morpheme_key: eke

morpheme: eke

morpheme_head: eke

affix_form: -eke-

meaning_definition: to survive | to manage | to scrape by

example_words_list_1: eke, eke out, ekes out

example_words_corpus: eked | ekes

categorical_group_list: Survival, Persistence, Verb

etymology: From Old English 'ecan' meaning 'to increase' or 'to survive', related to 'eke out'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: el

morpheme: el

morpheme_head: el

affix_form: -el-

sense_label: God [combining form, in names of Hebraic origin]

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: Divine being | combining form in Hebraic-origin names

example_words_list_1: Israel, Emmanuel, Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Elohim

example_words_corpus: els | navel | newel | hovel | gavel | dotel

categorical_group_list: Deity, Divinity

etymology: Hebrew elohim, pl. of eloah : God

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew

etymological_family: other

register: classical

source: Cognatarium

attestation: both


affix_form: el-

sense_label: in, into, cover, contain

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: in, into, cover, contain

example_words_list_1: ellipse, element, eleemosynary

categorical_group_list: Locative, Motion

etymology: ἐν (en)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

source: Wikidata


affix_form: -el

sense_label: small

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: small | diminutive

example_words_list_1: broil (14th century | F brusle) | broil (15th century | VL brodicula) | griddle (c. 1300 | ME gridel | F gredil | VL graticula | cognate with E hurdle) | grille (1661) | jail (1250s | F jaiole | nF gaiole | VL gabiola | L caveola) | mail (1320 | L macula) | pill (1400) | quail (c. 1300 | ML quaccula) | rail (1320 | L regula) | rail (1460 | VL rasculum) | rail (1450s | VL ragula) | roll (c. 1300) | squirrel (1327) | toil (c. 1300 | VL tudicula) | trail (c. 1300 | VL tragula)

example_words_list_2: broil (14th century; F brusle), broil (15th century; VL brodicula), griddle (c. 1300, ME gridel, F gredil, VL graticula; cognate with E hurdle), grille (1661), jail (1250s; F jaiole, nF gaiole, VL gabiola, L caveola), mail (1320; L macula), pill (1400), quail (c. 1300; ML quaccula), rail (1320; L regula), rail (1460; VL rasculum), rail (1450s; VL ragula), roll (c. 1300), squirrel (1327), toil (c. 1300; VL tudicula), trail (c. 1300; VL tragula)

categorical_group_list: Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: Norman-Francish lenite -c-/-g- or metathetic -i- diminutive -iol-

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: elan

morpheme: elan

morpheme_head: elan

affix_form: -elan-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: vitality | energy | spirit | enthusiasm

example_words_list_1: elan, élan vital

example_words_corpus: elans

categorical_group_list: Energy, Emotion, Vitality

etymology: French 'élan' meaning 'impulse' or 'spring', from Old French 'aelan' (to leap), ultimately from Germanic origins.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: elapse

morpheme: elapse

morpheme_head: elapse

affix_form: -elapse-

meaning_definition: pass | slip by | pass away

example_words_list_1: elapse, elapsed, elapsedly

example_words_corpus: elapsed | elapses | unelapsed

categorical_group_list: Time, Motion

etymology: Latin 'elapsus', past participle of 'elabi' meaning 'to slip away, escape', from 'e-' (out) + 'labi' (to slip, glide)


morpheme_key: elast

morpheme: elast

morpheme_head: elast

affix_form: elast-

allomorphs: elasto

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: elastic, flexible

example_words_list_1: elasticity, elastic, elastin, elastomer

example_words_list_2: elasticity, elastic, elastin, elastomer

categorical_group_list: Physical Property, Texture

etymology: Greek elastikos 'pliable, flexible'

register: scientific

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: elastic

morpheme: elastic

morpheme_head: elastic

affix_form: -elastic-

meaning_definition: flexible | stretchy | capable of returning to shape

example_words_list_1: elasticity, elasticity, elastomeric

categorical_group_list: Physical Property, Flexibility

etymology: Greek elastikos "pliant, flexible"

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: elate

morpheme: elate

morpheme_head: elate

affix_form: -elate-

meaning_definition: to lift | to raise | to carry out

example_words_list_1: elate, elated, elation

example_words_corpus: elates | elater | elaters | elateth

categorical_group_list: Motion, Elevation

etymology: Latin ēlātus, past participle of ēlāre 'to lift up, raise', from ē- 'out' + lāre (related to lātus 'carried')


morpheme_key: elder

morpheme: elder

morpheme_head: elder

affix_form: -elder-

meaning_definition: old | senior | aged

example_words_list_1: elderly, elderberry

example_words_corpus: elderwed | elderweds | elderlies | elderships | nonelderly | elderliness

categorical_group_list: Age, Seniority

etymology: Old English eald 'old'

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: elect

morpheme: elect

morpheme_head: elect

affix_form: -elect-

meaning_definition: choose | pick | select

example_words_list_1: elect, election, elective, elector, electivity

example_words_corpus: elects | elector | Elector | reelect | electee | unelect

categorical_group_list: Selection, Choice

etymology: Latin eligere 'to pick out, choose' (e- 'out' + legere 'to gather, pick')


morpheme_key: electra

morpheme: electra

morpheme_head: electra

affix_form: -electra-

meaning_definition: amber | shining | bright

example_words_list_1: electricity, electric, electrical, electron, electrum

categorical_group_list: Light, Nature, Material

etymology: Greek elektron 'amber' (related to the brightness of the substance)


morpheme_key: electro

morpheme: electro

morpheme_head: electro

affix_form: electro-

allomorphs: electr

sense_label: electric

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: pertaining to electricity | the energy form from electric charge

example_words_corpus: electropop | electrowon | electrosex | electrojet | electrowin | electroweak

categorical_group_list: Energy, Physics

ancestor_etymon: electro-  OED

etymology: From Greek 'ēlektron' meaning 'amber', the material known to attract light objects when rubbed.

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin  OED

source: Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: elegance

morpheme: elegance

morpheme_head: elegance

affix_form: -elegance-

meaning_definition: grace | refinement | beauty

example_words_list_1: elegant, elegantly, elegance

example_words_corpus: elegances | overelegance

categorical_group_list: Quality, Aesthetic

etymology: Latin elegans (gen. elegantis) 'refined, tasteful', from eligere 'to pick out, choose'


morpheme_key: elegant

morpheme: elegant

morpheme_head: elegant

affix_form: -elegant-

meaning_definition: graceful | refined | tasteful

example_words_list_1: elegance, elegantly, unelegant

example_words_corpus: elegantly | inelegant | unelegant | inelegantly | overelegant | unelegantly

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Quality

etymology: Latin 'elegans' (gen. 'elegantis') 'refined, tasteful', from 'eligere' 'to pick out, choose'


morpheme_key: elegiac

morpheme: elegiac

morpheme_head: elegiac

affix_form: -elegiac-

meaning_definition: mournful | melancholy | elegiac

example_words_list_1: elegiac

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Tone

etymology: Greek elegeia 'elegy' from elegos 'lament'


morpheme_key: elegy

morpheme: elegy

morpheme_head: elegy

affix_form: -elegy-

meaning_definition: lament | mournful poem | song of loss

example_words_list_1: elegy, elegiac, elegiacal

example_words_corpus: elegist | elegize | elegies | elegized | elegizes | elegists

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Literature, Death

etymology: Greek elegeia, from elegos 'lament'


morpheme_key: elem

morpheme: elem

morpheme_head: elem

affix_form: elem-

meaning_definition: pity

example_words_list_1: almoner | alms | eleemosynary

example_words_list_2: almoner | alms | eleemosynary

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Charity

etymology: ἔλεος | ἐλέου (éleos | eléou) | ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)


morpheme_key: element

morpheme: element

morpheme_head: element

affix_form: -element-

meaning_definition: basic part | fundamental component | constituent

example_words_list_1: elementary, elemental, elementalism

example_words_corpus: elements

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Substance

etymology: Latin elementum 'component, first principle'


morpheme_key: elementary

morpheme: elementary

morpheme_head: elementary

affix_form: -elementary-

meaning_definition: basic | fundamental | simple

example_words_list_1: elementary, element, elemental

categorical_group_list: Simplicity, Primacy, Foundation


morpheme_key: elephant

morpheme: elephant

morpheme_head: elephant

affix_form: -elephant-

meaning_definition: large herbivorous mammal

example_words_list_1: ['elephant']

example_words_corpus: elephants | elephantry | elephantic | elephantoid | elephantdom | irrelephant

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Greek elephas 'ivory, elephant'


morpheme_key: elevate

morpheme: elevate

morpheme_head: elevate

affix_form: -elevate-

meaning_definition: raise | lift | increase

example_words_list_1: elevation, elevator, elevator

example_words_corpus: elevated | elevates | elevateds | unelevated | coelevated | nonelevated

categorical_group_list: Motion, Upward, Increase

etymology: Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare 'to raise up', from ex- 'out' + levare 'to lighten', from levis 'light'


morpheme_key: elf

morpheme: elf

morpheme_head: elf

affix_form: -elf-

meaning_definition: supernatural being | humanoid spirit

example_words_list_1: elf, elven, elvish

example_words_corpus: elfin | elfen | elfish | elfdom | elfkin | elfins

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Fantasy, Being

etymology: Old English 'elf', from Proto-Germanic '*albiz', from Proto-Indo-European '*albh-' (white, bright)

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic

register: neutral


morpheme_key: elicit

morpheme: elicit

morpheme_head: elicit

affix_form: -elicit-

meaning_definition: draw out | evoke | bring forth

example_words_list_1: elicit, elicitation, elicitor

categorical_group_list: Action, Extraction

etymology: Latin ēlīcere 'to draw out, lure out', from ex- 'out' + līcere 'to allure, entice'


morpheme_key: elide

morpheme: elide

morpheme_head: elide

affix_form: -elide-

meaning_definition: to leave out | to omit | to suppress

example_words_list_1: elision, elided

example_words_corpus: elides | elided | unelided

categorical_group_list: Omission, Removal

etymology: Latin 'ēlīdere' (to strike out, erase), from 'ē-' (out) + 'līdere' (to strike)


morpheme_key: elig

morpheme: elig

morpheme_head: elig

affix_form: elig-

meaning_definition: select, pick out

example_words_list_1: eligible, election, elect, eligibility

categorical_group_list: Selection, Action


morpheme_key: elijah

morpheme: elijah

morpheme_head: elijah

affix_form: -elijah-

meaning_definition: My God is Yahweh

example_words_list_1: Elijah, Elija, Elias, Elihu

categorical_group_list: Theology, Proper Name

etymology: Hebrew Eliyahu 'My God is Yahweh'


morpheme_key: elite

morpheme: elite

morpheme_head: elite

affix_form: -elite-

meaning_definition: superior | select | best

example_words_list_1: elite

example_words_corpus: elites | unelite | nonelite | elitedom | subelite | antielite

categorical_group_list: Quality, Status, Excellence

etymology: Latin 'elitus', past participle of 'eligere' 'to choose out'


morpheme_key: elixir

morpheme: elixir

morpheme_head: elixir

affix_form: -elixir-

meaning_definition: magical liquid | medicinal potion | life-extending substance

example_words_list_1: elixir, elixirs

example_words_corpus: elixirs | elixirlike

categorical_group_list: Substance, Alchemy, Magic

etymology: From Old French 'elixir', from Medieval Latin 'helixir', from Arabic 'al-iksīr' (the powder/dry extract), from Greek 'xērion' (dry powder).

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: elk

morpheme: elk

morpheme_head: elk

affix_form: -elk-

meaning_definition: large deer | cervid

example_words_list_1: elk

example_words_corpus: elks | elkskin | elkwood | elkhorn | elkhound | elkskins

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nature

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *elkhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elkʷos (elm tree), originally referring to the animal by its association with elm forests.

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: elle

morpheme: elle

morpheme_head: elle

affix_form: -elle

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: small, diminutive ending, female

example_words_list_1: amarelle | anterior_fontanelle | aquarelle | bagatelle | belle | chandelle | chanterelle | cinnabar_chanterelle | cocozelle | demoiselle | dentelle | floccose_chanterelle | fontanelle | gazelle | immortelle

example_words_list_2: amarelle, anterior_fontanelle, aquarelle, bagatelle, belle, chandelle, chanterelle, cinnabar_chanterelle, cocozelle, demoiselle, dentelle, floccose_chanterelle, fontanelle, gazelle, immortelle

example_words_corpus: ellen | roselle | roselles | organelle | organelles | suborganelle

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Gender

etymology: From Latin feminine suffix -ella, diminutive of -a


morpheme_key: ellipse

morpheme: ellipse

morpheme_head: ellipse

affix_form: -ellipse-

meaning_definition: omission | lack | gap

example_words_list_1: ellipsis, elliptical

example_words_corpus: ellipsed | hypoellipse | hemiellipse | semiellipse | superellipse | hyperellipse

categorical_group_list: Absence, Omission

etymology: Greek 'elleipsis' 'omission, falling short'


morpheme_key: ellipsis

morpheme: ellipsis

morpheme_head: ellipsis

affix_form: -ellipsis-

meaning_definition: omission | leaving out | gap

example_words_corpus: ellipsism

etymology: Greek ellipses (omission), from ellipse 'falling short'


morpheme_key: elliptic

morpheme: elliptic

morpheme_head: elliptic

affix_form: -elliptic-

meaning_definition: omitted | lacking | incomplete

example_words_list_1: ellipsis, elliptic, elliptically

categorical_group_list: Absence, Deficiency

etymology: Greek 'elleinkos' (lacking, imperfect) from 'leipein' (to leave, omit)


morpheme_key: elm

morpheme: elm

morpheme_head: elm

affix_form: -elm-

allomorphs: ellum

meaning_definition: elm tree

example_words_list_1: elm

example_words_corpus: elms | elmy | elmen | elmlike | elmness | elmwood

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *elmo- 'elm tree'


morpheme_key: elope

morpheme: elope

morpheme_head: elope

affix_form: -elope-

meaning_definition: to run away | to flee | to escape

example_words_list_1: elopement, eloper

categorical_group_list: Movement, Escape, Action

etymology: Latin ē- 'out' + lupus 'wolf' (originally 'to run away like a wolf')


morpheme_key: else

morpheme: else

morpheme_head: else

affix_form: -else-

allomorphs: els

meaning_definition: other | different | alternative

example_words_list_1: elsewhere, nonetheless, someone else

example_words_corpus: elseweb | elsehow | elsewho | elsewhen | elsewise | elseness

categorical_group_list: Difference, Alternative

etymology: Old English 'elles' (otherwise, in a different manner)


morpheme_key: elude

morpheme: elude

morpheme_head: elude

affix_form: -elude-

meaning_definition: escape | evade | avoid

example_words_list_1: elude, elusive, elusiveness

example_words_corpus: eludes | eluded | eluder | eluders | eludeth

categorical_group_list: Movement, Avoidance

etymology: Latin ēlūdere 'to mock, evade', from ē- 'out' + lūdere 'to play'


morpheme_key: ely

morpheme: ely

morpheme_head: ely

affix_form: -ely-

meaning_definition: way of | manner of | in a ... manner

example_words_list_1: quickly, slowly, happily, sadly, loudly

categorical_group_list: Adverbial, Manner, Derivational

etymology: From Latin -ēlis, from -ēre (past participle suffix) + -lis (adjectival suffix), originally forming adjectives from verbs, later extended to adverbs in English.


morpheme_key: elysian

morpheme: elysian

morpheme_head: elysian

affix_form: -elysian-

meaning_definition: divine | heavenly | blissful

example_words_list_1: elysium, elysianfields

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Paradise, State of being

etymology: Greek Elysion (Elysium), the paradise of the blessed


morpheme_key: elysium

morpheme: elysium

morpheme_head: elysium

affix_form: -elysium-

meaning_definition: paradise | bliss | state of perfect happiness

example_words_list_1: Elysian, Elysian Fields, Elysium

categorical_group_list: Paradise, Divinity, Bliss

etymology: Greek Elysion (Elysium), the abode of the blessed in mythology


morpheme_key: em

morpheme: em

morpheme_head: em

affix_form: em-

sense_label: in

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | verb

meaning_definition: within | toward the interior of | upon

example_words_list_1: embody, emphasis, empathy

example_words_corpus: rem | ems | embody | Mackem | emboss | empest

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: in | in-  OED

etymology: Latin prefix em- (variant of in- before b, m, p) meaning 'in, into, on'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED | Greek

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


morpheme_key: emaciate

morpheme: emaciate

morpheme_head: emaciate

affix_form: -emaciate-

meaning_definition: to make thin | to waste away | to weaken

example_words_list_1: emaciated, emaciation

example_words_corpus: emaciated | emaciates | unemaciated

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Deprivation

etymology: Latin macer 'thin, lean' + -ate (verb-forming suffix)


morpheme_key: emanate

morpheme: emanate

morpheme_head: emanate

affix_form: -emanate-

meaning_definition: flow out | issue | proceed

example_words_list_1: emanation, emanative

example_words_corpus: emanates | emanateth | emanatest

categorical_group_list: Motion, Origin

etymology: Latin ēmanāre 'to flow out', from ē- 'out' + manāre 'to flow'


morpheme_key: emancipate

morpheme: emancipate

morpheme_head: emancipate

affix_form: -emancipate-

meaning_definition: to set free | to liberate

example_words_list_1: emancipation, emancipator

categorical_group_list: Liberation, Action

etymology: From Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare 'to give up, set free', composed of e- (out) + capere (to take)


morpheme_key: embarrass

morpheme: embarrass

morpheme_head: embarrass

affix_form: -embarrass-

meaning_definition: to cause shame | to make feel self-conscious

example_words_corpus: embarrassed | disembarrass | embarrassment | unembarrassed | embarrassedly | embarrassable

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Social interaction

etymology: Middle French 'embarrasser' (to obstruct, hamper)


morpheme_key: ember

morpheme: ember

morpheme_head: ember

affix_form: -ember-

meaning_definition: small glowing fragment of coal or wood | glowing fragment

example_words_list_1: ember

example_words_corpus: embers | emberlike | emberless

categorical_group_list: Fire, Heat, Light

etymology: Old English 'æmer' or 'æmber'


morpheme_key: embezzle

morpheme: embezzle

morpheme_head: embezzle

affix_form: -embezzle-

meaning_definition: to steal funds entrusted to one's care

example_words_list_1: embezzlement, embezzler

example_words_corpus: embezzler | embezzles | embezzled | embezzlers | embezzlement | embezzlements

categorical_group_list: Deception, Theft

etymology: Middle French 'embelezer'


morpheme_key: emblem

morpheme: emblem

morpheme_head: emblem

affix_form: -emblem-

meaning_definition: symbol | sign | insignia

example_words_list_1: emblematic

example_words_corpus: emblems | emblemed | emblemize | emblemized | emblemizes | emblemless

categorical_group_list: Symbolism, Identification

etymology: Greek emblēma "an inscription, ornament"


morpheme_key: embolism

morpheme: embolism

morpheme_head: embolism

affix_form: -embolism-

meaning_definition: blockage | obstruction

example_words_list_1: embolism, embolus

example_words_corpus: embolisms | embolismal | aeroembolism | aeroembolisms | microembolism | radioembolism

categorical_group_list: Medical, Obstruction

etymology: Greek embolismos 'obstruction', from embolos 'plug, stopper'


morpheme_key: embower

morpheme: embower

morpheme_head: embower

affix_form: -embower-

meaning_definition: to enclose | to shelter | to surround

example_words_list_1: embowered, embowering, embowerment

categorical_group_list: Enclosure, Shelter

etymology: Middle English 'embowren', from 'en-' + 'bower'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: embroider

morpheme: embroider

morpheme_head: embroider

affix_form: -embroider-

meaning_definition: decorate with needle and thread | ornament

example_words_list_1: embroider, embroidery, embroidered

categorical_group_list: Action, Decoration

etymology: Old French embroider


morpheme_key: embryo

morpheme: embryo

morpheme_head: embryo

affix_form: -embryo-

sense_label: early stage

meaning_definition: early stage | developing | germinal

example_words_list_1: embryonic, embryology, embryogenesis

example_words_corpus: embryos | embryoid | embryous | embryoma | embryoids | proembryo

categorical_group_list: Life, Development, Biology

etymology: Greek embryon 'offspring, fetus'


morpheme_key: eme

morpheme: eme

morpheme_head: eme

affix_form: eme-

sense_label: vomit

meaning_definition: vomit | vomiting

example_words_list_1: antiemetic | emesis | emetic | emetine | emetophobia | haematemesis

example_words_corpus: emes | toneme | kineme | acteme | moneme | listeme

categorical_group_list: Physiology, Medical

etymology: ἐμεῖν (emeîn) | ἔμετος (émetos)


morpheme_key: emend

morpheme: emend

morpheme_head: emend

affix_form: -emend-

meaning_definition: to correct | to amend | to improve

example_words_list_1: emend, emendation, emendable

example_words_corpus: emends | emended | emender | emending | emenders | unemended

categorical_group_list: Correction, Modification

etymology: Latin emendare 'to free from fault, correct', from ex- 'out' + menda 'fault, blemish'


morpheme_key: emerald

morpheme: emerald

morpheme_head: emerald

affix_form: -emerald-

meaning_definition: green | precious stone

example_words_list_1: emerald, emeraldine

example_words_corpus: emeralds | emeraldine | emeraldlike | emeraldines

categorical_group_list: Color, Gemstone

etymology: Greek smaragdos


morpheme_key: emergency

morpheme: emergency

morpheme_head: emergency

affix_form: -emergency-

meaning_definition: urgent | sudden | critical

example_words_list_1: emergency, emergent, emerge, emergency room

categorical_group_list: Urgency, Crisis, Importance

etymology: Latin emergere 'to rise out, emerge', from e- 'out' + mergere 'to dip, plunge'


morpheme_key: emeritus

morpheme: emeritus

morpheme_head: emeritus

affix_form: -emeritus-

meaning_definition: having retired | holding title without duties

example_words_list_1: emeritus

categorical_group_list: Status, Retirement

etymology: Latin emeritus 'retired, having served one's time', past participle of emeri 'to earn, serve out one's term', from em- (variant of ex-) 'out' + mereri 'to earn, deserve'


morpheme_key: emery

morpheme: emery

morpheme_head: emery

affix_form: -emery-

meaning_definition: abrasive mineral | corundum

example_words_list_1: emery, emery board

example_words_corpus: Emersonian

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Greek emery (σ emery) 'abrasive mineral'


morpheme_key: emesis

morpheme: emesis

morpheme_head: emesis

affix_form: -emesis

meaning_definition: vomiting | act of vomiting

example_words_list_1: hematemesis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Bodily function

etymology: Greek ἕμεσις (hémesis)


morpheme_key: emetic

morpheme: emetic

morpheme_head: emetic

affix_form: -emetic-

meaning_definition: causing | inducing | producing

example_words_list_1: emetic, emeticum

example_words_corpus: emetics | nonemetic | antiemetic | antiemetics

categorical_group_list: Physiology, Action

etymology: Greek emetikos, from emesis 'vomiting'


morpheme_key: emeto

morpheme: emeto

morpheme_head: emeto

affix_form: emeto-

meaning_definition: vomiting | emetic

example_words_list_1: emetology | emetogenic | emetophile | emetophobia | emetophilia | emetophobic

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Physical action

etymology: Greek emetikos 'vomiting', from emeto 'to vomit'


morpheme_key: eminence

morpheme: eminence

morpheme_head: eminence

affix_form: -eminence-

meaning_definition: high station | superiority | distinction

example_words_list_1: eminent, preeminence, immanence

example_words_corpus: eminences

categorical_group_list: Status, Quality

etymology: Latin -men- (suffix forming nouns of action or result) + -entia (abstract noun suffix) < emine- 'to stand out'


morpheme_key: eminent

morpheme: eminent

morpheme_head: eminent

affix_form: -eminent-

meaning_definition: standing out | prominent | distinguished

example_words_list_1: eminent, immanent, preeminent

categorical_group_list: Prominence, Status

etymology: Latin eminens, present participle of emineo 'to stand out, project'


morpheme_key: emit

morpheme: emit

morpheme_head: emit

affix_form: -emit-

meaning_definition: send forth | discharge | release

example_words_list_1: emit, emission, emitter

example_words_corpus: emits | reemit | emitted | emitter | reemits | emitting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Release, Action

etymology: Latin 'ēmitere' (past participle 'ēmissus'), from 'ē-' (out) + 'mittere' (to send)


morpheme_key: emmanuel

morpheme: emmanuel

morpheme_head: emmanuel

affix_form: -emmanuel-

meaning_definition: God | with | accompanied by

example_words_list_1: Emmanuel, Immanuel

categorical_group_list: Theology, Divinity

etymology: Hebrew 'Immanu' (with us) + 'El' (God)


morpheme_key: emoliri

morpheme: emoliri

morpheme_head: emoliri

affix_form: -emoliri-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: achieve | realize | execute

example_words_list_1: emolument

example_words_list_2: emolument

categorical_group_list: Action, Achievement

etymology: Latin emolīrī 'to rub out, wear away, accomplish' (from e- 'out' + molīrī 'to grind, build')

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: emollient

morpheme: emollient

morpheme_head: emollient

affix_form: -emollient-

meaning_definition: softening | soothing | smoothing

example_words_list_1: emollient

example_words_corpus: emollients | emolliently

categorical_group_list: Texture, Sensation

etymology: Latin emolliens, present participle of emollire 'to soften', from e- 'out' + mollis 'soft'


morpheme_key: emolument

morpheme: emolument

morpheme_head: emolument

affix_form: -emolument-

meaning_definition: payment | compensation | profit

example_words_list_1: emolument, emoluments

categorical_group_list: Value, Compensation, Finance

etymology: Latin emolumentum, from emoliri 'to grind out, clear away', from ex- 'out' + moliri 'to grind, build'


morpheme_key: emory

morpheme: emory

morpheme_head: emory

affix_form: -emory-

meaning_definition: memory

example_words_list_1: memory, amnesia, amnesiac

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Memory

etymology: From Latin 'memoria' meaning memory, often appearing in English words related to remembering or mental retention.


morpheme_key: emote

morpheme: emote

morpheme_head: emote

affix_form: -emote-

meaning_definition: motion | movement | to move

example_words_list_1: remote, promote, emote, emotion

example_words_corpus: emoted | emotes | emoter | emoters | overemote | overemoted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Latin 'emovere' (to move out, unsettle), from 'e-' (out) + 'movere' (to move)


morpheme_key: empanel

morpheme: empanel

morpheme_head: empanel

affix_form: -empanel-

meaning_definition: to place on a panel | to appoint to a committee | to enroll

example_words_list_1: empanel, empaneled, empaneling, empanelment

categorical_group_list: Appointment, Organization, Legal

etymology: Latin in- 'in, on' + panel 'flat piece of wood, board'


morpheme_key: emperor

morpheme: emperor

morpheme_head: emperor

affix_form: -emperor-

meaning_definition: sovereign | ruler | monarch

example_words_list_1: emperor

example_words_corpus: emperors | emperorlike | emperorship | emperorships

categorical_group_list: Power, Leadership, Royalty

etymology: Latin imperator 'commander, general', from imperare 'to command'


morpheme_key: emphases

morpheme: emphases

morpheme_head: emphases

affix_form: -emphases-

meaning_definition: importance | intensity | prominence

example_words_list_1: emphasis, emphasize, emphatic

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Salience

etymology: Greek emphasis (ἐμφάση) 'showing, making visible'


morpheme_key: emphasis

morpheme: emphasis

morpheme_head: emphasis

affix_form: -emphasis-

meaning_definition: importance | stress | intensity

example_words_list_1: emphasize, emphasis, emphatic, emphatically

example_words_corpus: emphasise | emphasised | emphasises | emphasiser | preemphasis | emphasising

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Importance

etymology: Latin 'emphasis' (stress, pressure) from Greek 'emphasis' (a setting in, impression), from 'emphainein' (to show, set forth)


morpheme_key: emphasize

morpheme: emphasize

morpheme_head: emphasize

affix_form: -emphasize-

meaning_definition: to give importance to | to stress | to highlight

example_words_list_1: emphasis, emphasized, emphasizing

categorical_group_list: Emphasis, Importance

etymology: Greek emphasis (emphasis), from emphainein 'to show, make visible'


morpheme_key: emphysema

morpheme: emphysema

morpheme_head: emphysema

affix_form: -emphysema-

meaning_definition: swelling | inflation

example_words_list_1: emphysema, emphractic

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physical state

etymology: Greek emphysēma 'inflation' from em- 'in' + sphyzein 'to pulsate'


morpheme_key: emphysematous

morpheme: emphysematous

morpheme_head: emphysematous

affix_form: -emphysematous-

meaning_definition: pertaining to | characterized by | containing air or gas

example_words_list_1: emphysema, emphysematous

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Physical state

etymology: Greek emphysis "inflation, swelling" + -ous


morpheme_key: empire

morpheme: empire

morpheme_head: empire

affix_form: -empire-

meaning_definition: large group of states | territory under one authority | dominion

example_words_list_1: empire, imperial, imperialism

example_words_corpus: empires | subempire | miniempire | subempires | empirehood | antiempire

categorical_group_list: Governance, Power, Territory

etymology: Latin imperium 'command, power, dominion'


morpheme_key: empiric

morpheme: empiric

morpheme_head: empiric

affix_form: -empiric-

allomorphs: empirico

meaning_definition: based on | derived from | observation

example_words_list_1: empirical, empiricism, empiricist

example_words_corpus: empirics | empirical | empiricism | empiricist | empirically | empiricisms

categorical_group_list: Epistemology, Experience

etymology: Greek 'empeirikos' (experienced) from 'empeiria' (experience)


morpheme_key: empl

morpheme: empl

morpheme_head: empl

affix_form: -empl-

meaning_definition: a recurring structure | an instance

example_words_list_1: exemplary, exemplify

example_words_list_2: exemplary, exemplify

categorical_group_list: Pattern, Model, Standard

ancestor_etymon: ampl

etymology: Latin exemplum 'sample, pattern' (from ex- 'out' + emere 'take')


morpheme_key: employ

morpheme: employ

morpheme_head: employ

affix_form: -employ-

meaning_definition: to use | to utilize | to hire

example_words_list_1: employment, employer, unemployed, employable

example_words_corpus: employs | employee | employed | employer | reemploy | employes

categorical_group_list: Action, Utility

etymology: Latin 'implicare' (to enfold, involve) via Old French 'employer'


morpheme_key: emporia

morpheme: emporia

morpheme_head: emporium

affix_form: -emporia-

allomorphs: emporia

meaning_definition: market | trading center | center of commerce

example_words_list_1: emporium, emporia

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Place

etymology: Greek emporion 'trading post' from emporos 'merchant'


morpheme_key: empress

morpheme: empress

morpheme_head: empress

affix_form: -empress-

meaning_definition: female monarch | sovereign ruler

example_words_list_1: empress, empresses

example_words_corpus: empressment

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Power, Person

etymology: Latin imperatrix, feminine of imperator 'commander, emperor'


morpheme_key: empt

morpheme: empt

morpheme_head: empt

affix_form: empt-

meaning_definition: buy, blood

example_words_list_1: redemption, exempt, preempt, emption

example_words_corpus: empts | emption | emptive | emptional

categorical_group_list: Acquisition, Vitality

etymology: emere, emptus


morpheme_key: empty

morpheme: empty

morpheme_head: empty

affix_form: -empty-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, atheist

example_words_corpus: emptying | nonempty | emptyish | overempty | emptyings | emptyhanded

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Core concept

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


morpheme_key: emu

morpheme: emu

morpheme_head: emu

affix_form: -emu-

meaning_definition: bird

example_words_list_1: emu, avian, aviary, aviation, aviculture

categorical_group_list: Animals, Ornithology, Core concept

etymology: Latin avis, av- 'bird'


morpheme_key: emulate

morpheme: emulate

morpheme_head: emulate

affix_form: -emulate-

meaning_definition: to imitate | to match | to equal

example_words_list_1: emulation, emulative

example_words_corpus: emulates | emulated | emulateth | unemulated

categorical_group_list: Imitation, Equality

etymology: Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari 'to rival, emulate', from aemulus 'emulous, rival'


morpheme_key: emulous

morpheme: emulous

morpheme_head: emulous

affix_form: -emulous-

meaning_definition: rivalrous | competitive | eager to emulate

example_words_list_1: emulous

example_words_corpus: emulously | emulousness

categorical_group_list: Competition, Emotion

etymology: Latin aemulus 'rival, jealous' (from aemulari 'to emulate')


morpheme_key: emuls

morpheme: emuls

morpheme_head: emuls

affix_form: -emuls-

meaning_definition: to mix | to blend | to soften

example_words_list_1: emulsion, emulsify, emulsifier

categorical_group_list: Transformation, Texture

etymology: From Latin 'emulsus', past participle of 'emulgi' meaning 'to milk out' or 'to draw forth', derived from 'e-' (out) + 'mulgere' (to milk).


morpheme_key: en

morpheme: en

morpheme_head: en

affix_form: -en

sense_label: to become what is denoted by the adjective to a gr

morpheme_subtype: forms:verb | adjective | noun | verb

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

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb | adjective | noun | verb past perfect

meaning_definition: intensify an adjective's meaning | create past participle forms | construct participial adjectives | denote past participle | indicate material composition | form plural nouns | result in becoming | induce existence | increase quantity positively | enhance resemblance

example_words_list_1: widen, strengthen, soften, harden, deepen, lengthen, shorten, widen, sharpen, flatten

example_words_corpus: ens | oxen | icen | eaten | given | risen

categorical_group_list: Capability | Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: -nian  Quinion | -en  OED | accusative or feminine

etymology: < Old English -nian ending on nominal stems (Marchand | 1969: 271) | suffix5 OED | inflectional | -en | suffix6 OED | -en- | suffix6 OED converted from -en2 | accusative or feminine

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English Quinion | Old English OED | Latin


morpheme_key: enamel

morpheme: enamel

morpheme_head: enamel

affix_form: -enamel-

meaning_definition: hard coating | outer layer | glossy substance

example_words_list_1: enamel, enameling, enamelled

example_words_corpus: enameloma | enamelling

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance, Anatomy

etymology: Latin 'enamel' via Old French 'esmail' from Late Latin 'smaltum' (glass), from Greek 'smalton'


morpheme_key: enantio

morpheme: enantio

morpheme_head: enantio

affix_form: enantio-

allomorphs: enanti

meaning_definition: opposite, opposing

example_words_list_1: enantiomer | enantiomerism | enantiomorph | enantiornithine

example_words_list_2: enantiomer, enantiomerism, enantiomorph, enantiornithine

example_words_corpus: enantiomers | enantiopure | enantioface | enantiomeric | enantiopathy | enantiofaces

categorical_group_list: Opposition, Duality

etymology: ἐναντίος (enantíos)


morpheme_key: encaustic

morpheme: encaustic

morpheme_head: encaustic

affix_form: -encaustic-

meaning_definition: burned | fired | wax painting

example_words_list_1: encaustic

categorical_group_list: Heat, Transformation, Art

etymology: Greek enkaustikos, from en- 'in' + kaustos 'burned'


morpheme_key: ence

morpheme: ence

morpheme_head: ence

affix_form: -ence

allomorphs: -ence1 | -ence3

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb | adjective | 0

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: result of a verb's action | state or quality linked to an adjective | quality or state of the root element | resemblance | fact or state resulting from an action

example_words_list_1: absence, patience, obedience, difference, evidence

example_words_corpus: abience | sithence | abiences | existence | accedence | inference

categorical_group_list: Abstraction, State, Process

ancestor_etymon: -ent + -ia OED

etymology: From Latin -entia, from the stem of present participles in -ens (from verbs ending in -ere, -ire, or -ere with specific phonological changes), denoting state or action.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

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


morpheme_key: encephal

morpheme: encephal

morpheme_head: encephal

affix_form: encephal-

allomorphs: encephalo

sense_label: brain

meaning_definition: brain | head

example_words_list_1: encephalitis | encephalitic | encephalogram | encephalograms | encephalectomy | encephalitogen

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological

etymology: Greek enkephalos 'brain'


morpheme_key: enchant

morpheme: enchant

morpheme_head: enchant

affix_form: -enchant-

meaning_definition: to cast a spell on | to influence | to imbue with magic

example_words_list_1: enchant, enchantment, enchanted, enchanting

example_words_corpus: enchants | enchanted | enchanter | reenchant | enchanting | enchanters

categorical_group_list: Magic, Action, Transformation

etymology: Old French enchanter, from Latin in- 'in, into' + cantare 'to sing'


morpheme_key: enchyma

morpheme: enchyma

morpheme_head: enchyma

affix_form: -enchyma

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: tissue | substance | infusion

example_words_list_1: end parenchyma, mesenchyma, parenchyma

example_words_corpus: mesenchyma | angienchyma | sclerenchyma | trachenchyma | pleurenchyma

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological Structure

etymology: Greek enkhuma (infusion, tissue) from en- "in" + khema "form/position"


morpheme_key: enclave

morpheme: enclave

morpheme_head: enclave

affix_form: -enclave-

meaning_definition: enclosed area | territory | settlement

example_words_list_1: enclave

example_words_corpus: enclaves | enclaved | disenclave | unenclaved | counterenclave | counterenclaves

categorical_group_list: Location, Territory

etymology: Latin 'in' (in, inside) + 'clavis' (key) -> 'inclavare' (to shut in)


morpheme_key: encomium

morpheme: encomium

morpheme_head: encomium

affix_form: -encomium-

allomorphs: encomia

meaning_definition: speech of praise | tribute | eulogy

example_words_list_1: encomium, encomiastic, encomiast

categorical_group_list: Praise, Speech, Commemoration

etymology: Greek encomion 'song of praise', from en- 'in' + komos 'revelry'


morpheme_key: encore

morpheme: encore

morpheme_head: encore

affix_form: -encore-

meaning_definition: again | anew | repetition

example_words_list_1: encore

example_words_corpus: encores | encored | unencored

categorical_group_list: Repetition, Iteration

etymology: French 'encore' (again, still)


morpheme_key: encroach

morpheme: encroach

morpheme_head: encroach

affix_form: encroach

meaning_definition: to unlawfully enter or take over someone else's land or rights | to trespass on another's property or rights | to encroach upon another's domain without permission

example_words_list_1: encroached | encroacher | encroaching | encroachers | encroachest | encroacheth

register: archaic

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: ency

morpheme: ency

morpheme_head: ency

affix_form: -ency

allomorphs: -ency1 | -ency2

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb | adjective

meaning_definition: process or action tied to a verb | state | attribute or condition of the initial element | similarity | existence or condition

example_words_list_1: emergency | persistency | tendency | constituency | lenieny | proficiency | difference | confidence | evidence | urgency | agency | clemency | dependency

example_words_corpus: flatuency | accumbency | deficiency | precedency | disparency | appearency

categorical_group_list: State, Quality, Process

ancestor_etymon: -entia  OED

etymology: From Latin -entia, -entiae, noun suffix forming abstract nouns from the present participle stem (e.g., present participle of esse 'to be' -> entia -> -ency).


morpheme_key: end

morpheme: end

morpheme_head: end

affix_form: end-

sense_label: at the end of

meaning_definition: at the end of | finishing | concluding

example_words_list_1: ends | endo | upend | abend | ended | ender

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Completion, Direction

etymology: From Old English 'endian' meaning 'to end, finish, die', from Proto-Germanic '*andijaną'.


morpheme_key: endeavor

morpheme: endeavor

morpheme_head: endeavor

affix_form: -endeavor-

meaning_definition: attempt | effort | strive

example_words_list_1: endeavor, endeavoring, endeavored

example_words_corpus: endeavors | endeavored | endeavorer | endeavoring | endeavorers | endeavorment

categorical_group_list: Action, Effort

etymology: Old French en devoir 'in duty'


morpheme_key: endo

morpheme: endo

morpheme_head: endo

affix_form: -endo-

sense_label: inside, within

meaning_definition: inside, within

example_words_list_1: endoscopy, endoderm, endoskeleton

example_words_corpus: endonym | endogen | endogas | endoral | endosex | endogamy

categorical_group_list: Location, Interiority

etymology: ἔνδον (éndon)


morpheme_key: endorse

morpheme: endorse

morpheme_head: endorse

affix_form: -endorse-

meaning_definition: to support | to approve | to sign

example_words_list_1: endorsement, endorsed, endorsing

example_words_corpus: endorsee | endorser | endorsed | endorses | endorsees | endorsers

categorical_group_list: Approval, Support

etymology: Latin in- "into" + dorsum "back"


morpheme_key: endow

morpheme: endow

morpheme_head: endow

affix_form: -endow-

meaning_definition: provide | supply | bestow

example_words_list_1: endowment, endowed

example_words_corpus: endows | endowed | endower | reendow | endowing | endowers

categorical_group_list: Provision, Possession

etymology: Old French endover 'to equip, furnish'


morpheme_key: endue

morpheme: endue

morpheme_head: endue

affix_form: -endue-

meaning_definition: to provide | to endow | to invest

example_words_list_1: endue, endowed

example_words_corpus: endued | endues | enduement | enduements

etymology: Latin 'indūere' (to put on, invest), from 'in-' (on) + 'dūre' (to lead, give)


morpheme_key: endum

morpheme: endum

morpheme_head: endum

affix_form: -endum

meaning_definition: state of | condition of | result of

example_words_list_1: legendum, memorandum, referendum

categorical_group_list: Nominalization, Resultative

etymology: Latin gerundive suffix derived from the verb 'esse' (to be) via the past participle stem 'end-', forming verbal adjectives indicating necessity or destiny.


morpheme_key: endure

morpheme: endure

morpheme_head: endure

affix_form: -endure-

meaning_definition: suffer | bear | tolerate

example_words_list_1: endurance, enduring, endurable

example_words_corpus: endured | endurer | endurest | endurers | coendure | coendured

categorical_group_list: Persistence, Strength, Suffering

etymology: Latin 'indurare' meaning 'to harden', from 'in-' (intensive) + 'durare' (to harden), from 'durus' (hard)


morpheme_key: ene

morpheme: ene

morpheme_head: ene

affix_form: -ene

sense_label: names of natives or inhabitants of a particular pl

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun,adjective

meaning_definition: suffix denoting locals or residents of a region, originally from, particularly in Asia Minor

example_words_list_1: Nazarene | Damascene | Cairene

example_words_list_2: Nazarene, Damascene, Cairene

example_words_corpus: diene | pyrene | xylene | hopene | dienes | hexene

categorical_group_list: Demonym, Origin

ancestor_etymon: -ηνός  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek -ηνός, suffix -ene2 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: OED


morpheme_key: enema

morpheme: enema

morpheme_head: enema

affix_form: enema

meaning_definition: the fluid used in an enema | a liquid administered into the body for medical purposes | the substance introduced during an injection procedure

example_words_list_1: enemas | enematic

example_words_corpus: enemas | enematic

etymology: Derived from Greek 'enema' (from 'en-' + 'hema'), meaning 'to inject' or 'to pour in'.


morpheme_key: enemy

morpheme: enemy

morpheme_head: enemy

affix_form: enemy

meaning_definition: A person who is hostile or opposes another's interests | someone who harbors hatred | an individual intent on causing harm

example_words_list_1: frenemy | frienemy | archenemy | enemyship | enemylike | enemyhood

etymology: Derived from Latin 'inimicus', meaning 'not friendly'


morpheme_key: energ

morpheme: energ

morpheme_head: energ

affix_form: -energ-

meaning_definition: power | activity | force

example_words_list_1: energy, energetic, energize

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Motion, Power

etymology: Greek energeia 'activity, operation'


morpheme_key: enervate

morpheme: enervate

morpheme_head: enervate

affix_form: -enervate-

meaning_definition: weaken | drain | sap

example_words_list_1: enervated, enervation

example_words_corpus: enervated | enervates | enervateth | enervatest | unenervated

categorical_group_list: Weakness, Depletion

etymology: Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervāre 'to deprive of strength', from ē- 'out' + nervus 'sinew, strength'


morpheme_key: enfant

morpheme: enfant

morpheme_head: enfant

affix_form: -enfant-

meaning_definition: child

example_words_list_1: enfant, enfantine, enfantic, enfanticide

categorical_group_list: Human, Kinship

etymology: Latin infans 'unable to speak, child' (in- 'not' + fans 'speaking', from fari 'to speak')


morpheme_key: engage

morpheme: engage

morpheme_head: engage

affix_form: -engage-

meaning_definition: to participate | to occupy | to involve

example_words_list_1: engagement, engaging, disengage

categorical_group_list: Action, Interaction, Involvement

etymology: Latin 'in-' (in, on, into) + 'agere' (to do, drive, act)


morpheme_key: engine

morpheme: engine

morpheme_head: engine

affix_form: -engine-

meaning_definition: mechanism | device | skill | innate quality

example_words_list_1: engine, engineering, engineless

example_words_corpus: engines | engined | enginer | engineer | enginery | enginers

categorical_group_list: Mechanics, Motion, Technology

etymology: Latin ingenium 'innate quality, skill, device'


morpheme_key: england

morpheme: england

morpheme_head: england

affix_form: -england-

meaning_definition: England

example_words_list_1: England

example_words_corpus: Englander

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: Old English 'Englaland' (land of the Angles)


morpheme_key: engulf

morpheme: engulf

morpheme_head: engulf

affix_form: -engulf-

meaning_definition: to swallow up | to enclose completely | to overwhelm

example_words_list_1: engulfed, engulfing, engulfment

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption, Enclosure

etymology: Middle English engulfen, from en- (in) + gulf (gulf/chasm)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: enhance

morpheme: enhance

morpheme_head: enhance

affix_form: -enhance-

meaning_definition: improve | intensify | increase

example_words_list_1: enhancement, enhancer, enhanced

example_words_corpus: enhanced | enhancer | enhances | enhancers | enhanceth | enhancest

categorical_group_list: Augmentation, Improvement

etymology: Latin 'enhance' is not a direct Latin root; it derives from Old French 'enhauncer' (to raise), from 'en-' (in) + 'haunt' (height), from Latin 'altus' (high). The root 'enhance' itself is English.


morpheme_key: enigma

morpheme: enigma

morpheme_head: enigma

affix_form: -enigma-

meaning_definition: puzzle | mystery

example_words_list_1: enigma, enigmatic

example_words_list_2: enigma, enigmatic

example_words_corpus: enigmatology

categorical_group_list: Mystery, Obscurity

ancestor_etymon: enigma

etymology: Greek ainigma 'riddle', from ainigma 'to speak in riddles', from ainos 'fable'


morpheme_key: enjoin

morpheme: enjoin

morpheme_head: enjoin

affix_form: -enjoin-

meaning_definition: command | direct | instruct | prohibit

example_words_list_1: enjoin, enjoinment

example_words_corpus: enjoins | enjoined | enjoiner | enjoining | enjoiners | enjoineth

categorical_group_list: Command, Authority, Obligation

etymology: Latin in- 'in, on' + jungere 'to join'


morpheme_key: enjoinder

morpheme: enjoinder

morpheme_head: enjoinder

affix_form: -enjoinder-

meaning_definition: command | order | injunction

example_words_list_1: join, junction, junctional, juncture, conjunct, disjoin, enjoin, injunction, junctionbox

categorical_group_list: Command, Legal, Action

etymology: Latin iungere 'to join'


morpheme_key: enmitie

morpheme: enmitie

morpheme_head: enmitie

affix_form: -enmitie-

meaning_definition: hostility | ill will | hatred

example_words_list_1: enmity

categorical_group_list: Hostility, Emotion

etymology: From Old French 'enmitié', derived from Latin 'inimicitia' (hostility), from 'inimicus' (hostile, enemy), composed of 'in-' (not) + 'amicus' (friend).


morpheme_key: enn

morpheme: enn

morpheme_head: enn

affix_form: -enn-

meaning_definition: a yearly duration | a cycle of 12 months | period of 365 days

example_words_list_1: biennial, biennium, centennial, millennium, perennial, quinquennium

related_morphemes: ann / ann

categorical_group_list: Time, Duration

etymology: Latin annus 'year'


morpheme_key: enne

morpheme: enne

morpheme_head: enne

affix_form: -enne

meaning_definition: female

example_words_list_1: comedienne, doyenne

example_words_list_2: comedienne, doyenne

categorical_group_list: Gender, Personhood

etymology: French -ienne (feminine form of -ien)

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: ennea

morpheme: ennea

morpheme_head: ennea

affix_form: ennea-

meaning_definition: numeral nine | the word 'nine' | possessing nine

example_words_list_1: enneagram, enneagon, ennead

example_words_corpus: enneagon | enneagons | enneagram | enneastyle | enneagonal | enneaploid

categorical_group_list: Number forms

ancestor_etymon: ennea | ἐννέα  OED

etymology: etymology taken from 'enneapetalous' | adj.< Greek ἐννέα nine OED | ἐννέα (ennéa) | ἐννεάς | ἐννεάδος (enneás | enneádos) | ἐννεάδος(enneás

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: ennial

morpheme: ennial

morpheme_head: ennial

affix_form: -ennial

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: occurring every | relating to a period of

example_words_list_1: centennial | milennial | quadrennial

example_words_list_2: centennial, milennial, quadrennial

example_words_corpus: biennial | perennial | triennial | octennial | centennial | biennially

categorical_group_list: Time, Frequency

ancestor_etymon: -ālis  OED

etymology: < Latin -ālis; adjectival suffix, 'of the kind of, relating to'. suffix1, definition 1 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: enorm

morpheme: enorm

morpheme_head: enorm

affix_form: -enorm-

meaning_definition: huge | vast | great

example_words_list_1: enormous, enormity

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Latin 'enormis' (ex- 'out of' + norma 'rule, square')


morpheme_key: enough

morpheme: enough

morpheme_head: enough

affix_form: -enough-

meaning_definition: sufficient | as much as required

example_words_list_1: enough

example_words_corpus: enoughs | enoughness

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Sufficiency

etymology: Old English eofenæth 'equally, sufficiently'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: enrol

morpheme: enrol

morpheme_head: enrol

affix_form: -enrol-

meaning_definition: to enroll | to register | to enter into a list

example_words_list_1: enrollment, enrolled, enrolling

categorical_group_list: Action, Registration

etymology: Latin in- 'in, into' + root *rolare (variant of rotare 'to roll')


morpheme_key: enroll

morpheme: enroll

morpheme_head: enroll

affix_form: -enroll-

meaning_definition: to enter | to register | to join

categorical_group_list: Action, Inclusion

etymology: Middle French enroller, from en- "in" + roller "to write/list"


morpheme_key: ense

morpheme: ense

morpheme_head: ens

affix_form: -ense

allomorphs: ense | ensi

meaning_definition: characterized by | full of

example_words_list_1: dense | tense

example_words_list_2: dense, tense

example_words_corpus: enses

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Relation

etymology: Latin -ensis, from -is + -ens (present participle suffix of esse 'to be')


morpheme_key: ensemble

morpheme: ensemble

morpheme_head: ensemble

affix_form: -ensemble-

meaning_definition: together | with | group

example_words_list_1: ensemble, ensamblage

example_words_corpus: ensembles | ensembled | subensemble | subensembles | hyperensemble | hyperensembles

categorical_group_list: Unity, Collection, Togetherness

etymology: Latin insimul 'together, at the same time'


morpheme_key: ensign

morpheme: ensign

morpheme_head: ensign

affix_form: -ensign-

meaning_definition: sign | mark | symbol | badge

example_words_list_1: ensign, insignia, insignificance

example_words_corpus: ensigns | ensigncy | ensignship | ensignships

categorical_group_list: Sign, Symbolism, Identification

etymology: Latin signum 'mark, token, sign'


morpheme_key: ensue

morpheme: ensue

morpheme_head: ensue

affix_form: -ensue-

meaning_definition: to happen afterward | to follow as a consequence

example_words_list_1: ensuing

example_words_corpus: ensued | ensues | ensueth | ensuest

categorical_group_list: Sequence, Causality

etymology: Latin 'sequi' (to follow) + 'in-' (in, into)


morpheme_key: ento

morpheme: ent(o)

morpheme_head: ent

affix_form: ent-

allomorphs: ent(o)

meaning_definition: interior | internal | located | generated internally | enclosed

example_words_list_1: entoplastral | entoderm | entoblast | entomb | entomion | entomologic | entomological | entomologist | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | entomophobia | entopic | entoproct | entozoan

example_words_corpus: entotic | entoptic | entomere | entoderm | entocele | entophyte

categorical_group_list: Location, Interiority

ancestor_etymon: ἐντός  OED

etymology: repr. Greek ἐντός within, inside OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: enteric

morpheme: enteric

morpheme_head: enteric

affix_form: -enteric-

meaning_definition: intestine | gut

example_words_list_1: enteric, enteritis, entericoid

example_words_corpus: enterics | myoenteric | neurenteric | perienteric | nasoenteric | aortoenteric

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek entēr 'intestine'


morpheme_key: entero

morpheme: entero

morpheme_head: enter

affix_form: entero-

allomorphs: entero

meaning_definition: gut | relating to the gut

example_words_list_1: enterobiasis | enterocentesis | enterocleisis | enterocoely | enterokinase | enterolith | enterolithiasis | enteron | enteropathy | enteroptosis | enterostenosis | enterostomy | enterotoxemia | enterotoxin | enterovirus | entero-hepatitis | enteritis | gastroenterology

example_words_corpus: enteroid | enteroids | enterolith | enterology | enterocyte | enterocele

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: ἐντερο-  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek ἐντερο- | comb. form of ἔντερον intestine OED | Greek ἔντερον (énteron) | intestine

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


morpheme_key: enterprise

morpheme: enterprise

morpheme_head: enterprise

affix_form: -enterprise-

meaning_definition: venture | undertaking | project

example_words_corpus: enterprises | enterprisey | enterpriser | enterprised | enterprisers | nonenterprise

categorical_group_list: Action, Organization, Commerce

etymology: Old French 'entreprise' from 'entreprendre' (to undertake)


morpheme_key: enthuse

morpheme: enthuse

morpheme_head: enthuse

affix_form: -enthuse-

meaning_definition: to inspire | to excite | to arouse enthusiasm

example_words_list_1: enthusiasm, enthusiastic, enthusiast

example_words_corpus: enthuses | enthused | enthuser | enthusers | unenthused | underenthused

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Vitality

etymology: Greek entheos 'possessed by a god'


morpheme_key: entice

morpheme: entice

morpheme_head: entice

affix_form: -entice-

meaning_definition: attract | allure | tempt

example_words_list_1: entice, enticing, enticed, enticingly

example_words_corpus: enticed | entices | enticer | enticeth | enticers | enticest

categorical_group_list: Attraction, Influence

etymology: Middle English 'enticen', from Old French 'enticier'


morpheme_key: entire

morpheme: entire

morpheme_head: entire

affix_form: -entire-

meaning_definition: whole | intact | unbroken | complete

example_words_list_1: entirety, entirely

example_words_corpus: entires | entirely | subentire | entireness

categorical_group_list: Totality, Completeness

etymology: Latin integer 'untouched, whole, plain'


morpheme_key: entity

morpheme: entity

morpheme_head: entity

affix_form: -entity-

meaning_definition: being | existence | substance

example_words_list_1: entity, reify, entitative

categorical_group_list: Existence, Ontology

etymology: Latin ens (genitive entis) 'being', present participle of esse 'to be'


morpheme_key: entomo

morpheme: entomo

morpheme_head: entomo

affix_form: entomo-

sense_label: insect

meaning_definition: insect

example_words_list_1: entomologic | entomological | entomologist | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | entomophobia

example_words_list_2: entomologic, entomological, entomologist, entomology, entomomancy, entomophagous, entomophilous, entomophobia

example_words_corpus: entomoid | entomotomy | entomolite | entomomancy | entomophagy | entomophily

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: Greek entomon 'cut in pieces' (from entomein 'to cut')

ancestor_etymon_language: G. entoma


morpheme_key: entr

morpheme: entr

morpheme_head: entr

affix_form: entr-

sense_label: inside, between

meaning_definition: within | among

example_words_list_1: enter, enterprise, entertain, entrance, entrecôte, entrée, entrepôt, entrepreneur, entresol, entry

related_morphemes: intr / intr / : entr2 / entr

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position

etymology: Old French 'entre' (between, among)


morpheme_key: entrail

morpheme: entrail

morpheme_head: entrail

affix_form: -entrail-

meaning_definition: intestines | internal organs | entrails

example_words_list_1: entrail, entrails

example_words_corpus: entrails | disentrail | disentrails

etymology: Old English 'entrail' from Latin 'inter' (between) + 'ala' (wing/side)


morpheme_key: entree

morpheme: entree

morpheme_head: entree

affix_form: -entree-

meaning_definition: entry | entrance | beginning

example_words_list_1: entrance, reentry, entree

categorical_group_list: Motion, Access, Beginning

etymology: Latin 'intrare' 'to enter', from 'in-' 'in' + 'trare' (related to 'trans')


morpheme_key: entrepreneur

morpheme: entrepreneur

morpheme_head: entrepreneur

affix_form: -entrepreneur-

meaning_definition: one who undertakes | one who starts a business | agent of undertaking

example_words_list_1: entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial

example_words_corpus: entrepreneurs | entrepreneurial | bioentrepreneur | entrepreneurship | bioentrepreneurs | entrepreneurisms

categorical_group_list: Agent, Business, Agency

etymology: French 'entreprendre' 'to undertake'


morpheme_key: entropy

morpheme: entropy

morpheme_head: entropy

affix_form: -entropy-

meaning_definition: disorder | randomness | lack of order

example_words_list_1: entropy, negentropy

example_words_corpus: anentropy | negentropy | subentropy | entropyless | entropylike

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Physics, Transformation

etymology: Greek entropia 'a turning within' from en- 'in' + trope 'a turning'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: enunciate

morpheme: enunciate

morpheme_head: enunciate

affix_form: -enunciate-

meaning_definition: to state clearly | to pronounce | to articulate

example_words_list_1: enunciation, enunciator

example_words_corpus: enunciates | enunciated | overenunciate | misenunciates | misenunciated | overenunciated

categorical_group_list: Communication, Expression

etymology: Latin enuntiat-, past participle stem of enuntiare 'to utter, pronounce', from en- 'out' + nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'messenger'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: envelop

morpheme: envelop

morpheme_head: envelop

affix_form: -envelop-

allomorphs: envelope

meaning_definition: to wrap | to surround | to cover

example_words_list_1: envelope, enveloping, envelopment

categorical_group_list: Containment, Covering

etymology: Old French envelopper, from envoloper

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: environ

morpheme: environ

morpheme_head: environ

affix_form: -environ-

meaning_definition: surround | encompass | enclose

example_words_list_1: environment, environmental, environs

example_words_corpus: environs | environed | environing | environment | environings | environments

categorical_group_list: Space, Surroundings

etymology: Old French environner "to surround, enclose"


morpheme_key: envoy

morpheme: envoy

morpheme_head: envoy

affix_form: -envoy-

meaning_definition: messenger | representative | agent

example_words_list_1: envoy, denounce, denunciation, denouncer

example_words_corpus: envoys | envoyship | envoyships

categorical_group_list: Communication, Agency

etymology: Latin 'inviare' (to send in/through) < 'in-' (into) + 'via' (way/road)


morpheme_key: envy

morpheme: envy

morpheme_head: envy

affix_form: -envy-

meaning_definition: resentful | jealous | covetous

example_words_list_1: envy, envious, envied

example_words_corpus: envyed | envying | envyful | envyings | envysome | envyingly

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative affect

etymology: Latin invidia 'envy, ill-will', from invidere 'to look with ill will at'


morpheme_key: enzyme

morpheme: enzyme

morpheme_head: enzyme

affix_form: -enzyme-

allomorphs: enzymo

meaning_definition: catalyst | biological catalyst

example_words_list_1: enzymatic, enzymology, coenzyme

example_words_corpus: enzymes | coenzyme | isoenzyme | exoenzyme | apoenzyme | coenzymes

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry, Catalyst

etymology: Greek enzyma 'in leaven'


morpheme_key: eo

morpheme: eo

morpheme_head: eo

affix_form: eo-

meaning_definition: early morning | initial fossil appearance | eastern direction | thus: early

example_words_list_1: Examples: Eohippus ("dawn horse") | Eomaia ("dawn Maia") | Eoraptor ("dawn seizer") | Eocene | eohippus | Eosentomon | eosin | eosinophil | eosinophilic | eozoic | eobiont | eolith | Eos

example_words_corpus: eofan | Eocene | eofans | eobiont | eobionts | Eogastropoda

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: ἠώς (ēṓs)

etymology: Greek ἠώς (ēōs) 'dawn'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek

pronunciation: /iːoʊ̯/

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: eos

morpheme: eos

morpheme_head: eos

affix_form: eos-

meaning_definition: dawn, east

example_words_list_1: Eocene, eohippus, Eosentomon, eosin, eosinophil, eosinophilic, eozoic

categorical_group_list: Time, Nature, Light

etymology: Ἠώς, Ἕως (Ēṓs, Héōs)


morpheme_key: eosino

morpheme: eosin(o)

morpheme_head: eosin(o)

affix_form: eosin-

meaning_definition: dawn | rosy | pinkish

example_words_list_1: eosinophil granulocyte

example_words_list_2: eosinophil granulocyte

categorical_group_list: Color, Biology

etymology: Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), dawn, daybreak, morning red, goddess of the dawn (Ἠώς, Ēṓs)

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: eous

morpheme: eous

morpheme_head: eous

affix_form: -eous

meaning_definition: characterized by | comprising or reflecting the first element's meaning | filled with | possessing | exhibiting the traits of

example_words_list_1: poisonous | miscellaneous | delirious | laborious | pious | polyandrous | courageous | righteous | simultaneous

example_words_corpus: uveous | gaseous | hugeous | azureous | misteous | gaseously

categorical_group_list: Qualitative, Adjectival

ancestor_etymon: -ōsus, -ōsa, -ōsum OED

etymology: From Latin -eus, from Greek -eios, forming adjectives from nouns

source: Stein


morpheme_key: ep

morpheme: ep

morpheme_head: ep

affix_form: ep-

allomorphs: ep(i)

sense_label: upon

meaning_definition: upon | surface

example_words_list_1: ephedra | ephemeral | ephemeris | epicenter | epidemic | epilog | epiphany | episteme | epistemic | epistemology | epitaph | epitaphios | epithet | epitome | epoch | eponymous

example_words_corpus: eps

categorical_group_list: Locative, Temporal, Position

etymology: ἐπί (epí)


affix_form: False

sense_label: word, speech, song

meaning_definition: term | utterance | melody

example_words_list_1: epic, epos, epopee, orthoepy

example_words_list_2: epic, epos, epopee, orthoepy

etymology: Greek episēmon 'word, speech' or epos 'word, song'


morpheme_key: epaulet

morpheme: epaulet

morpheme_head: epaulet

affix_form: -epaulet-

meaning_definition: ornamental shoulder piece | shoulder decoration

example_words_list_1: ['epaulet']

example_words_corpus: epaulets | epauleted | subepaulet | subepaulets

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Ornamentation

etymology: French épaulette, diminutive of épaule 'shoulder'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: epee

morpheme: epee

morpheme_head: epee

affix_form: -epee-

meaning_definition: sword

example_words_list_1: epee

example_words_corpus: epees | epeeist | epeeists

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Combat

etymology: French épée 'sword'


morpheme_key: ephemera

morpheme: ephemera

morpheme_head: ephemera

affix_form: -ephemera-

meaning_definition: short-lived | transitory | fleeting

example_words_list_1: ephemeral, ephemera

categorical_group_list: Time, Duration

etymology: Greek ephemeros 'lasting only a day'


morpheme_key: ephesian

morpheme: ephesian

morpheme_head: ephesian

affix_form: -ephesian-

meaning_definition: of or from Ephesus

example_words_list_1: Ephesian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Locative

etymology: from Ephesus (Greek: Ἔφεσος)


morpheme_key: epic

morpheme: epic

morpheme_head: epic

affix_form: -epic-

meaning_definition: heroic | grand | legendary

example_words_list_1: epic, epicurean, epicene

example_words_corpus: epics | epical | epicist | nonepic | epicals | epicism

categorical_group_list: Scale, Narrative, Grandeur

etymology: Greek 'epikos' (epic poem), from 'epos' (word, song)


morpheme_key: epicure

morpheme: epicure

morpheme_head: epicure

affix_form: -epicure-

meaning_definition: devoted to pleasure | gourmet | lover of fine food

example_words_list_1: epicurean

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Pleasure, Food

etymology: Greek epikouros (helper) via Epicurus (founder of Epicureanism)


morpheme_key: epileptic

morpheme: epileptic

morpheme_head: epileptic

affix_form: -epileptic-

meaning_definition: seizure | convulsion

example_words_list_1: epilepsy, epileptic, epileptoid

categorical_group_list: Medical, Condition

etymology: Greek epilepsia "a seizure"


morpheme_key: epiphany

morpheme: epiphany

morpheme_head: epiphany

affix_form: -epiphany-

meaning_definition: sudden realization | manifestation | appearance

example_words_list_1: epiphany, epiphanic, epiphanically

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Perception, Revelation

etymology: Greek epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια) from epiphanēs 'manifest'


morpheme_key: epiphysis

morpheme: epiphysis

morpheme_head: epiphysis

affix_form: -epiphysis-

meaning_definition: outer | upon | surface

example_words_list_1: epiphysis, epiphyte

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position, Growth

etymology: Greek epi- "upon" + physis "growth/nature"


morpheme_key: episcopacy

morpheme: episcopacy

morpheme_head: episcopacy

affix_form: -episcopacy-

meaning_definition: office of a bishop | episcopal governance

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Religion, Governance

etymology: Greek episkopos 'overseer' + -acy


morpheme_key: episcopal

morpheme: episcopal

morpheme_head: episcopal

affix_form: -episcopal-

meaning_definition: of or relating to a bishop | episcopal office

example_words_list_1: episcopal

categorical_group_list: Religion, Hierarchy

etymology: Latin episcopalis, from episcopus 'bishop'


morpheme_key: episio

morpheme: episi(o)

morpheme_head: episi(o)

affix_form: episi-

sense_label: pubic

meaning_definition: pubic | vulvar | genital

example_words_list_1: episiotomy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek episimon 'pubic/vulvar'

source: Wikipedia


morpheme: episio

morpheme_head: episio

affix_form: episio-

meaning_definition: upon | on | over

example_words_list_2: episiotomy

etymology: Greek epi- 'upon, on, over'


morpheme_key: episode

morpheme: episode

morpheme_head: episode

affix_form: -episode-

meaning_definition: part | section | installment | event

example_words_list_1: episodic, epilogue

example_words_corpus: episodes | postepisode | multiepisode

categorical_group_list: Sequence, Segment, Narrative

etymology: Greek episōdion 'an addition, episode' from episōdion (episōdion), from epi- 'upon' + skhēne 'scene'


morpheme_key: episteme

morpheme: episteme

morpheme_head: episteme

affix_form: -episteme-

allomorphs: epistem

meaning_definition: understanding

example_words_list_1: epistemology

example_words_list_2: epistemology

example_words_corpus: epistemes

categorical_group_list: Concatenation

etymology: Greek epistēmē 'knowledge'


morpheme_key: epistle

morpheme: epistle

morpheme_head: epistle

affix_form: -epistle-

meaning_definition: letter | epistle

example_words_list_1: epistolary, epistle, epistolography

example_words_corpus: epistles | epistler | epistled | epistlers

categorical_group_list: Communication, Writing

etymology: Greek epistle (epistolē) 'a letter, message'


morpheme_key: epitaph

morpheme: epitaph

morpheme_head: epitaph

affix_form: -epitaph-

meaning_definition: inscription | writing | memorial

example_words_list_1: epitaph, epitaphic, epitaphist

example_words_corpus: epitaphs | epitapher | epitaphic | epitaphers | epitaphist | epitaphics

categorical_group_list: Death, Writing, Memorialization

etymology: Greek epitaphios 'on a tomb'


morpheme_key: epithelio

morpheme: epithelio

morpheme_head: epithelio

affix_form: epithelio-

meaning_definition: covering | layer

example_words_list_1: epithelioma | epitheliocyst | epitheliopathy | epitheliolytic | epitheliocysts | epitheliotropic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek epithelion 'covering'


morpheme_key: epithet

morpheme: epithet

morpheme_head: epithet

affix_form: -epithet-

meaning_definition: characteristic | descriptive | title

example_words_list_1: epithet, epithetical

example_words_corpus: epithets | epithetic | epitheted

categorical_group_list: Description, Identity

etymology: Greek epithet (epitheton) 'an addition, a quality'


morpheme_key: epitome

morpheme: epitome

morpheme_head: epitome

affix_form: -epitome-

meaning_definition: a perfect example | a summary | a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

example_words_list_1: epitome, epitomize, epitomization

categorical_group_list: Exemplification, Summary

etymology: Greek epitomē 'summary, abridgment', from epitomē 'cutting into, reduction'


morpheme_key: epitomize

morpheme: epitomize

morpheme_head: epitomize

affix_form: -epitomize-

meaning_definition: to serve as a typical example | to embody

categorical_group_list: Representation, Essence

etymology: Greek epitomē 'summary, abridgment'


morpheme_key: epoch

morpheme: epoch

morpheme_head: epoch

affix_form: -epoch-

meaning_definition: period | era | age

example_words_list_1: epoch, epochal, epoche

example_words_corpus: epochs | epochal | epoches | subepoch | epochful | epochally

categorical_group_list: Time, Duration

etymology: Greek epokhe 'a pause, interruption'


morpheme_key: epoxy

morpheme: epoxy

morpheme_head: epoxy

affix_form: epoxy-

meaning_definition: resin-like | adhesive | bonded

example_words_list_1: epoxylipid | epoxyethane | epoxypropyl | epoxylipids | epoxylignane | epoxypropane

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Greek 'epoxy' (from 'epi-' 'upon' + 'oxy' 'acid')


morpheme_key: epsilon

morpheme: epsilon

morpheme_head: epsilon

affix_form: -epsilon-

meaning_definition: fifth | fifth letter

example_words_list_1: epsilon, epsilonization, epsilonization

categorical_group_list: Ordinality, Alphabet

etymology: Greek epsilon (ε), the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet


morpheme_key: ept

morpheme: ept

morpheme_head: ept

affix_form: -ept

meaning_definition: able | capable | able to | having the quality of | fit

example_words_list_1: capably | agreeably | visibly | comfortably | adapt | adept | aptitude | inept | adaptation

categorical_group_list: Ability, Capacity, State

etymology: Latin -eptus, past participle suffix of verbs like capere 'to take' (e.g., adeptus, ineptus)


morpheme_key: epta

morpheme: epta

morpheme_head: epta

affix_form: epta-

meaning_definition: seven

example_words_list_1: eptamerides

example_words_corpus: eptamerides

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek epta 'seven'


morpheme_key: equi

morpheme: equ(i)

morpheme_head: equ

affix_form: equ-

allomorphs: æqui

meaning_definition: equivalent in value or measure | matching in degree or extent | balanced or fair | flat or a tier | a large quadruped

example_words_list_1: equidistant | equivalent | equivocal | equilateral | equilibrium | equinox | equation | equator | equal | equanimity | equate | equipoise | equity | equivalence | equivocate | iniquity | equestrian | equine

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | Quantity | Amount

ancestor_etymon: æqui-  OED

etymology: combining form of æquus equal OED | equus

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED


morpheme_key: equanimity

morpheme: equanimity

morpheme_head: equanimity

affix_form: -equanimity-

meaning_definition: evenness | calmness | composure

example_words_list_1: equanimous, equanimously

categorical_group_list: State of mind, Stability

etymology: Latin aequanimitas, from aequus 'even' + animus 'mind'


morpheme_key: equestr

morpheme: equestr

morpheme_head: equestr

affix_form: -equestr-

meaning_definition: horse | equestrian | rider

example_words_list_1: equestrian, equestrianism

categorical_group_list: Animals, Motion

etymology: Latin equester 'of or belonging to horsemen', from equus 'horse'


morpheme_key: equine

morpheme: equine

morpheme_head: equine

affix_form: -equine-

meaning_definition: horse

example_words_list_1: equine, equestrian, equination

example_words_corpus: equines | equinely | nonequine

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Latin equinus 'of or belonging to horses', from equus 'horse'


morpheme_key: equip

morpheme: equip

morpheme_head: equip

affix_form: -equip-

meaning_definition: to supply with necessary items | to provide | to arm

example_words_list_1: equipment, equipped, equipping

example_words_corpus: equips | reequip | unequip | equipped | unequips | reequips

categorical_group_list: Action, Provision, Utility

etymology: From Latin 'aequus' (equal, even) + 'parare' (to make ready, prepare)


morpheme_key: equipoise

morpheme: equipoise

morpheme_head: equipoise

affix_form: -equipoise-

meaning_definition: balance | equilibrium | stability

example_words_list_1: equipoise

categorical_group_list: Balance, Stability, Symmetry

etymology: Latin aequus 'equal' + pes 'foot' (via Medieval Latin aequiposare)


morpheme_key: er

morpheme: er

morpheme_head: er

affix_form: -er

sense_label: a person who performs the action specified by the

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun | adjective | adjective c

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational | inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | adjective | adjective comparator | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: one who performs the verb's action | resident/member of | being linked to the initial element | comparative form | the thing that | one who | performs the action of the prior verb | comparative descriptor

example_words_list_1: teacher, baker, player, worker

example_words_corpus: ers | Xer | Yer | beer | peer | vier

categorical_group_list: Diminutive | Creature grouper | Comparator greater than | adjective maker

ancestor_etymon: diminutive | hypocoristic | also elided rhotic -a | -ârjoz / -ārius OED | eer | er

etymology: Old English -ere, from Proto-Germanic *-araz, agent noun suffix

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic / Latin  OED | Latin

source: http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | https://www.ntid.rit.edu/sea/processes/wordknowledge/grammatical/whatare | Stein


affix_form: er-

sense_label: love

meaning_definition: intense affection | profound fondness

example_words_list_1: Erasmus, Erato, Eratosthenes, erogenous, Eros, erotic, erotica, pederasty

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Desire

etymology: Greek ἔρως (eros) 'love, desire'


morpheme_key: era

morpheme: era

morpheme_head: era

affix_form: -era-

meaning_definition: age | epoch | period of time

example_words_list_1: era, erasable, eras

example_words_corpus: eras

etymology: Latin 'aera' (an epoch, an age, or a period of time)


morpheme_key: erase

morpheme: erase

morpheme_head: erase

affix_form: -erase-

meaning_definition: remove | delete | wipe out

example_words_list_1: erase, erasure, erasures

example_words_corpus: eraser | erased | erases | erasers | unerase | eraseth

categorical_group_list: Removal, Destruction, Deletion

etymology: Latin 'ērasus', past participle of 'ēradere' (to scrape away), from 'ex-' (out) + 'radere' (to scrape)


morpheme_key: erc

morpheme: erc

morpheme_head: erc

affix_form: -erc-

meaning_definition: compelling force | exertion of pressure

example_words_list_1: coerce, exercise

example_words_list_2: coerce, exercise

categorical_group_list: Force, Action, Pressure

etymology: Latin -erc- (from coercēre 'to restrain', exercēre 'to drive out, practice'), from PIE *erk- 'to set in motion, drive'


morpheme_key: ere

morpheme: ere

morpheme_head: ere

affix_form: ere-

meaning_definition: row

example_words_list_1: trierarch | trireme | hyperetes

example_words_list_2: trierarch | trireme | hyperetes

example_words_corpus: eres | erer | erenow | erelong | whilere | erewhile

categorical_group_list: Motion, Nautical

etymology: ἐρέσσειν (eréssein) | ἐρέτης (erétēs) ~rower~ | ἐρετμόν (eretmón) | εἰρεσία | ἐρέτης (erétēs) "rower"


morpheme_key: erect

morpheme: erect

morpheme_head: erect

affix_form: erect

meaning_definition: To construct or assemble by joining parts | To raise or lift into position | To establish or set up (as in erecting a structure)

example_words_list_1: erects | erected | erectly | reerect | erecter | inerect

etymology: From Latin 'erigere', meaning to raise or lift


morpheme_key: erg

morpheme: erg

morpheme_head: erg

affix_form: -erg-

sense_label: work

meaning_definition: work | effect

example_words_list_1: energy, synergy, ergonomics, ergodic

example_words_corpus: ergs | megerg | megergs | kiloerg | megalerg | ergmeter

categorical_group_list: Action, Agency, Process

etymology: Greek ergon 'work, deed'


morpheme_key: ergato

morpheme: ergato

morpheme_head: ergato

affix_form: ergato-

allomorphs: ergat

meaning_definition: work | labor

example_words_list_1: ergatocracy | ergatocratic | ergatomorphic

categorical_group_list: Action, Labor

etymology: Greek ergon 'work'


morpheme_key: ergic

morpheme: ergic

morpheme_head: ergic

affix_form: -ergic

meaning_definition: working | producing | causing

example_words_list_1: VIPergic | CCKergic | CRHergic | ATPergic | acidergic | aminergic

categorical_group_list: Action, Causation

etymology: Greek -ergos 'work'


morpheme_key: ergo

morpheme: ergo

morpheme_head: ergo

affix_form: -ergo-

sense_label: therefore

meaning_definition: therefore | for this reason | consequently

example_words_list_1: ergo

example_words_corpus: ergology | ergogram | ergonomic | ergomania | ergometer | ergogenic

categorical_group_list: Conjunction, Logic

etymology: Latin ergo 'therefore'


morpheme_key: ergon

morpheme: ergon

morpheme_head: ergon

affix_form: -ergon-

meaning_definition: task | act

example_words_list_1: ergonomic

example_words_list_2: ergonomic

example_words_corpus: ergons

ancestor_etymon: erg

etymology: Greek ἔργον (ergon) 'work, deed'


morpheme_key: ergy

morpheme: ergy

morpheme_head: ergy

affix_form: -ergy

meaning_definition: work | energy | activity

example_words_list_1: gynergy | normoergy

example_words_corpus: gynergy | normoergy

categorical_group_list: Action, Energy, Vitality

etymology: Greek ergon 'work' + -ia suffix


morpheme_key: erie

morpheme: erie

morpheme_head: erie

affix_form: -erie-

meaning_definition: place of | collection of | state of

example_words_list_1: drudgerie

example_words_corpus: drudgerie

categorical_group_list: Locative, Collective, State

etymology: French suffix -erie used to denote a place, business, or collection


morpheme_key: ermine

morpheme: ermine

morpheme_head: ermine

affix_form: -ermine-

meaning_definition: stoat | weasel | ermine fur

example_words_list_1: ermine

example_words_corpus: ermines | ermined | erminelike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Old French hermine, from Latin herminula, diminutive of herma 'ermine'


morpheme_key: ern

morpheme: ern

morpheme_head: ern

affix_form: -ern

allomorphs: -ern

meaning_definition: derived from | located in | moving toward the direction indicated by a noun | direction | forms adjectives

example_words_list_1: eastern | southern | western | northern

example_words_list_2: eastern | southern | western | northern

example_words_corpus: erns | leftern | rightern

categorical_group_list: Direction, Location, Origin

ancestor_etymon: -rônjo  OED

etymology: From Old English -ern, from Proto-Germanic *-arnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eno- (directional suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic OED


morpheme_key: ernst

morpheme: ernst

morpheme_head: ernst

affix_form: -ernst-

meaning_definition: serious | earnest | grave

example_words_list_1: earnest, earnestness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Temperament

etymology: Old English eornost 'earnestness, diligence', from Proto-Germanic *arnustaz, from PIE *ar- 'to fit'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: erogenous

morpheme: erogenous

morpheme_head: erogenous

affix_form: -erogenous-

meaning_definition: arousing | producing | sensitive to

example_words_list_1: erogenous, erogenous zone

example_words_corpus: erogenousness

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Biology

etymology: Greek erōtikos 'erotic' + genēs 'born/produced'


morpheme_key: eroo

morpheme: eroo

morpheme_head: eroo

affix_form: -eroo

allomorphs: -eroo

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb

meaning_definition: a standout instance of the concept indicated by the initial element | an exceptional manifestation of the action referenced by the first component

example_words_list_1: flopperoo | sockeroo

example_words_list_2: flopperoo, sockeroo

example_words_corpus: smackeroo | smasheroo | switcheroo | smasheroos | switcheroos

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Emphatic

etymology: informal; primarily AmE usage; no clear etymology identified

ancestor_etymon_language: Modern English OED


morpheme_key: eros

morpheme: eros

morpheme_head: eros

affix_form: -eros-

meaning_definition: love | desire | passion

example_words_list_1: erotic, erotomania, erotize

etymology: Greek eros (ἔρως) 'love, desire'


morpheme_key: erot

morpheme: erot

morpheme_head: erot

affix_form: erot-

allomorphs: eroto

meaning_definition: love | desire | sexual love

example_words_list_1: erogenous | erotic | erotomania | erotophilia | erotophobia | erotica

etymology: ἔρως | ἔρωτος (érōs | érōtos)


morpheme_key: err

morpheme: err

morpheme_head: err

affix_form: err-

sense_label: stray

meaning_definition: deviate | roam | lose course | meander | stray from path

example_words_list_1: aberrance | aberrancy | aberrant | aberration | err | errant | erratic | erratum | erroneous | error | inerrant | errata | error Variant Spellings: arrant unrelated: errand | arrant

example_words_corpus: errs | error | erred | errors | erring | erreth

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: err

etymology: Latin errare 'to wander, stray'

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


morpheme_key: errat

morpheme: errat

morpheme_head: errat

affix_form: -errat-

meaning_definition: stray from a course | move aimlessly

example_words_list_1: erratic, aberration

example_words_list_2: erratic, aberration

categorical_group_list: Motion, Deviation


morpheme_key: erry

morpheme: erry

morpheme_head: erry

affix_form: -erry

meaning_definition: place | state | condition

example_words_list_1: cherry, berry, sherry, terry

categorical_group_list: Locative, Nominalizer, Adjectivalizer

etymology: Latin suffix -arius, -aria, -arium forming adjectives and nouns denoting place or condition


morpheme_key: ers

morpheme: ers

morpheme_head: ers

affix_form: -ers

meaning_definition: one who | agent | person who performs an action

example_words_corpus: divvers | yummers | starkers

categorical_group_list: Agentive, Nominalization

etymology: Old English -ere (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: ersatz

morpheme: ersatz

morpheme_head: ersatz

affix_form: -ersatz-

meaning_definition: substitute | replacement | imitation

example_words_list_1: ersatz

example_words_corpus: ersatzer | ersatzers | ersatzism | ersatzist | ersatzists | ersatzness

categorical_group_list: Substitution, Quality

etymology: From German Ersatz, from ersetzen 'to substitute', from er- (completive prefix) + setzen 'to place, set'.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: ert

morpheme: ert

morpheme_head: ert

affix_form: -ert-

meaning_definition: connect | secure | interlace

example_words_list_1: inert | inertia unrelated: sert / exert. | inertia

related_morphemes: art / art

categorical_group_list: Action, Connection

ancestor_etymon: ert

etymology: Latin serere 'to join, connect'


morpheme_key: erudi

morpheme: erudi

morpheme_head: erudi

affix_form: -erudi-

meaning_definition: to teach | to guide | to educate

example_words_list_1: erudite

example_words_list_2: erudite

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: erudi

etymology: Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire 'to instruct, educate', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + rudis 'untrained, rough'


morpheme_key: erudite

morpheme: erudite

morpheme_head: erudite

affix_form: -erudite-

meaning_definition: learned | scholarly | knowledgeable

example_words_list_1: erudite, erudition

example_words_corpus: eruditely | unerudite | inerudite | eruditeness

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Intellect


morpheme_key: ery

morpheme: ery

morpheme_head: ery

affix_form: -ery

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | verb | noun | 0

meaning_definition: place for | occupation or trade | state or condition | collection of

example_words_list_1: bakery, fishery, refinery, nursery, archery

example_words_corpus: dyery | apery | bakery | dupery | eatery | mopery

categorical_group_list: Location, Profession, State, Collection

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

etymology: Old French -erie, from Latin -aria (neuter of -arius) 'pertaining to'

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Latin OED


morpheme_key: erythr

morpheme: erythr

morpheme_head: erythr

affix_form: erythr-

allomorphs: erythr(o)

meaning_definition: scarlet | crimson

example_words_corpus: erythrite | erythrites

categorical_group_list: Colors

etymology: From Greek erythros 'red'


morpheme: es

morpheme_head: es

affix_form: -es-

sense_label: to be

meaning_definition: be | exist

example_words_list_1: essence | essential | id est | interest | quintessential Variant Spellings: is | is

example_words_corpus: axes | goes | foxes | sexes | boxes | buses

etymology: Latin esse 'to be'


morpheme_key: escalate

morpheme: escalate

morpheme_head: escalate

affix_form: -escalate-

meaning_definition: increase | intensify | rise

example_words_list_1: escalation, escalator

categorical_group_list: Movement, Intensity, Change of State

etymology: Latin 'escalare' (to climb), from 'scala' (ladder)


morpheme_key: escape

morpheme: escape

morpheme_head: escape

affix_form: -escape-

meaning_definition: to break free | to avoid | to evade

example_words_list_1: escape, escapade, escapology

example_words_corpus: escapee | escaped | escapes | escaper | escapees | escapeth

categorical_group_list: Movement, Avoidance

etymology: Latin ex- 'out of' + capere 'to take'


morpheme_key: escarp

morpheme: escarp

morpheme_head: escarp

affix_form: -escarp-

meaning_definition: steep cliff | precipice | sharp slope

example_words_list_1: escarpment

example_words_corpus: escarps

categorical_group_list: Terrain, Topography

etymology: Old French 'escarp' (steep, precipitous)


morpheme_key: esce

morpheme: esce

morpheme_head: esce

affix_form: -esce

allomorphs: esc

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb

meaning_definition: perform | transition | initiate | transform

example_words_list_1: acquiesce, convalesce, effloresce, obsolesce

example_words_corpus: opalesce | opalesced | opalesces | phosphorescences

categorical_group_list: Inchoative, Aspectual

etymology: Latin -escere, frequentative suffix of -ere 'to be, become'


morpheme_key: escence

morpheme: escence

morpheme_head: escence

affix_form: -escence

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: a state | the quality or condition linked to an adjective | the stage of undergoing change | development | emergence | early phase | onset

example_words_list_1: acquiescence, convalescence, effervescence, luminescence, obsolescence

example_words_corpus: opalescence | hyalescence | opalescences | fluorescences | bifluorescence | epifluorescence

categorical_group_list: Process, State, Becoming

ancestor_etymon: -ent + -ia OED

etymology: derived from -ent adjectives; variant of -ance2 OED


morpheme_key: escent

morpheme: escent

morpheme_head: escent

affix_form: -escent

meaning_definition: executing the action of the preceding element | ongoing | developing | transforming | initial stage | start | emitting light

example_words_list_1: coherent | insistent | prevalent | adolescent | convalescent | florescent | senescence | putrescence | incandescent | iridescent

example_words_corpus: papescent | spinescent | opalescent | hyalescent | violescent | adipescent

categorical_group_list: Process, State, Change

ancestor_etymon: -entem  OED

etymology: From Latin -escent-, present participle stem of escere, a variant of esse 'to become'


morpheme_key: eschato

morpheme: eschato

morpheme_head: eschato

affix_form: -eschato-

meaning_definition: last | final | extreme | end

example_words_list_1: eschatology, eschatological

categorical_group_list: Finality, Extremity, Sequence

etymology: Greek eschatos 'last, furthest'


morpheme_key: escheat

morpheme: escheat

morpheme_head: escheat

affix_form: -escheat-

meaning_definition: revert to lord | transfer to state | escheat

example_words_list_1: ['escheat']

example_words_corpus: escheats | escheator | escheators | escheatage | escheatment | escheatable

categorical_group_list: Legal, Property, Transfer

etymology: Old French escheoir 'to fall to, happen'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: eschew

morpheme: eschew

morpheme_head: eschew

affix_form: -eschew-

meaning_definition: avoid | shun | abstain from

example_words_list_1: eschewing, eschewed, eschewer

example_words_corpus: eschews | eschewed | eschewal | eschewer | eschewing | eschewals

categorical_group_list: Avoidance, Action

etymology: Old French escheoir 'to happen, to befall'


morpheme_key: escort

morpheme: escort

morpheme_head: escort

affix_form: escort

meaning_definition: To accompany for protection | To provide ceremonial attendance | To safeguard a person or others

example_words_list_1: escorts | escorted | escortee | escorting | escortees | unescorted

etymology: from French 'escorte', from Latin 'excurrere' (to run out), meaning to accompany as a safeguard


morpheme_key: escudo

morpheme: escudo

morpheme_head: escudo

affix_form: -escudo-

meaning_definition: shield | protection | defense

example_words_list_1: shield, protection, defense

categorical_group_list: Defense, Protection

etymology: Old French 'escude' from Frankish '*skutja'


morpheme_key: escutcheon

morpheme: escutcheon

morpheme_head: escutcheon

affix_form: -escutcheon-

meaning_definition: shield | emblem | coat of arms

example_words_list_1: ['escutcheon']

example_words_corpus: escutcheons | inescutcheon | escutcheoned | inescutcheons | unescutcheoned

categorical_group_list: Defense, Heraldry

etymology: Old French escusson, from escu "shield"


morpheme_key: ese

morpheme: ese

morpheme_head: ese

affix_form: -ese

allomorphs: -ese1 | -ese2

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective | noun

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun | 0

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | noun

meaning_definition: originating from | pertaining to | language of

example_words_list_1: Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Cuban, Sudanese

example_words_list_2: Chinese | Japanese | Portuguese | Javanese | Balinese

example_words_corpus: eses | Yapese | Timese | dogese | Chinese | Burmese

categorical_group_list: Origin, Nationality, Language

ancestor_etymon: -eis / -ēnsem OED

etymology: forming adjs. | < Old French -eis ... Latin ēnsem OED


morpheme_key: esimal

morpheme: esimal

morpheme_head: esimal

affix_form: -esimal

meaning_definition: last | penultimate | position in a series

example_words_list_1: penultimate, antepenultimate

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Ordinal

etymology: Latin -esimus, ordinal suffix derived from the cardinal number 'decem' (ten), originally denoting 'tenth' and later generalized to any position in a series.


morpheme_key: esis

morpheme: esis

morpheme_head: esis

affix_form: -esis

meaning_definition: action, process, condition

example_words_list_1: genesis, hysteresis

example_words_list_2: genesis, hysteresis

categorical_group_list: Process, State, Result

etymology: Greek -sis (action, process)


morpheme_key: eso

morpheme: eso

morpheme_head: eso

affix_form: eso-

meaning_definition: internal | inside

example_words_list_1: esorteric | esotropia | esophagus | esoteric | esophoria | esotericism

categorical_group_list: Direction, Location, Interiority

ancestor_etymon: eso

etymology: Greek εσω (esō) 'within, inside'


morpheme_key: esophageal

morpheme: esophageal

morpheme_head: esophageal

affix_form: -esophageal

allomorphs: esophago

meaning_definition: gullet (AmE)

example_words_list_1: esophagus

example_words_list_2: esophagus

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos)


morpheme_key: esophago

morpheme: esophago

morpheme_head: esophago

affix_form: esophago-

allomorphs: oesophago

meaning_definition: esophagus | gullet

example_words_list_1: esophagogram | esophagospasm | esophagoscope | esophagopathy | esophagostoma | esophagograms

etymology: From Greek oisophagos 'glutton', from oisophagein 'to eat greedily', from oisophagus 'glutton'


morpheme_key: esoteric

morpheme: esoteric

morpheme_head: esoteric

affix_form: -esoteric-

meaning_definition: intended for | understood by | known by

example_words_list_1: esotericism, esoterically

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Interiority

etymology: Greek esōterikos 'inward, within'


morpheme_key: espionage

morpheme: espionage

morpheme_head: espionage

affix_form: -espionage-

meaning_definition: spying | secret investigation | undercover activity

example_words_list_1: ['espionage']

categorical_group_list: Action, Secrecy, Intelligence

etymology: French 'espionnage', from 'espion' (spy)


morpheme_key: espresso

morpheme: espresso

morpheme_head: espresso

affix_form: -espresso-

meaning_definition: concentrated coffee | pressed out

example_words_list_1: espresso

example_words_corpus: sexpresso

categorical_group_list: Food, Beverage, Stimulant

etymology: Italian 'espresso', past participle of 'esprimere' 'to press out'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: esprit

morpheme: esprit

morpheme_head: esprit

affix_form: -esprit-

meaning_definition: spirit | wit | intelligence | liveliness

example_words_list_1: esprit-de-corps, esprit fort, esprit de corps

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Intellect, Essence

etymology: Latin 'espritus' (breath, spirit), from 'exspirare' (to breathe out)