morpheme_key: doppel

morpheme: doppel

morpheme_head: doppel

affix_form: doppel-

meaning_definition: double | two | twofold

example_words_list_1: doppelganger

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Multiplicity

etymology: German 'doppelt' (double), from Middle High German 'doppelt', from 'dopp' (double) + '-elt' (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*twalbaz' (two-fold), from PIE '*dwo-' (two)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: doppler

morpheme: doppler

morpheme_head: doppler

affix_form: -doppler-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: frequency shift | change in perceived frequency

example_words_list_1: doppler effect, doppler radar

example_words_corpus: dopplers

categorical_group_list: Physics, Motion, Perception

etymology: Named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler; not a native Germanic morpheme but a proper noun loanword

etymological_family: other

register: scientific

attestation: both


morpheme_key: dor

morpheme: dor

morpheme_head: dor

affix_form: -dor-

meaning_definition: present

example_words_list_1: Dora, Doris, Dorothea, Dorothy, Eudora, Isadora, Isidore, Pandora, Theodore, Thermidor

example_words_corpus: dors | dumbledor | dorbeetle | dumbledore | dumbledors | dorbeetles

related_morphemes: dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dos2 / dos, dote / dote, dow / dow

categorical_group_list: Giving, Possession

etymology: Greek dōros : gift

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: dora

morpheme: dora

morpheme_head: dora

affix_form: -dora-

meaning_definition: dog

example_words_list_1: doraemon, dorayaki, dorado

categorical_group_list: Animal, Canine

etymology: Japanese 'inu' (dog) with phonetic shift or loanword adaptation

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: dorado

morpheme: dorado

morpheme_head: dorado

affix_form: -dorado-

meaning_definition: golden | gilded

example_words_list_1: dorado, dorada, dorado, dorados, doradas

categorical_group_list: Color, Material

etymology: Spanish 'dorado' from 'dorar' 'to gild'

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: doric

morpheme: doric

morpheme_head: doric

affix_form: -doric-

meaning_definition: Doric | of or relating to the Dorians or their dialect

example_words_list_1: Doric column, Doric order, Doric dialect

example_words_corpus: Doricism | protodoric

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Geography, Linguistics, Adjectival

etymology: From Greek Dorikos, from Doros (the Dorian tribe)


morpheme_key: dorm

morpheme: dorm

morpheme_head: dorm

affix_form: dorm-

sense_label: sleep

meaning_definition: rest | to rest

example_words_list_1: dormant | dormitory | dormer | dormouse | dormitory (sleeping room) | dormant (sleeping)

example_words_corpus: dorms | dormer | dormlike | dormmate | dormmates | interdorm

categorical_group_list: Rest, Biological process

etymology: Latin dormīre 'to sleep'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

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


morpheme_key: dormer

morpheme: dormer

morpheme_head: dormer

affix_form: -dormer-

meaning_definition: sleep | slumber

example_words_list_1: dormant, dormitory, dormancy

categorical_group_list: State of being, Biological process


morpheme_key: dormire

morpheme: dormire

morpheme_head: dormire

affix_form: dorm

allomorphs: dorm

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: rest | slumber

example_words_list_1: dormitory

example_words_list_2: dormitory

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: dorm

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: dors

morpheme: dors

morpheme_head: dors

affix_form: dors-

allomorphs: dorse | dorsi | dorso

sense_label: back

meaning_definition: rear portion | the posterior region

example_words_list_1: dorsal, dorsum

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position

etymology: Latin dorsum "back, spine"

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: dorsal

morpheme: dorsal

morpheme_head: dorsal

affix_form: -dorsal-

meaning_definition: back | rear | upper surface

example_words_list_1: dorsal fin, dorsolateral, dorsum

example_words_corpus: dorsals | dorsally | bidorsal | nondorsal | predorsal | dorsalize

etymology: Latin dorsum 'back, ridge'


morpheme_key: dos

morpheme: dos

morpheme_head: dos

affix_form: -dos-

sense_label: the back

meaning_definition: the rear | ?

example_words_list_1: dorsal, dos-à-dos (do-si-do), dossier, endorse, extrados, parados, tournedos


morpheme_key: dose

morpheme: dose

morpheme_head: dose

affix_form: -dose-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: dose | quantity administered

example_words_list_1: dosage, dosimeter, overdose, underdose

example_words_corpus: doses | dosed | doser | predose | isodose | megadose

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Quantity, Administration

etymology: Latin 'dosis' from Greek 'dosis' meaning 'a giving, gift'


morpheme_key: dost

morpheme: dost

morpheme_head: dost

affix_form: -dost-

meaning_definition: friend | companion | ally

example_words_list_1: druzhba, podruzhka, drugoy

categorical_group_list: Social relations, Kinship, Affinity

etymology: From Russian друг (drug) meaning 'friend', derived from Proto-Slavic *drugъ.

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: dot

morpheme: dot

morpheme_head: dot

affix_form: -dot-

sense_label: foolish, feeble-minded

meaning_definition: stupid | weak-minded

example_words_list_1: dotard, dote, dotingly

example_words_corpus: dotty | dotcom | dottle | dotted | dotter | biodot

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Negation

etymology: Middle English doten to be foolish or feeble-minded

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: dotare

morpheme: dotare

morpheme_head: dotare

affix_form: -dotare-

meaning_definition: to bestow a quality or valuable item upon someone | to provide with necessary resources or capabilities

example_words_list_1: endow, endowment

example_words_list_2: endow, endowment

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: dow

etymology: Latin donare 'to give, bestow'


morpheme_key: dote

morpheme: dote

morpheme_head: dote

affix_form: -dote-

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: to bestow | to grant

example_words_list_1: anecdote, antidote, epidote

example_words_list_2: anecdote, antidote, epidote

example_words_corpus: doter | dotes | doted | dotel | doteth | doters

related_morphemes: dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dow / dow

categorical_group_list: Giving, Transfer

etymology: Greek dōron 'gift' (from the root *deh₃- 'to give')


morpheme_key: doth

morpheme: doth

morpheme_head: doth

affix_form: -doth-

meaning_definition: to do | perform | act

example_words_list_1: doth

categorical_group_list: Action, Verb

etymology: Old English 'do' (dōn)


morpheme_key: double

morpheme: double

morpheme_head: double

affix_form: double-

sense_label: twice

meaning_definition: twice | again

example_words_list_1: plurimal

example_words_list_2: plurimal

example_words_corpus: doubled | doubles | doubler | redouble | doublers | undouble

categorical_group_list: Repetition, Multiplicity

etymology: plurimus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: doublet

morpheme: doublet

morpheme_head: doublet

affix_form: -doublet-

meaning_definition: two | pair | twofold

example_words_list_1: doublet, double, doubling

example_words_corpus: doublets | bidoublet | doubleted | isodoublet | bidoublets | doubletted

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin 'duplus' (double) from 'duo' (two)


morpheme_key: doubt

morpheme: doubt

morpheme_head: doubt

affix_form: -doubt-

sense_label: uncertainty

meaning_definition: uncertainty | lack of conviction | hesitation

example_words_list_1: doubt, doubtful, doubtless, doubting

example_words_corpus: doubted | redoubt | doubter | bedoubt | doubtful | doubting

categorical_group_list: Uncertainty, Cognition

etymology: Latin dubitare 'to hesitate, doubt', from dubius 'doubtful'


morpheme_key: douche

morpheme: douche

morpheme_head: douche

affix_form: -douche-

meaning_definition: to wash | to cleanse | spray

example_words_list_1: douche, douchebag

example_words_corpus: douches | douched | douchey | douchery | douchebag | douchefag

categorical_group_list: Action, Cleansing

etymology: French douche 'shower, bath'

ancestor_etymon_language: French

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: dough

morpheme: dough

morpheme_head: dough

affix_form: -dough-

meaning_definition: unbaked mixture of flour and liquid | mass of malleable substance

example_words_list_1: dough, doughy, doughnut

example_words_corpus: doughy | doughs | dougher | doughnut | doughboy | doughily

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance, Material

etymology: Old English dōh (mass of dough, paste)


morpheme_key: dour

morpheme: dour

morpheme_head: dour

affix_form: -dour-

meaning_definition: gloomy | sullen | stern

example_words_list_1: dour

example_words_corpus: dourly | dourness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Temperament

etymology: Middle English dour/dure, related to Old French dour

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: douse

morpheme: douse

morpheme_head: douse

affix_form: -douse-

meaning_definition: to plunge | to saturate | to extinguish

example_words_list_1: douse, doused, dousing

example_words_corpus: doused | douses | douser | dousers

categorical_group_list: Liquid, Action, Destruction

etymology: Middle English dousen, related to douse (to drench)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: dove

morpheme: dove

morpheme_head: dove

affix_form: -dove-

meaning_definition: dove | pigeon

example_words_list_1: dove

example_words_corpus: doves | dovely | dovecot | dovekie | dovelet | dovecote

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nature

etymology: PIE *kolombos

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European

register: neutral


morpheme_key: dow

morpheme: dow

morpheme_head: dow

affix_form: -dow-

meaning_definition: to transfer | to hand over

example_words_list_1: dowager, dower, dowry, endow, endowment

example_words_list_2: dowager, dower, dowry, endow, endowment

example_words_corpus: dows | dowless | dowable | dowsome

related_morphemes: dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dote / dote

categorical_group_list: Giving, Provision, Endowment

etymology: Old French dower/dowier, from Vulgar Latin *dutare, from Latin dos (genitive dotis) 'dowry, property brought by a bride to her husband'


morpheme_key: dowager

morpheme: dowager

morpheme_head: dowager

affix_form: -dowager-

meaning_definition: widow | elderly woman

example_words_list_1: dowager, dowager countess, dowager queen

example_words_corpus: dowagers | dowagerly | dowagerism | dowagerish | dowagerlike

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Person

etymology: Old French 'dowagère' from 'douaire' (dowry)


morpheme_key: dowdy

morpheme: dowdy

morpheme_head: dowdy

affix_form: -dowdy-

meaning_definition: unfashionable | unfashionable | lacking style

example_words_list_1: dowdily, dowdiness

example_words_corpus: dowdyish

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Quality

etymology: From Old English dōdige 'having a manner or disposition', from dōd 'deed, manner' + -ig 'having the quality of'.


morpheme_key: dower

morpheme: dower

morpheme_head: dower

affix_form: -dower-

meaning_definition: to provide | to endow | to give

example_words_list_1: dower, dowry, dowered

example_words_corpus: dowers | dowered | dowering | dowerless

categorical_group_list: Action, Provision

etymology: Old English dowrian 'to be worthy, to endure'


morpheme_key: down

morpheme: down

morpheme_head: down

affix_form: down-

sense_label: downward

affix_type: prefix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun, verb

meaning_definition: downward | below | towards a lower position

example_words_list_1: download | downright | downbeat

example_words_list_2: download | downright | downbeat

example_words_corpus: downy | downs | downer | downed | Downie | lowdown

categorical_group_list: preposition-like

etymology: Old English dæwn 'down, below'

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: downing

morpheme: downing

morpheme_head: downing

affix_form: -downing-

meaning_definition: to depress | to humble | to bring low

example_words_list_1: downing, down

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion, Combat

etymology: Old English 'dūnian' (to depress, humble) from 'dūn' (hill)


morpheme_key: dowry

morpheme: dowry

morpheme_head: dowry

affix_form: -dowry-

meaning_definition: property | goods | payment brought by a bride to her husband

example_words_list_1: dowry, dowries

example_words_corpus: dowrying | dowryless | antidowry

categorical_group_list: Finance, Marriage, Property

etymology: Old French 'dot' (dowry)


morpheme_key: dowse

morpheme: dowse

morpheme_head: dowse

affix_form: -dowse-

meaning_definition: to search | to divine | to detect

example_words_list_1: dowse, dowser, dowser-rod

example_words_corpus: dowser | dowses | dowsed | dowsers

categorical_group_list: Discovery, Divination, Searching

etymology: Middle English dowsen, related to douse


morpheme_key: dox

morpheme: dox

morpheme_head: dox

affix_form: dox-

allomorphs: doxo

meaning_definition: instruct | viewpoint | principle | commend | consider | hold a belief | conviction

example_words_list_1: docile | doctor | doctrine | indoctrinate | indoctrination | dogma | dogmatic | dogmatism | doxology | heterodox | orthodox | paradox | paradox unrelated: doxy | heterodoxy

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Belief, Instruction

ancestor_etymon: dox

etymology: docere | doctus | δοκεῖν (dokeîn) ~to appear | seem | think~ | δόξα (dóxa) ~opinion~ | δόγμα (dógma) | Greek doxa : opinion | praise dokein : to seem | to think

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Greek


morpheme_key: doze

morpheme: doze

morpheme_head: doze

affix_form: -doze-

meaning_definition: sleep lightly | slumber

example_words_list_1: doze, dozing, dozed

example_words_corpus: dozed | dozer | adoze | dozes | Windoze

categorical_group_list: State of being, Sleep

etymology: Middle English 'dousen' or 'dose'


morpheme_key: dozen

morpheme: dozen

morpheme_head: dozen

affix_form: -dozen-

meaning_definition: twelve | a group of twelve

example_words_list_1: dozen

example_words_corpus: dozens | dozenth | dozenal | dozenals | dozenths | dozenalism

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Old French 'douzaine' from 'douze'


morpheme_key: dra

morpheme: dra

morpheme_head: dra

affix_form: False

sense_label: to draw, to pull, to drag

meaning_definition: to bring near | to tug | to pull forcefully

example_words_list_1: bedraggled, draft, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drawer, drawers, drawl, dray

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force

etymology: Proto-Germanic *draganą "to draw, drag" < Proto-Indo-European *der- "to run, rush, draw"

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: drab

morpheme: drab

morpheme_head: drab

affix_form: -drab-

meaning_definition: dull | lacking interest | uninteresting

example_words_list_1: drab

example_words_corpus: drabs | drably | drabby | drabber | drabbed | drabness

categorical_group_list: Quality, Appearance

etymology: From Old English 'dræge' meaning dull, dreary, or gloomy.


morpheme_key: draco

morpheme: draco

morpheme_head: draco

affix_form: draco

allomorphs: drac

meaning_definition: dragon.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Dracophyllum ("dragon race"); Dracocephalum ("dragon head"); Dracaena ("female dragon")

example_words_corpus: dracology | draconite | draconites

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: δράκος (drákos)

etymology: Greek δράκων (drakōn) 'serpent, dragon'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /drakoʊs/

source: Wikipedia | Wikidata


morpheme_key: draft

morpheme: draft

morpheme_head: draft

affix_form: -draft-

meaning_definition: to pull | to draw | preliminary version

example_words_list_1: draught, draftsman, drafting

example_words_corpus: drafts | drafty | draftee | drafter | drafted | updraft

categorical_group_list: Motion, Creation, Selection

etymology: Old English dragan "to draw, pull"


morpheme_key: drag

morpheme: drag

morpheme_head: drag

affix_form: -drag-

meaning_definition: pull | haul | trawl

example_words_list_1: drag, dragged, dragging, dragger

example_words_corpus: drags | draggy | redrag | updrag | dragged | dragnet

etymology: Middle English draggen, from Old English dragan 'to draw, pull'


morpheme_key: dragon

morpheme: dragon

morpheme_head: dragon

affix_form: -dragon-

meaning_definition: mythical serpent | large reptilian creature

example_words_list_1: dragon, dragonfly, dragonet

example_words_corpus: dragons | dragonet | dragonfly | dragoness | dragonish | dragonets

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythical entity

etymology: Greek drákōn 'serpent, dragon'


morpheme_key: dragoon

morpheme: dragoon

morpheme_head: dragoon

affix_form: -dragoon-

meaning_definition: dragon-like | mythical creature | cavalryman

example_words_list_1: dragon, dragoon, dragonfly

example_words_corpus: dragoons | dragooned | dragooner | dragooning | dragooners

categorical_group_list: Creature, Combat, Fantasy

etymology: French 'dragon' + suffix '-oon'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: drain

morpheme: drain

morpheme_head: drain

affix_form: -drain-

meaning_definition: to empty | to deplete | to withdraw

example_words_list_1: drain, drainage, draining, drained

example_words_corpus: drains | drainer | drained | drainage | draining | drainers

categorical_group_list: Depletion, Movement, Reduction

etymology: Middle English drainen, from Old French drainier


morpheme_key: drake

morpheme: drake

morpheme_head: drake

affix_form: -drake-

meaning_definition: dragon | large serpent

example_words_list_1: drake

example_words_corpus: drakes | icedrake | firedrake | icedrakes | firedrakes | earthdrake

categorical_group_list: Creature, Mythical

etymology: Old English draca, from Latin draco 'dragon, serpent'


morpheme_key: dram

morpheme: dram

morpheme_head: dram

affix_form: dram-

sense_label: run, step

meaning_definition: run, step

example_words_list_1: aerodrome, anadromous, antidromic, catadromous, diadromous, dromaeosaurid, heterodromous, hippodrome, loxodrome, monodromy, palindrome, syndrome

example_words_corpus: drams | dramshop | fluidram | dramming | dramless | fluidrams

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: δραμεῖν (drameîn), δρόμος (drómos)


morpheme_key: drama

morpheme: drama

morpheme_head: drama

affix_form: -drama-

meaning_definition: action | performance | play

example_words_list_1: melodrama, monodrama, psychodrama

example_words_corpus: dramas | nondrama | biodrama | metadrama | dramatize | minidrama

categorical_group_list: Action, Performance, Art

etymology: Greek drama 'action, play, spectacle'


morpheme_key: drank

morpheme: drank

morpheme_head: drank

affix_form: -drank-

meaning_definition: past tense of drink | consumed liquid

example_words_list_1: drink, drinker, drinking

example_words_corpus: dranks

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *drankaz (past tense of *drunkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- 'to hold, grasp'.


morpheme_key: drape

morpheme: drape

morpheme_head: drape

affix_form: -drape-

meaning_definition: to cover | to drape | to clothe

example_words_list_1: drapery, draped, draper

example_words_corpus: draped | drapes | drapey | undrape | bedrape | drapeth

categorical_group_list: Action, Covering, Texture

etymology: Old French 'draper' (to clothe, to dress)


morpheme_key: drastic

morpheme: drastic

morpheme_head: drastic

affix_form: -drastic-

meaning_definition: extreme | severe | forceful

example_words_list_1: drastic, drastically

example_words_corpus: superdrastic | ultradrastic

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Magnitude

etymology: Greek drastikos 'active, energetic' from dran 'to do, to act'


morpheme_key: draught

morpheme: draught

morpheme_head: draught

affix_form: -draught-

meaning_definition: act of pulling | current of air | portion of liquid

example_words_list_1: draught, draughtsman, draughtiness

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluid, Air


morpheme_key: draw

morpheme: draw

morpheme_head: draw

affix_form: -draw-

meaning_definition: to draw

example_words_list_1: drawback, drawer, drawing

example_words_corpus: drawl | draws | adraw | drawer | updraw | drawee

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: draw

etymology: Old English dragan "to pull, drag, or draw"


morpheme_key: drawer

morpheme: drawer

morpheme_head: drawer

affix_form: -drawer-

meaning_definition: one who draws | agent of action

example_words_list_1: drawer, drawerful, underdrawer

categorical_group_list: Agent, Action

etymology: From 'draw' + agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: dray

morpheme: dray

morpheme_head: dray

affix_form: -dray-

meaning_definition: day

example_words_list_1: diurnal, diurnal, diurnally

example_words_corpus: drays | drayman | drayage | drayages

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal reference

etymology: Latin 'dies' meaning 'day'


morpheme_key: dread

morpheme: dread

morpheme_head: dread

affix_form: -dread-

meaning_definition: fear | dread | intense apprehension

example_words_list_1: dreadful, dreadlocks, dreadnought

example_words_corpus: dreads | adread | dreaded | dreader | dreadly | undread

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fear

etymology: Old English drǣdan 'to fear, tremble'


morpheme_key: dream

morpheme: dream

morpheme_head: dream

affix_form: -dream-

meaning_definition: vision during sleep | state of being unreal | aspiration

example_words_list_1: dreamer, dreamy, daydream, dreamlike

example_words_corpus: dreamt | dreams | dreamy | dreamed | dreamer | undream

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Sleep, Illusion

etymology: Proto-Germanic *drēam- 'joy, merriment' (originally 'joyous noise'), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- 'to sing, chant'


morpheme_key: drear

morpheme: drear

morpheme_head: drear

affix_form: -drear-

meaning_definition: gloomy | depressing | dismal

example_words_list_1: dreary, dreariness

example_words_corpus: dreary | drearily | drearing | drearsome | dreariness | drearisome

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Atmosphere

etymology: Old English drēorig "sad, sorrowful"


morpheme_key: dredge

morpheme: dredge

morpheme_head: dredge

affix_form: -dredge-

meaning_definition: to clear | to scoop | to extract from bottom

example_words_list_1: dredge, dredging, dredger

example_words_corpus: dredger | dredged | dredges | dredgers | dredgerman

categorical_group_list: Action, Extraction, Movement

etymology: Middle Dutch dregge 'basket, scoop'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: dreg

morpheme: dreg

morpheme_head: dreg

affix_form: -dreg-

meaning_definition: dregs | sediment | scum | refuse

example_words_list_1: dregs, dreggy

example_words_corpus: dregs | dreggy | dreggish | dregginess

categorical_group_list: Waste, Sediment, Low quality

etymology: From Old French 'dregue' or 'dreg', meaning dregs or sediment, likely of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: drench

morpheme: drench

morpheme_head: drench

affix_form: -drench-

meaning_definition: to soak | to wet thoroughly | to saturate

example_words_list_1: drenched, drenching, drencher

example_words_corpus: drenched | drencher | bedrench | indrench | drenching | drenchers

categorical_group_list: Liquid, Saturation, Physical state

etymology: Middle English drenchen


morpheme_key: dress

morpheme: dress

morpheme_head: dress

affix_form: -dress-

meaning_definition: guide or lead | rectify or adjust

example_words_list_1: address (all senses), dress (all senses), dressage, dresser, redress

example_words_corpus: dressy | undress | redress | dresser | dressed | dresses

related_morphemes: direct / direct, droit / droit

categorical_group_list: Direction, Arrangement, Correction

etymology: Old French 'dresser' (to arrange, prepare, or direct)


morpheme_key: dressage

morpheme: dressage

morpheme_head: dressage

affix_form: -dressage-

meaning_definition: training | riding | dressage

example_words_list_1: dressage

example_words_corpus: dressages

categorical_group_list: Action, Training, Equestrian

etymology: French 'dressage' from 'dresser' 'to train/to set up'


morpheme_key: drift

morpheme: drift

morpheme_head: drift

affix_form: -drift-

meaning_definition: slow movement | gradual change | wandering

example_words_list_1: drift, drifting, driftwood

categorical_group_list: Motion, Change, Gradualism

etymology: Old English drīfan "to drive, impel"


morpheme_key: drill

morpheme: drill

morpheme_head: drill

affix_form: -drill-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to bore | repetitive practice

example_words_list_1: drill, drilling, drilled

example_words_corpus: drills | drilled | driller | redrill | drilling | drillers

categorical_group_list: Action, Tool, Repetition

etymology: Middle English drille, related to the idea of a boring tool


morpheme_key: drink

morpheme: drink

morpheme_head: drink

affix_form: -drink-

meaning_definition: to consume a liquid | to ingest by swallowing

example_words_list_1: drinker, drinking, undrinkable

example_words_corpus: drinks | drinker | drinked | bedrink | drinkle | undrink

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: Old English drincan


morpheme_key: drip

morpheme: drip

morpheme_head: drip

affix_form: -drip-

sense_label: to fall in drops

meaning_definition: to fall in drops | to flow slowly

example_words_list_1: drip, dripping, dripped

example_words_corpus: drips | adrip | drippy | bedrip | dripped | dripper

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Action

etymology: imitative of the sound of falling liquid


morpheme_key: drive

morpheme: drive

morpheme_head: drive

affix_form: -drive-

meaning_definition: to propel | to force | to operate

example_words_list_1: driveway, driver, drivable

example_words_corpus: driven | driver | drives | drived | drivee | drivers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Action

etymology: Proto-Germanic *drībaną 'to drive, drive out', from PIE *dʰreibʰ- 'to pull, drag'


morpheme_key: drivel

morpheme: drivel

morpheme_head: drivel

affix_form: -drivel-

meaning_definition: nonsense | foolish talk | babble

example_words_list_1: drivel

example_words_corpus: bedrivels

categorical_group_list: Speech, Nonsense

etymology: Middle English drivelen 'to flow, trickle'


morpheme_key: driven

morpheme: driven

morpheme_head: driven

affix_form: -driven-

meaning_definition: motivated by | controlled by | propelled by

categorical_group_list: Causation, Motion, Agency


morpheme_key: drizzle

morpheme: drizzle

morpheme_head: drizzle

affix_form: -drizzle-

meaning_definition: light rain | fine rain

example_words_list_1: drizzling, drizzled, drizzly

example_words_corpus: drizzles | drizzled | drizzler | bedrizzle | drizzlers | bedrizzled

categorical_group_list: Weather, Precipitation

etymology: imitative of the sound of light rain


morpheme_key: droit

morpheme: droit

morpheme_head: droit

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: proper | accurate

example_words_list_1: adroit, droit, droit du seigneur, maladroit

related_morphemes: direct / direct, dress / dress

categorical_group_list: Direction, Correctness, Law

etymology: Latin dritus, past participle of dirigere 'to set straight, direct'


morpheme_key: droll

morpheme: droll

morpheme_head: droll

affix_form: -droll-

meaning_definition: amusing | whimsical | humorous

example_words_list_1: ['droll']

example_words_corpus: drolly | drolls | droller | drollery | drollers | drollist

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Personality, Manner

etymology: Middle English droll, from drol, meaning trickster or buffoon


morpheme_key: drome

morpheme: drome

morpheme_head: drome

affix_form: -drome-

allomorphs: drom | dromo

sense_label: running

meaning_definition: running | course | path

example_words_list_1: aerodrome, hippodrome, cyclodrome

example_words_corpus: dromes | anadrome | isodrome | seadrome | aerodrome | velodrome

categorical_group_list: Motion, Path

etymology: Greek dromos 'a running, course'


morpheme_key: dromous

morpheme: dromous

morpheme_head: dromous

affix_form: -dromous

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: run, step

example_words_list_1: aerodrome | anadromous | antidromic | catadromous | diadromous | dromaeosaurid | heterodromous | hippodrome | loxodrome | monodromy | palindrome | syndrome

example_words_list_2: aerodrome, anadromous, antidromic, catadromous, diadromous, dromaeosaurid, heterodromous, hippodrome, loxodrome, monodromy, palindrome, syndrome

example_words_corpus: diadromous | antidromous | homodromous | amphidromous | cladodromous | heterodromous

categorical_group_list: Motion, Movement

etymology: δραμεῖν (drameîn), δρόμος (drómos)


morpheme_key: drone

morpheme: drone

morpheme_head: drone

affix_form: -drone-

meaning_definition: continuous low humming sound | worker bee | mindless follower

example_words_list_1: drone, droning, droner

example_words_corpus: drones | droned | droney | droner | droners | dronefly

categorical_group_list: Sound, Biology, Agent

etymology: imitative of the sound of humming


morpheme_key: drool

morpheme: drool

morpheme_head: drool

affix_form: -drool-

meaning_definition: saliva | saliva secretion

example_words_list_1: drool, drooling, drooled

example_words_corpus: drools | drooly | drooler | drooled | droolers | drooling

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Fluid

etymology: Middle English drool (droul), related to Old English drūgian (to dry)


morpheme_key: droop

morpheme: droop

morpheme_head: droop

affix_form: -droop-

meaning_definition: to hang or bend downward | to sag | to decline

example_words_list_1: drooping, drooped, droopiness

example_words_corpus: droops | droopy | adroop | drooped | drooper | drooping

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical state

etymology: Middle English droop, likely imitative of the action


morpheme_key: drop

morpheme: drop

morpheme_head: drop

affix_form: -drop-

meaning_definition: to fall | to let fall | to cease | to decrease

example_words_list_1: droplet, raindrops, raindrops, teardrop

example_words_corpus: bedrop | gumdrop | droplet | airdrop | dropped | dropout

categorical_group_list: Motion, Decrease, Cessation

etymology: Old English drūpan


morpheme_key: dropsy

morpheme: dropsy

morpheme_head: dropsy

affix_form: -dropsy-

meaning_definition: swelling | edema | accumulation of fluid

example_words_list_1: dropsy, hydropsy

example_words_corpus: dropsied | dropsies | dropsical

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Fluid

etymology: Greek 'drops* (drip) + '-osis' (condition)


morpheme_key: dros

morpheme: dros

morpheme_head: dros

affix_form: dros-

meaning_definition: a fine moisture formed on surfaces during cool conditions | liquid condensation from atmospheric humidity

example_words_list_1: drosometer | Drosophila | Drosera

example_words_list_2: drosometer | Drosophila | Drosera

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Moisture

etymology: δρόσος | δρόσου (drósos | drósou) | Greek drosos : dew


morpheme_key: dross

morpheme: dross

morpheme_head: dross

affix_form: -dross-

meaning_definition: rubbish | waste | refuse | worthless matter

example_words_list_1: dross

example_words_corpus: drossy | drosses | Windross | undrossy | drossless | drossiness

categorical_group_list: Waste, Impurity

etymology: Middle English 'dros', likely related to 'dregs'


morpheme_key: drought

morpheme: drought

morpheme_head: drought

affix_form: -drought-

meaning_definition: dryness | lack of rain | aridity

example_words_list_1: drought, drought-stricken

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Scarcity

etymology: Old English drūgað (dryness)


morpheme_key: drove

morpheme: drove

morpheme_head: drove

affix_form: -drove-

meaning_definition: to propel | to operate a vehicle | to force movement

example_words_list_1: drive, driver, driving, driven

example_words_corpus: drover | droves | droved | drovers | drovest | droveway

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Force

etymology: Old English drīfan 'to drive, impel, or force'


morpheme_key: drown

morpheme: drown

morpheme_head: drown

affix_form: -drown-

meaning_definition: to submerge | to die by water | to overwhelm

example_words_list_1: drowning, drowned, drowns

example_words_corpus: drowns | drowned | drowner | drowning | drowners | drowneth

categorical_group_list: Water, Death, Overwhelming

etymology: Old English druncan 'to drink'


morpheme_key: drowse

morpheme: drowse

morpheme_head: drowse

affix_form: -drowse-

meaning_definition: sleep | slumber | nap

example_words_list_1: drowse, drowsy, drowsily

example_words_corpus: drowsed | drowses | adrowse | drowseth

categorical_group_list: Sleep, State of consciousness

etymology: Middle English dwrosen, related to drowsy


morpheme_key: drub

morpheme: drub

morpheme_head: drub

affix_form: -drub-

meaning_definition: to beat | to defeat | to thrash

example_words_list_1: drub, drubbing, drubbed

example_words_corpus: drubs | drubly | drubber | drubbed | drubbing | drubbers

categorical_group_list: Violence, Conflict, Defeat

etymology: From Old English 'drufian' meaning 'to beat, strike, or defeat'.


morpheme_key: drudge

morpheme: drudge

morpheme_head: drudge

affix_form: -drudge-

meaning_definition: to work hard | to labor | to toil

example_words_list_1: drudge, drudgery, drudged

example_words_corpus: drudges | drudged | drudger | drudgery | endrudge | drudgers

categorical_group_list: Labor, Action

etymology: Middle English drudden 'to work hard'


morpheme_key: drug

morpheme: drug

morpheme_head: drug

affix_form: drug

meaning_definition: A short form of 'drugstore'; a place where medicines and other goods are sold

example_words_list_1: druggy | bedrug | codrug | druggo | druggie | drugged

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: druid

morpheme: druid

morpheme_head: druid

affix_form: -druid-

meaning_definition: priest | magician | sage

example_words_list_1: druid

example_words_corpus: druids | druidic | Druidry | Druidic | druidism | druidess

categorical_group_list: Nature, Magic, Profession

etymology: Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- 'oak-knower'

ancestor_etymon_language: Celtic


morpheme_key: drum

morpheme: drum

morpheme_head: drum

affix_form: -drum-

meaning_definition: percussion instrument | rhythmic sound | beat

example_words_list_1: drummer, drumming, drumstick

example_words_corpus: drums | redrum | bedrum | eardrum | drummer | drummed

categorical_group_list: Music, Sound, Percussion

etymology: Middle English drumme, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Old French tambour


morpheme_key: drunk

morpheme: drunk

morpheme_head: drunk

affix_form: drunk

meaning_definition: a person who drinks frequently | someone often under the influence of alcohol | an individual prone to intoxication

example_words_list_1: drunks | drunky | undrunk | drunkie | drunkly | drunkard


morpheme_key: dry

morpheme: dry

morpheme_head: dry

affix_form: dry-

sense_label: tree

meaning_definition: a woody plant | a perennial plant with a trunk

example_words_list_1: dryad | dryadic | hamadryad | dryopithecine

example_words_corpus: adry | drys | dryer | dryth | dryly | redry

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Greek δρυς (drus) 'oak, tree'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: dryad

morpheme: dryad

morpheme_head: dryad

affix_form: -dryad-

meaning_definition: nymph | oak tree nymph | spirit of the forest

example_words_list_1: dryad, dryadic, dryadology

example_words_corpus: dryads | dryades | dryadic

categorical_group_list: Nature, Mythology, Flora

etymology: Greek drus (oak) + -ad (suffix denoting belonging to)


morpheme_key: du

morpheme: du

morpheme_head: du

affix_form: du-

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: the second cardinal number | the term for two entities

example_words_list_1: duet | dual | deuce | doubt | duality | duo | duplex | duplicity | duumvirate | duumviri | nonduality | duad | duodecimal | duodenum | duologue | duplicate | duplicity Variant Spellings: deuce | double unrelated: bell2 / duel. | double

related_morphemes: di2 / di

categorical_group_list: Number 2 | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: du

etymology: Latin 'duo' meaning 'two'

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


affix_form: False

sense_label: to lead

meaning_definition: to guide | to direct

example_words_list_1: conduit, endue, subdue

example_words_list_2: conduit, endue, subdue

related_morphemes: duc / duc, duct / duct

categorical_group_list: Motion, Control

etymology: Latin ducere 'to lead'


morpheme_key: dual

morpheme: dual

morpheme_head: dual

affix_form: dual-

sense_label: two

meaning_definition: two | pair | twofold

example_words_list_1: duals | dualie | dually | bidual | duality | dualism

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin dualis 'of two', from duo 'two'


morpheme_key: dub

morpheme: dub

morpheme_head: dub

affix_form: dub-

allomorphs: dubi

sense_label: doubt

meaning_definition: uncertainty | uncertain

example_words_list_1: doubt | doubtful | dubiety | dubious | indubitable

example_words_corpus: dubs | redub | dubby | dubber | dubbed | fandub

related_morphemes: doubt / doubt

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: dub

etymology: Latin dubius 'doubtful, uncertain'

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


morpheme_key: dublin

morpheme: dublin

morpheme_head: dublin

affix_form: -dublin-

meaning_definition: Dublin (city in Ireland)

example_words_list_1: Dubliner, Dubliner

example_words_corpus: Dubliner | Dublinese

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Old Norse Dyflin, likely from Dublin meaning 'dark pool'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: duc

morpheme: duc

morpheme_head: duc

affix_form: duc-

meaning_definition: carry | guide | attract | drag | direct | cause

example_words_list_1: abduce | abduct | adduce | adduct | conduce | deduce | induce | introduce | produce | reduce | seduce | traduce | aqueduct | conducive | induct | seductive | conduct | abducent | ducat | duchess | duchy | educate | educe | reproduce | transducer Variant Spellings: duke | subduce | subdue | duke

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: duc

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


morpheme_key: duchess

morpheme: duchess

morpheme_head: duchess

affix_form: -duchess-

meaning_definition: female noble | wife of a duke

example_words_list_1: duke, ducal, ducatus

example_words_corpus: duchessy | duchesslike

categorical_group_list: Nobility, Person

etymology: Latin ducissa, from dux 'leader' (gen. ducis)


morpheme_key: duck

morpheme: duck

morpheme_head: duck

affix_form: -duck-

meaning_definition: waterfowl | to lower the head or body

example_words_list_1: duck, duckling, duckweed

example_words_corpus: ducks | ducky | ducker | ducked | duckie | beduck

categorical_group_list: Animals, Motion

etymology: Middle English ducken 'to dip, plunge'


morpheme_key: ducky

morpheme: ducky

morpheme_head: ducky

affix_form: -ducky-

meaning_definition: small duck | duckling

example_words_list_1: ducky

categorical_group_list: Animals, Diminutive

etymology: diminutive of duck


morpheme_key: duct

morpheme: duct

morpheme_head: duct

affix_form: duct-

sense_label: bring

meaning_definition: carry | guide | attract | drag | the act of leading

example_words_list_1: abduce | abduct | adduce | adduct | conduce | deduce | induce | introduce | produce | reduce | seduce | traduce | aqueduct | conducive | induct | seductive | conduct | conductor | deduct | duct | ductile | inductance | induction | introduction | product | production | reduction | reproduction | seduction | viaduct

example_words_corpus: ducts | ductal | ductway | ductless | ductwork | aeroduct

related_morphemes: du1 / du, duc / duc

ancestor_etymon: duct

etymology: ducere | ductus


morpheme_key: ductile

morpheme: ductile

morpheme_head: ductile

affix_form: -ductile-

meaning_definition: to lead | to pull | to draw

example_words_list_1: induce, reduce, conduct

example_words_corpus: inductile | nonductile | ductileness

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action


morpheme_key: due

morpheme: due

morpheme_head: due

affix_form: -due-

meaning_definition: owed | expected | appropriate

example_words_list_1: due, overdue, undue

example_words_corpus: dues | undue | dueful | overdue | duebill | dueness

categorical_group_list: Obligation, Time, Appropriateness

etymology: Latin 'dūere' meaning 'to lead'


morpheme_key: duel

morpheme: duel

morpheme_head: duel

affix_form: -duel-

meaning_definition: two | double | twofold

example_words_list_1: duel, duelist, dueling

example_words_corpus: duels | dueler | dueled | duelist | duelers | dueling

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: Latin duellum 'war, combat', variant of bellum 'war', from PIE *dwel- 'to fight'


morpheme_key: duet

morpheme: duet

morpheme_head: duet

affix_form: -duet-

meaning_definition: two | pair | double

example_words_list_1: duet, duo, duetist

example_words_corpus: duetters | duettists

etymology: Latin duos (accusative of duo) 'two'


morpheme_key: duffel

morpheme: duffel

morpheme_head: duffel

affix_form: -duffel-

meaning_definition: large bag | cloth bag

example_words_list_1: duffel, duffel bag

example_words_corpus: duffels

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: From Dutch 'duffel' (a coarse woolen cloth), from Middle Dutch 'duvel' or 'duvelen', possibly related to Old French 'duvel' or Germanic roots for 'thick cloth'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: dug

morpheme: dug

morpheme_head: dug

affix_form: -dug-

meaning_definition: dig | excavate

example_words_list_1: dug, digging, dugs, dugout

example_words_corpus: dugs | undug | dugway | dugways

categorical_group_list: Action, Earth, Excavation

etymology: Old English ducan 'to dig, excavate'


morpheme_key: duke

morpheme: duke

morpheme_head: duke

affix_form: -duke-

meaning_definition: nobleman | leader | commander

example_words_list_1: duke, duchess, ducal

example_words_corpus: dukes | duked | unduke | beduke | dukedom | undukes

categorical_group_list: Nobility, Leadership

etymology: Latin dux 'leader' (genitive ducis), from ducere 'to lead'


morpheme_key: dulc

morpheme: dulc

morpheme_head: dulc

affix_form: dulc-

allomorphs: dulce | dulci

meaning_definition: sweet | gently and sweetly

example_words_list_1: billet-doux | dolce | dolcetto | douce | doux | dulcet | dulcian | dulcify | dulcimer | edulcorant | edulcorate | subdulcid | dulciana | Dulcinea Variant Spellings: dolce | La Dolce Vita

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin dulcis 'sweet'


morpheme_key: dull

morpheme: dull

morpheme_head: dull

affix_form: -dull-

meaning_definition: not sharp | lacking brightness | boring | blunt

example_words_list_1: dullness, dullard, duller, dullest

example_words_corpus: dully | dulls | dulled | duller | undull | dullen

categorical_group_list: Lack, Negation, Sensory

etymology: Middle English 'dul', from Old English 'dol'


morpheme_key: dumb

morpheme: dumb

morpheme_head: dumb

affix_form: dumb

meaning_definition: to represent as lacking intelligence | to depict as foolish | to signify stupidity

example_words_list_1: dumbo | dumbs | dumbos | dumbly | dumben | bedumb

etymology: From Old English 'dumb' meaning 'silent,' later extended to 'stupid.'


morpheme_key: dump

morpheme: dump

morpheme_head: dump

affix_form: -dump-

meaning_definition: to fall silent | to be heavy | to be dejected

example_words_list_1: dump, dumping, dumped

example_words_corpus: dumps | dumper | dumpee | dumping | dumpers | dumpees

categorical_group_list: Action, Deposition

etymology: Middle English dumpen 'to fall silent, be heavy, or be dejected'


morpheme_key: dumpty

morpheme: dumpty

morpheme_head: dumpty

affix_form: -dumpty-

meaning_definition: a person or thing that is clumsy, foolish, or prone to breaking

example_words_list_1: humpty-dumpty, dumpty

categorical_group_list: Character, Fragility, Folly

etymology: From Lewis Carroll's 'Humpty Dumpty' (1871), originally a nursery rhyme character; later generalized in English to denote a fragile or foolish entity.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: dun

morpheme: dun

morpheme_head: dun

affix_form: dun-

allomorphs: dune

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: dunameter, dunameteric

example_words_corpus: duns | dunny | dunner | dunned | dunning | dunnish

categorical_group_list: Negation, Greek origin, Scientific terminology

etymology: Greek prefix 'dun-' (variant of 'an-' or 'a-') meaning 'not' or 'without', often found in scientific or technical terms derived from Greek roots.

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: dunce

morpheme: dunce

morpheme_head: dunce

affix_form: -dunce-

meaning_definition: a foolish or stupid person

example_words_list_1: dunce, duncecap

example_words_corpus: dunces | duncery | duncely | duncedom | dunceish | duncelike

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Personhood

etymology: Middle English 'dunce', possibly related to 'do' or 'dunce' as a person of low intelligence


morpheme_key: dung

morpheme: dung

morpheme_head: dung

affix_form: -dung-

meaning_definition: dung | waste | excrement

example_words_list_1: dung, dungheap, dungbeetle

example_words_corpus: dungs | dungy | dunged | bedung | dunging | bedungs

categorical_group_list: Nature, Waste

etymology: Proto-Germanic *dungą


morpheme_key: dungeon

morpheme: dungeon

morpheme_head: dungeon

affix_form: -dungeon-

meaning_definition: underground prison | dark chamber | subterranean fortification

example_words_list_1: dungeon

example_words_corpus: dungeons | endungeon | indungeon | dungeoner | dungeoneer | dungeonous

categorical_group_list: Location, Confinement, Architecture

etymology: Old French 'donjon' (keep, tower)


morpheme_key: dunk

morpheme: dunk

morpheme_head: dunk

affix_form: -dunk-

meaning_definition: to dip | to plunge | to submerge

example_words_list_1: dunk, dunking, dunked

example_words_corpus: dunks | dunker | dunked | dunking | dunkers | dunkings

etymology: Middle English dunken, related to dunk (to dip)


morpheme_key: dunkirk

morpheme: dunkirk

morpheme_head: dunkirk

affix_form: -dunkirk-

meaning_definition: Dunkirk

example_words_list_1: Dunkirk, Dunkirkian

example_words_corpus: Dunkirker

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Historical Event

etymology: From the French city name Dunkirk, derived from Dutch Duinkerke 'little church'.


morpheme_key: dunning

morpheme: dunning

morpheme_head: dunning

affix_form: -dunning-

example_words_list_1: dysfunctional, dystopia, dyslexia

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative

etymology: Greek prefix doun- (variant of an-) meaning 'not, without'


morpheme_key: duo

morpheme: duo

morpheme_head: duo

affix_form: duo-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: pair | pertaining to two | concerning two

example_words_list_1: duet | duplicate | duopoly | duodrama | duotone

example_words_corpus: duotype | duotone | duolocal | duologue | duotones | duograph

categorical_group_list: Number 2

ancestor_etymon: du | duo  OED

etymology: From Latin duo meaning 'two'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

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


morpheme_key: duodeca

morpheme: duodeca

morpheme_head: duodeca

affix_form: duodeca-

allomorphs: duodeci

meaning_definition: twelve

example_words_list_1: duodecad | duodecade | duodecads | duodecades

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek dodeka 'twelve'


morpheme_key: duodenal

morpheme: duodenal

morpheme_head: duodenal

affix_form: -duodenal-

meaning_definition: relating to the duodenum

example_words_list_1: duodenal, duodenum

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin duodenum 'twelve' + -al suffix

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: duodenum

morpheme: duodenum

morpheme_head: duodenum

affix_form: -duodenum-

allomorphs: duodena | duodeno

meaning_definition: twelve | twelve-part

example_words_list_1: duodenum

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Number

etymology: Latin duodēnum (from duodēnus 'twelve each', from duō 'two' + dē 'down, from') + -um (neuter singular ending)


morpheme_key: dupe

morpheme: dupe

morpheme_head: dupe

affix_form: -dupe-

meaning_definition: double | twofold | replicate

example_words_list_1: duplicate, duplication, duplicator

example_words_corpus: duper | duped | dupes | dupery | dupers | dedupe

categorical_group_list: Repetition, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin 'duplus' meaning 'double', derived from 'duo' (two)


morpheme_key: duplex

morpheme: duplex

morpheme_head: duplex

affix_form: -duplex-

meaning_definition: double | twofold | two-part

example_words_list_1: duplex, duplexed

example_words_corpus: duplexes | duplexed | duplexer | duplexing | nonduplex | duplexity

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Number

etymology: Latin duplex (genitive duplexis) 'double, twofold', from du- 'two' + -plex 'fold'


morpheme_key: dur

morpheme: dur

morpheme_head: dur

affix_form: dur-

allomorphs: dur(i) | dura

meaning_definition: firm | persist | sustain | withstand | solidify

example_words_list_1: dour | dura | durability | durable | durain | dural | duramen | durance | durancy | duration | durative | dure | duress | durity | durous | durum | endurable | endurance | endurant | endure | indurate | induration | nondurable | obduracy | obdurate | obduration | perdurable | perdurance | perdure | subdural | dura mater | epidural | subdural Variant Spellings: dour | durance vile | during

related_morphemes: compare pia / pia / : dur2 / dur | dur1 / dur

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: dur

etymology: Latin durus 'hard, tough' or durare 'to harden, last'


morpheme_key: durable

morpheme: durable

morpheme_head: durable

affix_form: -durable-

meaning_definition: able | lasting | enduring

example_words_list_1: endurance, durability, endure

example_words_corpus: durables | undurable | nondurable | nondurables | semidurable | durableness

categorical_group_list: Persistence, Strength, Quality

etymology: Latin durus 'hard, tough'


morpheme_key: duration

morpheme: duration

morpheme_head: duration

affix_form: -duration-

meaning_definition: lasting | continuing | enduring

example_words_list_1: endurance, duration, perdurable

categorical_group_list: Time, Continuity

etymology: Latin durare 'to last, endure', from durus 'hard'


morpheme_key: duress

morpheme: duress

morpheme_head: duress

affix_form: -duress-

meaning_definition: pressure | coercion | compulsion

example_words_list_1: duress, endure, endure

example_words_corpus: duressor | duressors

categorical_group_list: Force, Constraint

etymology: Latin dūrus 'hard, harsh'


morpheme_key: durst

morpheme: durst

morpheme_head: durst

affix_form: -durst-

meaning_definition: thirst

example_words_list_1: durstig, Durst, verdursten

categorical_group_list: Physiological state, Hunger/Thirst, Germanic

etymology: From Old English 'durst' (past tense of 'drincan'), from Proto-Germanic '*þurstaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰers-' (to thirst).

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: dusk

morpheme: dusk

morpheme_head: dusk

affix_form: -dusk-

meaning_definition: twilight | darkness | gloom

example_words_list_1: dusk, duskiness, duskily

example_words_corpus: dusky | dusks | dusked | dusken | duskly | dusking

categorical_group_list: Time, Light, Nature

etymology: Old English dūsc (darkness, gloom)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: dust

morpheme: dust

morpheme_head: dust

affix_form: -dust-

meaning_definition: fine particles | powder | residue

example_words_list_1: dusty, dustpan, dustcloud

example_words_corpus: dusty | dusts | dustup | duster | dusted | bedust

categorical_group_list: Matter, Substance, Debris

etymology: Old English dūst


morpheme_key: dutch

morpheme: dutch

morpheme_head: dutch

affix_form: -dutch-

meaning_definition: pertaining to the Netherlands | of the Dutch people | the Dutch language

example_words_list_1: Dutchman, Dutchwoman, Dutchify

example_words_corpus: dutchy | Dutcher | dutches | dutchie | bedutch | Dutchly

categorical_group_list: Nationality, Language

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'duutsc', from Proto-Germanic '*þiudiskaz' meaning 'of the people', derived from '*þeudō' (people, tribe).


morpheme_key: dwarf

morpheme: dwarf

morpheme_head: dwarf

affix_form: -dwarf-

meaning_definition: small | stunted | diminutive

example_words_list_1: dwarf, dwarfish, dwarven

example_words_corpus: dwarfy | dwarfed | bedwarf | dwarfen | Dwarfer | dwarfism

categorical_group_list: Size, Entity

etymology: Old English 'dwerg'


morpheme_key: dwell

morpheme: dwell

morpheme_head: dwell

affix_form: -dwell-

meaning_definition: to reside | to live | to stay

example_words_list_1: dwell, dweller, dwelling

example_words_corpus: dwells | dwelled | dweller | indwell | bedwell | dwelling

categorical_group_list: Existence, Location, Permanence

etymology: Old English dwelian 'to err, to be idle, to delay'


morpheme_key: dwelt

morpheme: dwelt

morpheme_head: dwelt

affix_form: -dwelt-

meaning_definition: resided | lived | inhabited

example_words_corpus: undwelt

categorical_group_list: Existence, Location

etymology: Old English dwælan 'to err, wander, or delay'


morpheme_key: dwi

morpheme: dwi

morpheme_head: dwi

affix_form: dwi-

meaning_definition: two | twice | double

example_words_list_1: dwarf, dwindle, dwinch

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin prefix 'duo' meaning 'two'


morpheme_key: dy

morpheme: dy

morpheme_head: dy

affix_form: dy-

meaning_definition: pair

example_words_list_1: dyad | dyadic | dyarchy | hendiadys

example_words_list_2: dyad | dyadic | dyarchy | hendiadys

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: δύο (dúo) | δυάς | δυάδος (duás | duádos) | Greek dyo : two


morpheme_key: dye

morpheme: dye

morpheme_head: dye

affix_form: -dye-

meaning_definition: to color | to stain | to mark

example_words_list_1: dye, dyed, dyeing

example_words_corpus: dyer | dyed | dyes | redye | dyers | dyery

categorical_group_list: Color, Substance

etymology: Latin dies (dye) or dictare (to stamp/mark)


morpheme_key: dyer

morpheme: dyer

morpheme_head: dyer

affix_form: -dyer-

meaning_definition: one who dyes | agent of dyeing

example_words_list_1: dye, dyer, dyeworks, dyestuff, dyer's bane

categorical_group_list: Agent, Occupation

etymology: Middle English 'dyer', from 'dye' + agentive suffix '-er'


morpheme_key: dyke

morpheme: dyke

morpheme_head: dyke

affix_form: dyke

meaning_definition: To enclose with a ditch | To fortify by digging a trench | To create an embankment for defense

example_words_list_1: dykes

example_words_corpus: dykes

etymology: From Old English 'dīc', meaning a ditch or embankment.

register: archaic


morpheme_key: dyn

morpheme: dyn

morpheme_head: dyn

affix_form: dyn-

meaning_definition: might | pressure | vitality | resilience | movement

example_words_list_1: dynamic, dynamite, dynamo, dynasty, dynamism

categorical_group_list: Attribute intensifier

ancestor_etymon: dyn

etymology: δύνασθαι (dúnasthai) | δυνατός | δύναμις (dúnamis) | δυνάστης (dunástēs) | Greek dynamis : power | strength dynasthai : to be able


morpheme_key: dynam

morpheme: dynam

morpheme_head: dynam

affix_form: dynam-

allomorphs: dynamo

meaning_definition: force | power | energy | strength

example_words_list_1: dynamic, dynamite, dynamism, aerodynamic

example_words_corpus: dynams

categorical_group_list: Power, Motion, Energy

etymology: δύνασθαι (dúnasthai) | δυνατός | δύναμις (dúnamis) | δυνάστης (dunástēs)


morpheme_key: dynamic

morpheme: dynamic

morpheme_head: dynamic

affix_form: -dynamic-

meaning_definition: force | power | energy | moving

example_words_list_1: dynamic, dynamite, aerodynamics, thermodynamics

example_words_corpus: dynamics | adynamic | dynamical | undynamic | biodynamic | dynamicity

categorical_group_list: Motion, Energy, Force

etymology: Greek dynamis 'power, force'


morpheme_key: dynamics

morpheme: dynamics

morpheme_head: dynamics

affix_form: -dynamics-

meaning_definition: force | power | motion | change

categorical_group_list: Force, Motion, Energy

etymology: Greek dynamis "power, force"


morpheme_key: dynamism

morpheme: dynamism

morpheme_head: dynamism

affix_form: -dynamism-

meaning_definition: power | force | energy | motion

example_words_list_1: dynamic, thermodynamics, aerodynamics

categorical_group_list: Force, Energy, Motion


morpheme_key: dynamite

morpheme: dynamite

morpheme_head: dynamite

affix_form: -dynamite-

meaning_definition: explosive | powerful | destructive

example_words_list_1: dynamic, dynamite, dynamism

categorical_group_list: Force, Destruction, Energy

etymology: Greek dynamis 'power'


morpheme_key: dynast

morpheme: dynast

morpheme_head: dynast

affix_form: -dynast-

meaning_definition: ruler | lord | leader

example_words_list_1: dynasty, dynastic, dynasties

example_words_corpus: dynasts

categorical_group_list: Power, Governance, Hierarchy

etymology: Greek dynastēs 'lord, master'


morpheme_key: dys

morpheme: dys

morpheme_head: dys

affix_form: dys-

sense_label: difficult

meaning_definition: challenging | flawed | poor | negation | lacking | absent | deprived | absence | sickness | challenge | irregular | compromised | faulty | poorly | unwell

example_words_list_1: dysfunctional | dysentery | dysentry | dystrophy | dysfunction | dysphagia | dysphasia | dyspepsia | dyslexia | dysplasia | dystopia | dysmenorrhea | dysphoria | dyspnea | dysfunction (bad workings) | dyslexia (bad reading) | dyspepsia (bad digestion)

example_words_corpus: dysuria | dyspnea | dysoxic | dysuric | dysnomy | dystopia

categorical_group_list: Number format

ancestor_etymon: dis | δυσ-  OED

etymology: repr. Greek δυσ-... comb._form | with notion of hard | bad | unlucky OED | Greek δυσ- (dus-) | δυσ- (dus-) | Greek dys- : bad | hard | unlucky | Greek

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

source: Cognatarium | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: dysentery

morpheme: dysentery

morpheme_head: dysentery

affix_form: -dysentery-

meaning_definition: intestinal inflammation | severe diarrhea

example_words_list_1: dysentery, dysenteric, dysenterically

categorical_group_list: Disease, Medical

etymology: Greek dysenteria, from dys- 'bad' + enteron 'intestine'


morpheme_key: dysplasia

morpheme: dysplasia

morpheme_head: dysplasia

affix_form: -dysplasia-

meaning_definition: abnormal | disordered | bad development

example_words_list_1: dysplastic, dysplasia

categorical_group_list: Malformation, Pathology

etymology: Greek dys- 'bad, difficult' + plasis 'formation'


morpheme_key: e

morpheme: e

morpheme_head: e

affix_form: e

allomorphs: e(f)

sense_label: out

meaning_definition: external | outside | originating from outside | absent | detachment | complete | distant | internet-related | generally signifies removal | outward direction | hence: external | external or outside

example_words_list_1: exit, exclude, eject, ejector, ejecta, ejectment, ejector, ejector, ejector, ejector

example_words_corpus: es | eSIM | eMMC | ecard | ePrix | efold

related_morphemes: ex / ex

categorical_group_list: Direction designator | preposition-like

ancestor_etymon: e

etymology: Latin ex- 'out of, from', from PIE *eg- 'out, outside'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin

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


morpheme_key: e'en

morpheme: e'en

morpheme_head: e'en

affix_form: -e'en-

meaning_definition: even

example_words_list_1: e'en

categorical_group_list: Adverb, Emphasis

etymology: contraction of 'even'


morpheme_key: e'er

morpheme: e'er

morpheme_head: e'er

affix_form: -e'er-

meaning_definition: ever

example_words_list_1: e'er

categorical_group_list: Time, Adverbial

etymology: Contraction of 'ever'


morpheme_key: each

morpheme: each

morpheme_head: each

affix_form: -each-

meaning_definition: every | individual | single

example_words_list_1: each, each other, each one

example_words_corpus: eachother | eachwhere

categorical_group_list: Quantifier, Distribution

etymology: Old English ælc


morpheme_key: eae

morpheme: eae

morpheme_head: eae

affix_form: -eae

meaning_definition: names of sub-orders in botany

example_words_list_1: Magnoliaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae

example_words_corpus: Roseae | Rubeae | Fabeae | Moreae | Vinceae | Citreae

categorical_group_list: Grammatical Case, Plurality

etymology: Greek -eiae, feminine plural suffix of the first declension, used in scientific Latin to form family names


morpheme_key: eager

morpheme: eager

morpheme_head: eager

affix_form: -eager-

meaning_definition: keen | enthusiastic | impatient

example_words_list_1: eager, eagerness, eagerly

example_words_corpus: eagers | eagerly | uneager | eagerness | overeager | uneagerly

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Intensity

etymology: Old French 'aigre' (sharp, sour)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: eagle

morpheme: eagle

morpheme_head: eagle

affix_form: -eagle-

meaning_definition: eagle

example_words_list_1: eagle, bald eagle, golden eagle, sea eagle, harpy eagle

example_words_corpus: eaglet | eagles | eagled | eaglets | Kleagle | eagless

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Old English 'earn' or 'aegele'


morpheme_key: ean

morpheme: ean

morpheme_head: ean

affix_form: -ean

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to | native of | belonging to

example_words_list_1: antipodean | apogean | archaean | archean | aurorean | caducean

example_words_list_2: antipodean, apogean, archaean, archean, aurorean, caducean

example_words_corpus: Sabean | Etnean | Mamean | Pandean | Kantean | Joycean

categorical_group_list: Relational, Origin, Attribute

etymology: From Greek -eanos, from ean- (stem of eanós 'native, belonging to'), related to eanós 'of the house' or eanós 'native', ultimately from the root *ey- 'to dwell, inhabit'.


morpheme_key: earl

morpheme: earl

morpheme_head: earl

affix_form: -earl-

meaning_definition: nobleman | leader | high-ranking official

example_words_list_1: earl

example_words_corpus: earls | earldom | earless | earldoms | earlship | earlships

categorical_group_list: Status, Nobility

etymology: Old English eorl 'nobleman, warrior'


morpheme_key: early

morpheme: early

morpheme_head: early

affix_form: -early-

meaning_definition: before | in advance | at an early time

example_words_list_1: early, earlybird, earlybloomer

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Time

etymology: Old English 'ærlice' from 'ær' (before)


morpheme_key: earn

morpheme: earn

morpheme_head: earn

affix_form: -earn-

meaning_definition: to obtain | to gain | to merit

example_words_list_1: earn, earnings, earned

example_words_corpus: earnt | earns | earner | earned | earnest | earning

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Effort

etymology: Old English eornian 'to strive, to labor'


morpheme_key: earnest

morpheme: earnest

morpheme_head: earnest

affix_form: -earnest-

meaning_definition: sincere | serious | zealous | intense

example_words_list_1: earnestness, earnestly

example_words_corpus: earnestful | earnestness | overearnest | earnestnesses

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Intensity, Sincerity

etymology: Old English eorneste 'with zeal, with intensity'


morpheme_key: earth

morpheme: earth

morpheme_head: earth

affix_form: -earth-

meaning_definition: soil | ground | planet

example_words_list_1: earthbound, earthquake, earthworm

example_words_corpus: earthy | earths | unearth | earthly | earthed | earthen

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Physicality

etymology: Old English eorðe


morpheme_key: ease

morpheme: ease

morpheme_head: ease

affix_form: -ease-

meaning_definition: state of being free from strain | lack of difficulty

example_words_list_1: easel, easeful, easeless, easelessly, easelessness, easiness, easings, easings

example_words_corpus: easer | eased | eases | easers | unease | easeth

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Middle English est Old English east (akin to German osten | Old Norse austr) Germanic root aust- : dawn | Middle English ese Old French aise Vulgate Latin : ease | comfort


morpheme_key: easel

morpheme: easel

morpheme_head: easel

affix_form: -easel-

meaning_definition: a wooden frame for holding an artist's canvas

example_words_list_1: ['easel']

example_words_corpus: easels | easellike

categorical_group_list: Tools, Art

etymology: From French 'easel', possibly from Old French 'aisel' (diminutive of 'ais' meaning plank or board), referring to the wooden boards used to construct the frame.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: east

morpheme: east

morpheme_head: east

affix_form: east-

meaning_definition: orientation | sunrise direction | origin

example_words_list_1: eastbound | northeast | easterly | eastmost | east | Easter Variant Spellings: Austria | Austria

example_words_corpus: easts | eastie | Eastie | eastly | easting | Mideast

etymology: From Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austro- (cf. Old Saxon ōstar, Old High German ōstar, Old Norse aust-r, Gothic austri), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- 'to shine' (cf. Latin aurora 'dawn', Greek eos 'dawn').


morpheme_key: easter

morpheme: easter

morpheme_head: easter

affix_form: -easter-

meaning_definition: spring | rebirth | resurrection

example_words_list_1: Easter

example_words_corpus: easterly | Cheaster | easterlies | Eastermonth | easterliness

categorical_group_list: Time, Nature, Religion

etymology: Old English 'Ēastre' (goddess of spring)


morpheme_key: eat

morpheme: eat

morpheme_head: eat

affix_form: -eat-

meaning_definition: consume food | ingest

example_words_list_1: eat, eater, eating, eats

example_words_corpus: eats | eaten | eater | eated | uneat | eating

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *etaną "to eat", from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- "to eat".


morpheme_key: eau

morpheme: eau

morpheme_head: eau

affix_form: eau

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational

meaning_definition: the liquid | the fluid

example_words_list_1: aquarium, aqueduct, aquifer, aquatic, aquaponics

related_morphemes: aqua / aqua

categorical_group_list: Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: French-Spanish-Italian-Latin bidiminutive; English -kin

etymology: Latin 'aqua' (water)


morpheme_key: eave

morpheme: eave

morpheme_head: eave

affix_form: -eave-

meaning_definition: to take | to steal | to deprive

example_words_list_1: bereave, bereavement

example_words_corpus: eaves | eaved | eavedrop | eavesdrop | eavedrops | eavesread

categorical_group_list: Action, Deprivation

etymology: Old English ēafian 'to take, rob'


morpheme_key: ebb

morpheme: ebb

morpheme_head: ebb

affix_form: -ebb-

meaning_definition: recede | decline | subside

example_words_list_1: ebb, ebb tide

example_words_corpus: ebbs | ebbed | ebbing | ebbeth | ebbings | ebbless

categorical_group_list: Motion, Nature, Decrease

etymology: Old English 'ebba' (receding tide)


morpheme_key: ebony

morpheme: ebony

morpheme_head: ebony

affix_form: -ebony-

meaning_definition: ebony | dark wood | black

example_words_list_1: ebony

example_words_corpus: ebonylike

categorical_group_list: Color, Material

etymology: Greek ebenos "ebony"


morpheme_key: ebullience

morpheme: ebullience

morpheme_head: ebullience

affix_form: -ebullience-

meaning_definition: boiling | bubbling | high spirits

example_words_list_1: ebullient, ebullition

example_words_corpus: ebulliences

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Vitality

etymology: From Latin 'ebullientia', from 'ebullire' meaning 'to boil out' (ex- 'out' + bullire 'to boil')


morpheme_key: ebullient

morpheme: ebullient

morpheme_head: ebullient

affix_form: -ebullient-

meaning_definition: boiling | bubbling | overflowing with enthusiasm

example_words_list_1: ebullition

example_words_corpus: ebulliently

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Vitality, Motion

etymology: Latin ebullire 'to boil up', from e- 'out' + bullire 'to boil'


morpheme_key: ec

morpheme: ec

morpheme_head: ec

affix_form: ec-

meaning_definition: external | from within | beyond | separated from a group | detached | spilling over | intensified | distant

example_words_list_1: exit | ectopia | ectopic pregnancy | eccentric | echo | eclipse | eclectic | ecstasy | ecstatic | anecdote | ecbolic | ecclesi / ecclesi. | éclat | ectomy / ectomy.

example_words_corpus: eclabium | ecchondroma

related_morphemes: extended form: ecto / ecto / : ex / ex

categorical_group_list: Direction designator | preposition-like

etymology: Greek ek- "out, away, from"


morpheme_key: ecclesiast

morpheme: ecclesiast

morpheme_head: ecclesiast

affix_form: -ecclesiast-

meaning_definition: church | assembly | congregation

example_words_list_1: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic

categorical_group_list: Religion, Assembly

etymology: Greek ekklēsia 'assembly' from ekklēsia 'calling out'


morpheme_key: ecclesio

morpheme: ecclesio

morpheme_head: ecclesio

affix_form: ecclesio-

allomorphs: ecclesi

meaning_definition: church | assembly

example_words_list_1: ecclesiocracy | ecclesiolatry | ecclesiophobia

categorical_group_list: Religion, Institution

etymology: Latin ecclesia "assembly, church" from Greek ekklēsia "assembly"


morpheme_key: echelon

morpheme: echelon

morpheme_head: echelon

affix_form: -echelon-

meaning_definition: level | rank | step | layer

example_words_list_1: echelon

example_words_corpus: echelons | multiechelon

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Structure, Order

etymology: Old French 'échelon' meaning 'rung of a ladder'


morpheme_key: echin

morpheme: echin

morpheme_head: echin

affix_form: echin-

allomorphs: echino

meaning_definition: small spiny mammal | marine spiky invertebrate | bearing sharp projections

example_words_list_1: echinoderm, echinoid, echinodermata

example_words_list_2: echinocactus | echinococcosis | echinococcus | echinoderm | echinus | echinate | echinoid

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Texture

etymology: Greek echinos : sea urchin, hedgehog


morpheme_key: echo

morpheme: echo

morpheme_head: echo

affix_form: -echo-

allomorphs: ech

sense_label: repetition

meaning_definition: repetition | reflection | resonance

example_words_list_1: echo, echolocation, echolalia

example_words_corpus: echoed | echoes | echoic | echoey | reecho | echoer

categorical_group_list: Sound, Repetition, Reflection

etymology: Greek ekho "I sound, resound"


morpheme_key: eclectic

morpheme: eclectic

morpheme_head: eclectic

affix_form: -eclectic-

meaning_definition: deriving | selecting | composing from various sources

example_words_list_1: eclecticism, eclectically

example_words_corpus: eclectics | uneclectic | eclecticism | eclecticist | noneclectic | eclecticize

categorical_group_list: Selection, Diversity

etymology: Greek eklektikos 'selective', from eklegein 'to select'


morpheme_key: eclipse

morpheme: eclipse

morpheme_head: eclipse

affix_form: -eclipse-

meaning_definition: obscuring | hiding | covering

example_words_list_1: eclipse, eclipsing, eclipsed

example_words_corpus: eclipses | eclipsed | eclipser | eclipseth | eclipsest | eclipsers

categorical_group_list: Obscuration, Celestial, Negation

etymology: Greek ekleipein 'to fail, leave, abandon'


morpheme_key: ecliptic

morpheme: ecliptic

morpheme_head: ecliptic

affix_form: -ecliptic-

meaning_definition: to leave | to fail | to abandon

example_words_list_1: ecliptic, eclipse

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Motion, Deviation

etymology: Greek ekleipsis 'a leaving, a failing, an eclipse'


morpheme_key: eco

morpheme: eco

morpheme_head: eco

affix_form: eco-

sense_label: environment

meaning_definition: surroundings | natural habitat | relating to ecosystems | residence | dwelling

example_words_list_1: ecosphere | ecosystem | ecotype | ecology | economics | economy | ecumenism | androecium | autoecious | dioecious | ecesis | econometrics | ecumenical | monoecious Variant Spellings: diocese | diocese

example_words_corpus: ecowar | ecotax | econut | ecocar | ecotel | ecomap

related_morphemes: oky / oky

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: eco

etymology: Greek oikos "house, home, dwelling"

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


morpheme_key: ecole

morpheme: ecole

morpheme_head: ecole

affix_form: -ecole-

meaning_definition: school

example_words_list_1: ecole, ecole primaire, ecole maternelle

categorical_group_list: Education, Institution

etymology: Latin schola 'school', from Greek skholē 'leisure, school'


morpheme_key: econo

morpheme: econo

morpheme_head: econo

affix_form: econo-

meaning_definition: economy | household management | resource efficiency

example_words_list_1: econocar | econobox | econocars | econobabble | econometric | econophobia

categorical_group_list: Economy, Management

etymology: Greek oikonomia 'household management'


morpheme_key: econom

morpheme: econom

morpheme_head: econom

affix_form: -econom-

meaning_definition: manage | administer | rule

example_words_list_1: economy, economics, economical

categorical_group_list: Management, Administration


morpheme_key: ecstasy

morpheme: ecstasy

morpheme_head: ecstasy

affix_form: -ecstasy-

meaning_definition: ecstasy | intense joy | rapture | trance

example_words_list_1: ecstatic, ecstatically, ecstasy

example_words_corpus: ecstasies | ecstasize | ecstasized | ecstasizes | ecstasizing

categorical_group_list: Emotion, State of being

etymology: Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself'


morpheme_key: ecstatic

morpheme: ecstatic

morpheme_head: ecstatic

affix_form: -ecstatic-

meaning_definition: standing outside oneself | out of one's mind | rapturous joy | intense enthusiasm

example_words_list_1: ecstasy, ecstatic, ecstatically


morpheme_key: ecto

morpheme: ect(o)

morpheme_head: ecto

affix_form: ect-

allomorphs: ect(o)

sense_label: outer

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: external | external side | external position | absence of | external in nature

example_words_list_1: ectoblast | ectoderm | ectoplasm | ectomorphic | ectoparasite | ectotherm | ectodermal | ectodermic | ectomorph | ectomy | ectomycorrhiza | ectopia | ectopic | ectoproct

example_words_corpus: ectoderm | ectocyst | ectozoon | ectozoic | ectoloph | ectosome

related_morphemes: extension of ec / ec / : compare endo / endo

morpheme_counterpart_opposite: endo

categorical_group_list: position in space

ancestor_etymon: ecto | exo | ἐκτο  OED

etymology: Greek ἐκτός (ektós) | repr. Greek ἐκτο | -stem of ἐκτός adv. | outside OED | ἐκτός (ektós)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: ectasia

morpheme: ectasia

morpheme_head: ectasia

affix_form: -ectasia

meaning_definition: dilation | expansion | distension

categorical_group_list: Expansion, Medical condition

etymology: Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis)


morpheme_key: ectasis

morpheme: ectasis

morpheme_head: ectasis

affix_form: -ectasis

meaning_definition: dilation, expansion, distension

categorical_group_list: Expansion, Medical, Physical State

etymology: Greek ekstasis 'standing outside, ecstasy'


morpheme_key: ecu

morpheme: ecu

morpheme_head: ecu

affix_form: -ecu-

meaning_definition: follow

example_words_list_1: sequence, consequent, execute

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sequence

etymology: From Latin sequi 'to follow'


morpheme_key: ecuador

morpheme: ecuador

morpheme_head: ecuador

affix_form: -ecuador-

meaning_definition: equator | equalizing

example_words_list_1: Ecuador, ecuatorial, ecuadoriano

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geography

etymology: From Latin aequator 'an equalizer', from aequus 'equal' + -ator agent suffix; originally referring to the celestial equator.

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: ecumenic

morpheme: ecumenic

morpheme_head: ecumenic

affix_form: -ecumenic-

meaning_definition: world | inhabited | universal

example_words_list_1: ecumenical, ecumenism

categorical_group_list: Space, Universality

etymology: Greek oikoumenē 'inhabited world'


morpheme_key: ecumenist

morpheme: ecumenist

morpheme_head: ecumenist

affix_form: -ecumenist-

meaning_definition: universal | inhabited world

categorical_group_list: Universality, Space


morpheme_key: eczema

morpheme: eczema

morpheme_head: eczema

affix_form: -eczema-

meaning_definition: skin inflammation | irritation

example_words_list_1: eczematous, eczema

example_words_corpus: eczemas | eczematic | eczemalike | antieczema | eczematoid

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology

etymology: Greek ekzema 'a skin eruption'


morpheme_key: ed

morpheme: ed

morpheme_head: ed

affix_form: -ed

sense_label: being or having been the object of what is denoted

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

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | noun | verb | verb past tense | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: affected by the first element's action | a collection defined by the first element's trait | possessing | exhibiting | overflowing with the first element's quality | past action | completed previous action | transformed into

example_words_list_1: ['walked', 'played', 'loved']

example_words_corpus: eds | feed | iced | eddy | used | eyed

categorical_group_list: Verb maker

ancestor_etymon: -ed | -ad | -od OED | -ede  OED | ed

etymology: formative of the pa. pple. of wk. vbs. | had in Old English the forms -ed | -ad | -od (-ud) | suffix1OED | < Old English ... -ed | suffix1 OED converted to nouns from adjs -ed1 | < Old English -ede ... is appended to ns. in order to form adjs. | suffix2 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: OED | Stein | Wikidata


affix_form: -ed-

sense_label: delight, pleasure

meaning_definition: joy | satisfaction

example_words_list_1: Eden, Edna

example_words_list_2: Eden, Edna

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive state

etymology: Hebrew eden : delight

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew

etymological_family: Hebrew


sense_label: eat

meaning_definition: eat

example_words_list_1: edible, edible, edacious, edacity

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Vitality

etymology: edere | esus


affix_form: ed-

sense_label: swell, swollen

meaning_definition: swell, swollen

example_words_list_1: angioedema, edema, edematous, oedema, oedematous

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physical state

etymology: οἶδος (oîdos), οἰδεῖν (oideîn), οἴδημα, οἴδηματος (oídēma, oídēmatos)


sense_label: to build, house, building

meaning_definition: construct | dwell | structure

example_words_list_1: edifice | edify Variant Spellings: aedile | aedile

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'aedes' (temple, house) + '-edus' (suffix forming adjectives/nouns related to the place)


sense_label: wealth, happiness

meaning_definition: prosperity | joy

example_words_list_1: Edgar, Edith, Edmond, Edward, Edwin

example_words_list_2: Edgar, Edith, Edmond, Edward, Edwin

categorical_group_list: Prosperity, Emotion

etymology: Old English 'ead' meaning 'prosperity, happiness, fortune'


morpheme_key: edaph

morpheme: edaph

morpheme_head: edaph

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: earth material | earth substance | surface layer

example_words_list_1: edaphic, edaphology

example_words_list_2: edaphic, edaphology

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth

etymology: Greek edaphos 'ground, soil'


morpheme_key: edelweiss

morpheme: edelweiss

morpheme_head: edelweiss

affix_form: -edelweiss-

meaning_definition: edelweiss flower

example_words_list_1: edelweiss

example_words_corpus: edelweisses

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: From Middle High German edel 'noble' + weiz 'cheese', literally 'noble cheese', referring to the flower's appearance.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: edema

morpheme: edema

morpheme_head: edema

affix_form: -edema-

meaning_definition: fluid buildup | abnormal growth

example_words_list_1: edema, myxedema

example_words_list_2: edema, myxedema

example_words_corpus: edemas | myxedema | edematic | edematous | myxedemas | acroedema

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Physical state

etymology: Greek oidēma : swelling, tumor


morpheme_key: edemat

morpheme: edemat

morpheme_head: edemat

affix_form: -edemat-

meaning_definition: swelling | edema

example_words_list_1: edematous, edematogenous

etymology: Greek edēma 'swelling'


morpheme_key: eden

morpheme: eden

morpheme_head: eden

affix_form: -eden-

meaning_definition: paradise | delight | pleasure

example_words_list_1: Eden

example_words_corpus: Edenization

categorical_group_list: Place, Emotion

etymology: Hebrew 'edhen' (Eden)


morpheme_key: edge

morpheme: edge

morpheme_head: edge

affix_form: -edge-

meaning_definition: border | boundary | margin | extremity

example_words_list_1: edged, edgewise, edgeland

example_words_corpus: edges | edged | edger | edgel | edgers | unedge

categorical_group_list: Boundary, Limit, Physicality

etymology: Old English 'ecg' (edge, blade, border)


morpheme_key: edible

morpheme: edible

morpheme_head: edible

affix_form: -edible-

meaning_definition: fit | suitable | able to be eaten

example_words_list_1: edible, inedible

example_words_corpus: edibles | unedible | nonedible | edibleness | nonedibles

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Ability

etymology: Latin edibilis, from edere 'to eat'


morpheme_key: edict

morpheme: edict

morpheme_head: edict

affix_form: -edict-

meaning_definition: to proclaim | to declare | command

example_words_list_1: edict, edictum

example_words_corpus: edicts | edictal | edictally

categorical_group_list: Communication, Authority

etymology: Latin edictum 'proclamation, order', from edicere 'to announce, declare', from e- 'out' + dicere 'to say'


morpheme_key: edifice

morpheme: edifice

morpheme_head: edifice

affix_form: -edifice-

meaning_definition: large building | structure

example_words_list_1: edifice, edificatory, edification

example_words_corpus: edifices

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Physical object

etymology: Latin aedificium, from aedificare 'to build', from aedes 'temple, house' + facere 'to make'


morpheme_key: edify

morpheme: edify

morpheme_head: edify

affix_form: -edify-

meaning_definition: to instruct | to improve | to uplift

example_words_list_1: edification

example_words_corpus: reedify | edifying | disedify | edifyings | unedifying | edifyingly

categorical_group_list: Instruction, Improvement, Construction

etymology: Latin edificare 'to build up', from ex- 'out' + facere 'to make'


morpheme_key: edit

morpheme: edit

morpheme_head: edit

affix_form: -edit-

meaning_definition: to distribute or release information | to make public or announce formally

example_words_list_1: edit, edition, editor, editorial, editorialize

example_words_corpus: edits | editor | edited | coedit | editors | coedits

related_morphemes: part of dition / dition

categorical_group_list: Communication, Production

etymology: Latin aedĭtō, aedītus, past participle of aedĕre 'to build, construct'


morpheme_key: educable

morpheme: educable

morpheme_head: educable

affix_form: -educable-

meaning_definition: to lead | to guide | to train

example_words_list_1: education, educator, educative

categorical_group_list: Action, Instruction

etymology: Latin 'educabilis', from 'educere' (to lead out, train), from 'e-' (out) + 'ducere' (to lead)


morpheme_key: educate

morpheme: educate

morpheme_head: educate

affix_form: -educate-

meaning_definition: to instruct | to teach | to train

example_words_list_1: education, educational, educator

example_words_corpus: educated | educates | educatee | reeducate | educatees | educateth

categorical_group_list: Instruction, Cognition

etymology: Latin educatus, past participle of educere 'to lead out, bring forth', from e- 'out' + ducere 'to lead'


morpheme_key: edward

morpheme: edward

morpheme_head: edward

affix_form: -edward-

meaning_definition: wealth | fortune | prosperity | protection | guardian

example_words_list_1: Edward, Edwin, Edmund

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Wealth, Protection

etymology: Old English ead 'wealth, fortune' + weard 'guard, warden'


morpheme_key: ee

morpheme: ee

morpheme_head: ee

affix_form: -ee

sense_label: a person subjected to

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: a person undergoing an action | one executing the verb's action | associated with the verb's meaning | recipient of the action | noun derived from a verb | entity receiving the word's significance

example_words_list_1: employee, trainee, interviewee

example_words_corpus: ees | usee | payee | tutee | donee | ratee

categorical_group_list: Agentive, Nominalization

ancestor_etymon: -é(e)  OED

etymology: an adaptation of the -é of certain Anglo-Norman pa. pples., which were used as ns. suffix1 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Anglo-Norman  OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: eel

morpheme: eel

morpheme_head: eel

affix_form: -eel-

meaning_definition: eel

example_words_list_1: eel, conger eel, moray eel, electric eel

example_words_corpus: eely | eeler | eelpot | eelers | eelpout | eelworm

categorical_group_list: Animal, Aquatic creature, Vertebrate

etymology: Old English 'eel' (genitive 'æles'), from Proto-Germanic '*elaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*el- 'to flow, run'


morpheme_key: een

morpheme: een

morpheme_head: een

affix_form: -een

allomorphs: -een

sense_label: an inferior type of the fabric specified

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun | 0

meaning_definition: a lower quality version of the specified textile

example_words_list_1: velveteen

example_words_list_2: velveteen

example_words_corpus: eens | maneen | voteen | boyeen | pinkeen | maneens

categorical_group_list: Material, Fabric, Suffix

ancestor_etymon: -ῑnus, -ῑna OED

etymology: From French -ée, feminine past participle suffix of verbs ending in -er, derived from Latin -ata (feminine of -atus), from past participle stem of -are.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: eerie

morpheme: eerie

morpheme_head: eerie

affix_form: -eerie-

meaning_definition: strange | frightening | uncanny

example_words_list_1: eerie

example_words_corpus: eerieness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Perception, Atmosphere

etymology: Middle English 'eyrie' or 'ery', possibly related to 'aerie'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: efac

morpheme: efac

morpheme_head: efac

affix_form: -efac

meaning_definition: to rub out | to erase | to wipe out

example_words_list_1: efface, effacement

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Action

etymology: Latin ex- 'out' + facere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: effendi

morpheme: effendi

morpheme_head: effendi

affix_form: -effendi-

meaning_definition: master | lord | nobleman

example_words_list_1: effendi, afandi

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Honorific

etymology: From Ottoman Turkish efendi, from Persian afandi, from Arabic afandī, from Persian pāndī 'nobleman', from pā 'foot' + -andi (diminutive suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

register: honorific


morpheme_key: effer

morpheme: effer

morpheme_head: effer

affix_form: effer-

meaning_definition: from, out, missing, fully, away, internet-related

example_words_list_1: exclude, exist, exit, extend, extrude

example_words_list_2: exclude, exist, exit, extend, extrude

categorical_group_list: Direction, Separation, Motion

etymology: ex


morpheme_key: effervesce

morpheme: effervesce

morpheme_head: effervesce

affix_form: -effervesce-

meaning_definition: to boil up | to rise up | to become agitated

example_words_list_1: effervescence, effervescent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vitality, Physical State

etymology: Latin effervescent- 'boiling up', from effervescere 'to boil up', from ex- 'out' + fervere 'to boil, be hot'


morpheme_key: effete

morpheme: effete

morpheme_head: effete

affix_form: -effete-

meaning_definition: exhausted | depleted | powerless | decadent

example_words_list_1: effete

example_words_corpus: effetely | uneffete | effeteness

categorical_group_list: Depletion, Weakness, Decay

etymology: Latin effetus 'worn out, exhausted', from ex- 'out' + fatus 'born, produced' (past participle of facere 'to make, do')


morpheme_key: efficac

morpheme: efficac

morpheme_head: efficac

affix_form: -efficac-

meaning_definition: power | effect | performance

example_words_list_1: efficacy, efficacious, inefficiency

categorical_group_list: Ability, Action, Result

etymology: Latin efficax (stem efficac-) 'effective, powerful', from efficere 'to accomplish, bring about', from ex- 'out' + facere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: efficiency

morpheme: efficiency

morpheme_head: efficiency

affix_form: -efficiency-

meaning_definition: effectiveness | productivity | competence

example_words_list_1: efficient, efficiency, inefficient, inefficiency, ineffable

categorical_group_list: Capability, Performance, Productivity

etymology: Latin 'efficere' (to accomplish, perform) from 'ex-' (out) + 'facere' (to make, do)


morpheme_key: efficient

morpheme: efficient

morpheme_head: efficient

affix_form: -efficient-

meaning_definition: achieving maximum productivity | working well | effective

example_words_list_1: efficiency, efficiently, inefficient

example_words_corpus: inefficient | ecoefficient | efficientness

categorical_group_list: Capability, Performance, Utility

etymology: Latin efficiens, present participle of efficere 'to accomplish, bring about'


morpheme_key: effigy

morpheme: effigy

morpheme_head: effigy

affix_form: -effigy-

meaning_definition: representation | image | likeness

example_words_list_1: effigy, effigial, effigiate

example_words_corpus: effigylike

categorical_group_list: Representation, Physicality

etymology: Latin effigies 'likeness, image', from effingere 'to fashion, portray'


morpheme_key: effluent

morpheme: effluent

morpheme_head: effluent

affix_form: -effluent-

meaning_definition: flowing out | flowing forth

example_words_list_1: effluent, efflux, effluent

example_words_corpus: effluents | noneffluent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Liquid, Flow

etymology: Latin ex- 'out' + fluere 'to flow'


morpheme_key: effluere

morpheme: effluere

morpheme_head: effluere

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: to emit | to discharge

example_words_list_1: effluence, effluvium

example_words_list_2: effluence, effluvium

categorical_group_list: Concatenation

etymology: Latin effluere 'to flow out', from ex- 'out' + fluere 'to flow'


morpheme_key: efflux

morpheme: efflux

morpheme_head: efflux

affix_form: -efflux-

meaning_definition: flow out | outward flow

example_words_list_1: efflux, effluxion

example_words_corpus: effluxes | effluxion | effluxions | radioefflux

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluidity


morpheme_key: effort

morpheme: effort

morpheme_head: effort

affix_form: -effort-

meaning_definition: exertion | exertion of strength | struggle

example_words_list_1: effortless, effortlessly, effortful

example_words_corpus: efforts | effortful | effortless | effortfully | effortlessly | effortfulness

categorical_group_list: Action, Energy, Strength

etymology: Latin 'effortus', past participle of 'efforare' (to wear out, exhaust), from 'ex-' (out) + 'forare' (to pierce)


morpheme_key: eft

morpheme: eft

morpheme_head: eft

affix_form: -eft-

meaning_definition: past tense | past participle

example_words_list_1: sang, rang, strung, hung, sung

example_words_corpus: efts | eftsoons

categorical_group_list: Grammar, Verb morphology, Past tense

etymology: Old English -eft, -efta, strong verb suffix marking past tense and past participle (e.g., 'sungen' from 'singan').


morpheme_key: efy

morpheme: efy

morpheme_head: efy

affix_form: -efy

meaning_definition: to make | to cause to become

example_words_list_1: beautify, simplify, terrify, glorify

categorical_group_list: Causative, Verbalization

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


morpheme_key: eg

morpheme: eg

morpheme_head: eg

affix_form: eg-

meaning_definition: goat

example_words_list_1: egophony

example_words_list_2: egophony

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: αἴξ | αἰγός (aíx | aigós)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: egg

morpheme: egg

morpheme_head: egg

affix_form: -egg-

meaning_definition: ovum | seed | embryo

example_words_list_1: egg, eggplant, eggshell, egghead, eggbeater

example_words_corpus: eggy | egger | egged | eggie | eggnog | egging

categorical_group_list: Biology, Life cycle, Nature

etymology: Proto-Germanic *æggan

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: ego

morpheme: ego

morpheme_head: ego

affix_form: ego-

sense_label: self

meaning_definition: individual identity | first-person pronoun | personal self

example_words_list_1: egocentric | egocentrism | egoism | egoistic | egomania | egomaniac | alter ego | ego | egotism

example_words_corpus: egoic | egoist | nonego | egoity | egoboo | egofag

categorical_group_list: Self, Identity, Personhood

etymology: Latin ego "I"

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin, Greek


morpheme_key: egret

morpheme: egret

morpheme_head: egret

affix_form: -egret-

meaning_definition: a large white heron

example_words_list_1: egret

example_words_corpus: egrets | egretry | egretlike

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: Middle French aigrette, diminutive of aigle 'eagle'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: eic

morpheme: eic

morpheme_head: eic

affix_form: -eic

meaning_definition: pertaining to

example_words_list_1: diarrheic, onomatopoeic

example_words_list_2: diarrheic, onomatopoeic

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Relation

etymology: Greek -ikos (pertaining to)


morpheme_key: eicosa

morpheme: eicosa

morpheme_head: eicosa

affix_form: eicosa-

meaning_definition: twenty

example_words_list_1: eicosadiene | eicosadienoyl

example_words_corpus: eicosadiene | eicosadienoyl

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek eikosi 'twenty'


morpheme_key: eid

morpheme: eid

morpheme_head: eid

affix_form: -eid-

allomorphs: eido

meaning_definition: representation | configuration

example_words_list_1: eidetic, eidolon, kaleidoscope

example_words_list_2: eidetic, eidolon, kaleidoscope

related_morphemes: id / id, oid / oid

categorical_group_list: Perception, Form, Visual

etymology: Greek eidos : what is seen, shape, form

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: eider

morpheme: eider

morpheme_head: eider

affix_form: -eider-

meaning_definition: a type of large sea duck

example_words_list_1: eider, eiderdown

etymology: From Old Norse eidr, a specific type of duck (likely referring to the Eider duck, Somateria mollissima), possibly related to the word for 'island' or 'shore' due to habitat, though the exact Proto-Germanic root is debated.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: eigen

morpheme: eigen

morpheme_head: eigen

affix_form: eigen-

meaning_definition: inherent quality | belonging to a specific entity | possessed inherently

example_words_list_1: eigenvector | eigenvalue | eigen-frequency | eigenfunction

example_words_corpus: eigengap | eigenray | eigenSNP | eigenmode | eigentone | eigenmass

categorical_group_list: Possession, Identity, Specificity

ancestor_etymon: eigen  OED

etymology: From German 'eigen' meaning 'own' or 'distinctive', derived from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one, single).

ancestor_etymon_language: German | Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: eight

morpheme: eight

morpheme_head: eight

affix_form: -eight-

meaning_definition: the number 8 | eightfold

example_words_list_1: eight, eighteen, eighty

example_words_corpus: eighty | eights | eighteen | eighties | eightish | eightieth

categorical_group_list: Numeral, Quantity

etymology: Proto-Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw


morpheme_key: eire

morpheme: eire

morpheme_head: eire

affix_form: -eire-

meaning_definition: island

example_words_list_1: Eire, Eireann, Hibernia

categorical_group_list: Geography, Landform, Place Name

etymology: Irish 'Éire' (Ireland), from Proto-Celtic *īwerjon

ancestor_etymon_language: Irish


morpheme_key: eirene

morpheme: eirene

morpheme_head: eirene

affix_form: -eirene-

meaning_definition: tranquility | harmony | serenity

example_words_list_1: irenic

example_words_list_2: irenic

categorical_group_list: State, Abstract concept

etymology: Greek εἰρήνη (eirēnē)


morpheme_key: ejaculate

morpheme: ejaculate

morpheme_head: ejaculate

affix_form: ejaculate

meaning_definition: to forcibly expel semen from the urethra during sexual stimulation in males | to release vaginal fluid during sexual stimulation in females | to eject bodily fluids in response to sexual arousal

example_words_list_1: ejaculated | ejaculates | unejaculated

example_words_corpus: ejaculated | ejaculates | unejaculated

etymology: From Latin 'ejaculare', meaning to throw out or expel.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: ek

morpheme: ek

morpheme_head: ek

affix_form: ek-

sense_label: not

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: atypical, amoral, asymmetrical, anonymous

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative

etymology: Greek a- (alpha privativus) 'without, not'


morpheme_key: eka

morpheme: eka

morpheme_head: eka

affix_form: eka-

meaning_definition: one

example_words_list_1: ekaboron | ekasilicon | ekamanganese

example_words_corpus: ekaboron | ekasilicon | ekamanganese

etymology: Sanskrit eka- "one"

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit