example_words_list_1: Bez | Chaz | Gaz

example_words_list_2: Bez, Chaz, Gaz

example_words_corpus: zir | LOLZ | zino | youz | kidz | boyz

categorical_group_list: Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: Geordie -s

etymology: -s

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: zany

morpheme: zany

morpheme_head: zany

affix_form: -zany-

meaning_definition: amusing | eccentric | silly

example_words_list_1: ['zany']

example_words_corpus: unzany | zanyism | outzany | zanyish | zanyisms

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Personality

etymology: From Italian 'zannare' (to bite) or 'zanna' (fang), possibly via Spanish 'zany' or French 'sain', originally referring to a madman or someone acting wildly.

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: ze

morpheme: ze

morpheme_head: ze

affix_form: ze-

meaning_definition: boil

example_words_list_1: eczema | eczematous

example_words_list_2: eczema | eczematous

example_words_corpus: zed | zeds

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Liquid state

etymology: ζεῖν (zeîn) | ζεστός (zestós) | ζέσις | ζέμα | ζέματος (zéma | zématos) | Greek ζέω (zéō) | to boil | seethe | bubble

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: zeal

morpheme: zeal

morpheme_head: zeal

affix_form: -zeal-

meaning_definition: fervor | eagerness

example_words_list_1: zealous, zealot

example_words_list_2: zealous, zealot

example_words_corpus: zeals | zealed | zealous | zealful | zealless | overzeal

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Intensity

ancestor_etymon: zeal

etymology: Greek zelōs 'zeal, envy'


morpheme_key: zealand

morpheme: zealand

morpheme_head: zealand

affix_form: -zealand-

meaning_definition: New Zealand

example_words_list_1: New Zealand, Zealandic

example_words_corpus: Zealander | Zealandic | Zealandia

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Country

etymology: From the proper noun 'New Zealand', referring to the country.


morpheme_key: zebra

morpheme: zebra

morpheme_head: zebra

affix_form: -zebra-

meaning_definition: striped equine | equid

example_words_list_1: zebra

example_words_corpus: zebras | zebrass | zebraic | zebrafish | zebrawood | zebralike

categorical_group_list: Animal, Nature

etymology: From Xhosa 'zebra', likely via Afrikaans 'zebra', referring to the animal's striped coat.

ancestor_etymon_language: Xhosa


morpheme_key: zed

morpheme: zed

morpheme_head: zed

affix_form: -zed-

meaning_definition: past tense | past participle

example_words_list_1: walked, talked, played, jumped

categorical_group_list: Grammar, Verb, Past Tense

etymology: English inflectional suffix derived from Old English -ede, marking the past tense of weak verbs.


morpheme_key: zeitgeist

morpheme: zeitgeist

morpheme_head: zeitgeist

affix_form: -zeitgeist-

meaning_definition: spirit of the times | intellectual climate of a particular period

example_words_list_1: zeitgeist

example_words_corpus: zeitgeists | zeitgeisty | zeitgeistily

categorical_group_list: Time, Abstract concept

etymology: From German Zeit 'time' + Geist 'spirit, mind'

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: zel

morpheme: zel

morpheme_head: zel

affix_form: zel-

meaning_definition: jealousy | zeal

example_words_list_1: zeal | zealot | zealous

example_words_list_2: zeal | zealot | zealous

example_words_corpus: zels

etymology: ζῆλος (zêlos) | ζηλωτής | ζηλωτοῦ (zēlōtḗs) | ζηλωτοῦ(zēlōtḗs)


morpheme_key: zen

morpheme: zen

morpheme_head: zen

affix_form: -zen-

meaning_definition: meditation | state of focus | mindfulness

example_words_list_1: zen master, zen garden, zen Buddhism, koan, satori

categorical_group_list: Spirituality, Mental state

etymology: From Middle Japanese zen (禅), from Chinese chán, from Sanskrit dhyāna 'meditation'

etymological_family: Japanese (Sino)


morpheme_key: zenith

morpheme: zenith

morpheme_head: zenith

affix_form: -zenith-

meaning_definition: highest point | peak | summit

example_words_list_1: zenith

example_words_corpus: zeniths | zenithal | zenithally | circumzenith | circumzenithal

categorical_group_list: Height, Extremity, Position

etymology: Arabic samt (path, direction) + Arabic -an (superlative suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: zephyr

morpheme: zephyr

morpheme_head: zephyr

affix_form: zephyr-

sense_label: west wind

meaning_definition: west wind

example_words_list_1: zephyr

example_words_list_2: zephyr

example_words_corpus: zephyrs | zephyry | zephyrous | zephyrless | zephyrlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Wind

etymology: Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros)

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: zepto

morpheme: zepto

morpheme_head: zepto

affix_form: zepto-

meaning_definition: sextillionth (10−21)

example_words_list_1: zeptogram | zeptobarn | zeptomole | zeptometre | zeptograms | zeptomoles

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Magnitude, Metric Prefix

etymology: Greek zeugma "joining, yoking" (via the concept of smallness/division in metric scaling)


morpheme_key: zero

morpheme: zero

morpheme_head: zero

affix_form: -zero-

meaning_definition: nothing | naught | null | void

example_words_list_1: sifr, asf, safar

example_words_corpus: zeros | zeroth | zeroed | zeroes | zeroid | zeroing

categorical_group_list: Nullity, Quantity, Absence

etymology: Arabic zero (ṣifr) from Classical Arabic ṣifr 'empty, void', derived from the root ṣ-f-r meaning 'to be empty'. The concept of zero as a number was transmitted to Europe via Arabic mathematics, but the specific morpheme 'zero' in English is a later borrowing from Italian 'zero' (via Spanish 'cero'), ultimately from Arabic. However, as a root meaning 'nothing' in Arabic, it is native.


morpheme_key: zest

morpheme: zest

morpheme_head: zest

affix_form: -zest-

meaning_definition: energy | enthusiasm | piquancy

example_words_list_1: zest

example_words_corpus: zesty | zests | zester | zested | zestful | zesters

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Vitality

etymology: Greek zestē 'boiling, heat'


morpheme_key: zete

morpheme: zete

morpheme_head: zete

affix_form: zete-

allomorphs: zet

meaning_definition: seek

example_words_list_1: zetetic

example_words_list_2: zetetic

categorical_group_list: Inquiry, Search

etymology: ζητεῖν (zēteîn) | ζητητός (zētētós) | ζητητικός (zētētikós)


morpheme_key: zetta

morpheme: zetta

morpheme_head: zetta

affix_form: zetta-

meaning_definition: sextillion (1021)

example_words_list_1: zettaton | zettagram | zettabyte | zettatons | zettaflop | zettametre

categorical_group_list: Number, Magnitude, Metric Prefix

etymology: Greek zēta (ζῆτα), the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet


morpheme_key: zilla

morpheme: zilla

morpheme_head: zilla

affix_form: -zilla

meaning_definition: huge | monstrous | giant

example_words_list_1: Fedzilla | promzilla | wimpzilla | bridezilla | groomzilla | bitchzilla

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: derived from 'Gojira' (Godzilla)


morpheme_key: zinc

morpheme: zinc

morpheme_head: zinc

affix_form: -zinc-

allomorphs: zinco

meaning_definition: zinc (chemical element)

example_words_list_1: zinc, zincify, zincite

example_words_corpus: zincs | zincy | zinced | zincic | dezinc | zincin

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: German Zink, from Latin zincum, from Persian sang-i-jang (stone of Jing)


morpheme_key: zing

morpheme: zing

morpheme_head: zing

affix_form: -zing-

meaning_definition: sound of a small sharp noise | action of moving quickly

example_words_list_1: zing, zinger, zinging

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Motion, Sound


morpheme_key: zion

morpheme: zion

morpheme_head: zion

affix_form: -zion-

meaning_definition: holy place | sanctuary | citadel

example_words_list_1: Zion

example_words_corpus: Zionazi | Zionistic | Zionistan | dezionize | NaZionism | Nazionist

categorical_group_list: Place, Sacred, Location

etymology: Hebrew Tsiyyon (a point, landmark, or citadel)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: zip

morpheme: zip

morpheme_head: zip

affix_form: -zip-

meaning_definition: zip | zero | nothing | empty

example_words_list_1: zip code, zip tie, zip file, zip up

example_words_corpus: zips | zippy | unzip | zippo | rezip | zipper

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Zero, Slang

etymology: From the brand name 'Zip' (a brand of instant coffee) or the onomatopoeic verb 'zip' meaning to move quickly or close with a zipper, metaphorically extended to mean 'zero' or 'nothing' in slang (e.g., 'zip code' originally referring to a postal zone, but 'zip' itself meaning nothing). In the context of affixes like 'zip-code' or slang 'zip', it derives from the English word for zero or nothingness.


morpheme_key: zircon

morpheme: zircon

morpheme_head: zircon

affix_form: -zircon-

allomorphs: zirco

meaning_definition: zirconium-based mineral | silicate mineral

example_words_list_1: zircon

example_words_corpus: zircons | zirconic | zirconoid | zirconate | zirconite | zirconates

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Material

etymology: From Latin zirconium, from Persian zargun 'gold-colored', via German Zirkon

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: zither

morpheme: zither

morpheme_head: zither

affix_form: -zither-

meaning_definition: stringed musical instrument

example_words_list_1: zither

example_words_corpus: zithers | zitherist | zitherists | zitherlike

categorical_group_list: Music, Instrument

etymology: From German Zither, from Middle High German zītere, from Late Latin cithara, from Greek kithara.


morpheme_key: zo

morpheme: zo

morpheme_head: zo

affix_form: zo-

meaning_definition: creature | organism | fauna existence

example_words_list_1: zoology, zoology, zooplankton, zooid

morpheme_counterpart_opposite: phyto

opposing_meaning: plant

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology, Nature

ancestor_etymon: zoo

etymology: ζῶ | ζῷον (zôion) | Greek zōion : animal | Italian zucca : gourd

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


morpheme_key: zoa

morpheme: zoa

morpheme_head: zoa

affix_form: -zoa-

meaning_definition: animal. Used for broad categories of animals, or in certain names of animals.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Metazoa ("encompassing animals"); Parazoa ("near animals"); Ecdysozoa ("moulting animals"); Yunnanozoon ("animal from Yunnan"); Yuyuanozoon ("animal from Yu Yuan")

example_words_corpus: Anthozoa | anthozoan | anthozoans

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: ζῷον (zōion)

etymology: Greek ζῷον (zōion), neuter of ζῷος (zōos) 'living being, animal'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /zoʊɑːn/, /zoʊə/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: zodiac

morpheme: zodiac

morpheme_head: zodiac

affix_form: -zodiac-

meaning_definition: circle of animals | constellation group

example_words_list_1: zodiacal

example_words_corpus: zodiacs | zodiacal | exozodiacal | nonzodiacal | ultrazodiacal

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Time, Nature

etymology: Greek zōdiakos kyklos 'circle of animals'


morpheme_key: zoe

morpheme: zoe

morpheme_head: zoe

affix_form: -zoe-

meaning_definition: life | living

example_words_list_1: zoology, zoetic, zooplankton

categorical_group_list: Life, Vitality

etymology: Greek zōē 'life'


morpheme_key: zoic

morpheme: zoic

morpheme_head: zoic

affix_form: -zoic

meaning_definition: relating to | characterized by | era of

example_words_list_1: archaeozoic | archeozoic | azoic | benzoic | endozoic | entozoic | eozoic | epizoic | holozoic | mesozoic | phanerozoic | proterozoic | protozoic | saprozoic

example_words_list_2: archaeozoic, archeozoic, azoic, benzoic, endozoic, entozoic, eozoic, epizoic, holozoic, mesozoic, phanerozoic, proterozoic, protozoic, saprozoic

example_words_corpus: azoic | epizoic | Neozoic | Cenozoic | Mesozoic | holozoic

categorical_group_list: Time, Biology, Geology

etymology: Greek -zoikos, from zōion 'living thing'


morpheme_key: zombie

morpheme: zombie

morpheme_head: zombie

affix_form: -zombie-

meaning_definition: undead person | reanimated corpse | mindless creature

example_words_list_1: zombie

example_words_corpus: antizombies

categorical_group_list: Undead, Horror, Supernatural

etymology: Kimbundu/Kongo 'nzambi' (god/spirit) via Haitian Creole 'zombi'

ancestor_etymon_language: West African


morpheme_key: zone

morpheme: zone

morpheme_head: zone

affix_form: -zone-

allomorphs: zon | zono

meaning_definition: area | region | division

example_words_list_1: timezone, troposphere, ozone

example_words_corpus: zones | zoned | zoner | zoners | rezone | upzone

categorical_group_list: Space, Location

etymology: Greek zona "girdle, belt"


morpheme_key: zoo

morpheme: zoo

morpheme_head: zoo

affix_form: zoo-

meaning_definition: animals | an individual animal | existence of animals | any living creature

example_words_corpus: zoos | zooid | zooey | zootic | zooids | zoonym

categorical_group_list: Biology, Life

ancestor_etymon: ζῳο-  OED

etymology: repr. Greek ζῳο- | combining form of ζῷον animal OED | Greek ζῷον (zôion) | ζῶ | ζῷον (zôion)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: zoon

morpheme: zoon

morpheme_head: zoon

affix_form: -zoon

meaning_definition: animal | living creature

example_words_list_1: zoons | zoonal | zoonic | zoonule | zoonite | epizoon

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology

etymology: Greek zoon (ζῷον) 'living thing, animal'


morpheme_key: zoö

morpheme: zoö

morpheme_head: zoö

affix_form: zoö-

meaning_definition: animal | living being

example_words_list_1: zoögeny | zoögamy | zoöphyte | zoölatry | zoöphagy | zoöphytes

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: Greek zōion 'living being, animal'


morpheme_key: zyg

morpheme: zyg

morpheme_head: zyg

affix_form: zyg-

allomorphs: zygo

meaning_definition: joining bar | joined together | bar-like | two connected items

example_words_list_1: azygous | diazeugma | dizygotic | heterozygote | heterozygous | hyperzeuxis | hypozeugma | hypozeuxis | mesozeugma | monozygotic | prozeugma | synezeugmenon | zeugitae | zeugma | zygoma | zygomorphic | zygomorphism | zygomycosis | zygomycota | zygon | Zygoptera | zygote | syzygy | zygodactyl | zygogenesis | zygomatic | zygospore

categorical_group_list: Connection, Biology, Structure

etymology: ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai) | ζεῦγμα (zeûgma) | ζυγωτός (zugōtós) | ζυγός | ζυγόν (zugón) | ζεῦγμα(zeûgma) | Greek zymē : leavening

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: zymo

morpheme: zym(o)

morpheme_head: zym

affix_form: zym-

allomorphs: zym(o) | zyme | zymo

sense_label: fermentation

meaning_definition: enzymatic conversion process | microbial metabolic activity

example_words_list_1: zymoplastic | zymoscope | enzyme | lysozyme

example_words_corpus: zymose | zymoid | zymogen | zymosis | zymology | zymogram

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry, Transformation

ancestor_etymon: ζύμη  OED

etymology: combining form repr. Greek ζύμη leaven | used in the general sense 'ferment' OED | Greek ζύμη (zúmē) | leaven | yeast

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: zza

morpheme: zza

morpheme_head: zza

affix_form: -zza

meaning_definition: diminutive | affectionate | augmentative

example_words_list_1: cuzzas

example_words_corpus: cuzzas

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Augmentative, Nominalizer, Italian Loanword

etymology: Italian augmentative/diminutive suffix -zza, derived from Latin -tia (via -tia), often attached to adjectives to form nouns indicating a state or quality.