morpheme_key: mitigare

morpheme: mitigare

morpheme_head: mitigare

affix_form: -mitigare-

meaning_definition: to render gentle | to lessen harshness | to make delicate

example_words_list_1: mitigate

example_words_list_2: mitigate

ancestor_etymon: mitig

etymology: Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare 'to make mild', from mitis 'mild' + agere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: mitigate

morpheme: mitigate

morpheme_head: mitigate

affix_form: -mitigate-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: to make less severe | to lessen | to moderate

example_words_list_1: mitigate, mitigation, mitigative

example_words_corpus: mitigated | mitigates | mitigateth | mitigatest | unmitigated | unmitigatedly

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Moderation

etymology: Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare 'to make soft, lessen', from mitis 'soft' + agere 'to do, make'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: mito

morpheme: mito

morpheme_head: mito

affix_form: mito-

allomorphs: mit

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: A slender fiber or filament | A thin strand or line

example_words_list_1: mitochondrion | mitosis | mitospore | amitosis

example_words_corpus: mitosome | mitotane | mitosomes | mitomycin | mitoflash | mitomycins

categorical_group_list: Physical object, Biology

etymology: Greek mitos "thread"

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: mitosis

morpheme: mitosis

morpheme_head: mitosis

affix_form: -mitosis-

meaning_definition: splitting | division

example_words_list_1: mitosis, amitosis, mitotic

example_words_corpus: amitosis | endomitosis | antimitosis | karyomitosis

categorical_group_list: Biological Process, Division

etymology: Greek mitos 'thread' + -osis (process/condition)


morpheme_key: mitre

morpheme: mitre

morpheme_head: mitre

affix_form: -mitre-

meaning_definition: headgear | cap | headdress

example_words_list_1: mitre

example_words_corpus: mitred | mitres | unmitre | unmitred | unmitres | mitreless

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Headwear

etymology: Greek mitros 'headband, fillet'


morpheme_key: mitt

morpheme: mitt-

morpheme_head: mitt-

affix_form: mitt-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: dispatch | permit | move

example_words_list_1: admissibility | admissible | admission | admissive | admit | admittatur | admittee | commissar | commissariat | commissary | commission | commissive | commissural | commissure | commit | commitment | committal | committee | compromis | compromise | compromissary | decommission | decommit | decommitment | demise | demiss | demit | dimissory | dimit | dismiss | dismissal | dismissive | emissary | emission | emissitious | emissive | emissivity | emit | emittent | entremet | fideicommissary | fideicommissum | impermissible | inadmissibility | inadmissible | intermission | intermittent | intromissible | intromission | intromissive | intromit | intromittent | manumission | manumit | mess | message | messenger | missile | mission | missionary | missive | mittimus | noncommittal | omissible | omission | omissive | omit | permissible | permission | permissive | permissory | permit | permittee | premise | premiss | premit | pretermission | pretermit | promise | promisee | promissive | promissory | readmission | readmit | recommit | remise | remiss | remissible | remission | remissive | remissory | remit | remittal | remittance | remittee | remittence | remittent | remittitur resubmit | retransmission | retransmit | subcommittee | submission | submissive | submit | surmise | transmissibility | transmissible | transmission | transmissive | transmit | transmittal | admittance

example_words_corpus: mitten | mitted | mittens | mittful | mittened | mittfuls

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Communication

ancestor_etymon: miss

etymology: mittere | missus


morpheme_key: mix

morpheme: mix

morpheme_head: mix

affix_form: -mix-

allomorphs: mixo

meaning_definition: combine | blend

example_words_list_1: admix | admixtion | admixture | commix | commixture | immiscibility | immiscible | immix | immixture | intermix | intermixture | maslin | meddle | mestizo | Métis | miscellanea | miscellaneous | miscellany | miscibility | miscible | mix | mixture | permiscible | permix | permixtion | postmix | premix | promiscuity | promiscuous | remix | amphimixis | mixologist

example_words_corpus: mixy | mixed | admix | mixer | mixes | remix

related_morphemes: medl / medl, mel2 / mel, misc / misc

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: misc

etymology: miscere | mixtus | Greek mnēmōn : mindul | remembering mnasthai : to remember | akin to mimnēskein : to remember


morpheme_key: mixt

morpheme: mixt

morpheme_head: mixt

affix_form: mixt-

meaning_definition: mix

example_words_list_1: admix, admixtion, admixture, commix, commixture, immiscibility, immiscible, immix, immixture, intermix, intermixture, maslin, meddle, mestizo, Métis, miscellanea, miscellaneous, miscellany, miscibility, miscible, mix, mixture, permiscible, permix, permixtion, postmix, premix, promiscuity, promiscuous, remix

example_words_corpus: unmixt | mixtly

categorical_group_list: Combination, Alteration

etymology: miscere, mixtus


morpheme_key: mizzen

morpheme: mizzen

morpheme_head: mizzen

affix_form: -mizzen-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: the third mast from the bow | a sail on the third mast

example_words_list_1: mizzenmast, mizzen sail, mizzenmast sail

example_words_corpus: mizzentop | mizzenmast | mizzensail | mizzentops | mizzenmasts | mizzensails

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Position

etymology: Middle Dutch 'midden' 'middle'

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch

etymological_family: other

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: mn

morpheme: mn

morpheme_head: mn

affix_form: mn-

meaning_definition: think | mind

example_words_list_1: mina | mna

example_words_list_2: mina | mna

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Mental process

etymology: μνᾶ (mnâ)


morpheme_key: mne

morpheme: mne

morpheme_head: mne

affix_form: mne-

meaning_definition: memory

example_words_list_1: amnesia | amnesty | anamnesis | anamnestic | dysmnesia | Mneme | mnemonic

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Memory

etymology: μνᾶσθαι (mnâsthai) | μνήμη (mnḗmē) | μνᾶσθαι(mnâsthai) | μνήμη(mnḗmē)


morpheme_key: mnemo

morpheme: mnemo

morpheme_head: mnemo

affix_form: mnemo-

allomorphs: mnem

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: memory | related to memory

example_words_list_1: mnemotaxis | mnemogenic

example_words_corpus: mnemotaxis | mnemogenic

etymology: Greek mnēmon (mindful, remembering)


morpheme_key: mnemonic

morpheme: mnemonic

morpheme_head: mnemonic

affix_form: -mnemonic-

meaning_definition: memory | mind | remembering

example_words_list_1: mnemonic, mnemonics

example_words_corpus: mnemonics | antimnemonic | metamnemonic

etymology: Greek mnemonikos 'of memory', from mnemon 'mindful'


morpheme_key: mo

morpheme: mo

morpheme_head: mo

affix_form: -mo-

sense_label: not

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, atheist

example_words_corpus: sixmo | sixmos | twelvemo | umohoite | umohoites

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Core concept

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


morpheme_key: moan

morpheme: moan

morpheme_head: moan

affix_form: -moan-

meaning_definition: low sound of pain | groan | lament

example_words_list_1: moan, moaning, moaned

example_words_corpus: moans | moany | bemoan | moaner | moaned | moaning

categorical_group_list: Sound, Emotion, Pain

etymology: Middle English monen, from Old English mænan

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: Germanic


morpheme_key: moat

morpheme: moat

morpheme_head: moat

affix_form: -moat-

meaning_definition: mound | embankment | defensive ditch

example_words_list_1: moat

example_words_corpus: moats | moated | moatlike

categorical_group_list: Defense, Water, Structure

etymology: Old French 'mote' (mound, embankment)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French

etymological_family: Romance

register: neutral


morpheme_key: mob

morpheme: mob

morpheme_head: mob

affix_form: mob-

allomorphs: mobi

sense_label: move

meaning_definition: shift | travel

example_words_list_1: immobilize | mobile | mobility | automobile | immobile | mob | mobilize

example_words_corpus: mobs | moble | mobed | mobled | mobbed | mobber

related_morphemes: moment / moment, mot1 / mot, mov / mov

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Latin mobere 'to move'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: mock

morpheme: mock

morpheme_head: mock

affix_form: -mock-

meaning_definition: to mimic | to ridicule | to imitate

example_words_list_1: mockery, mocking, mockingly

example_words_corpus: mocks | mocker | mocked | bemock | mockney | mocking

categorical_group_list: Mimicry, Derision

etymology: Middle English, from Old French mocque, from Vulgar Latin *muticare 'to mock', of imitative origin


morpheme_key: mod

morpheme: mod

morpheme_head: mod

affix_form: mod-

allomorphs: modus

meaning_definition: quantify | alter | manner | method | at measured pace | assess | adjust

example_words_list_1: moderate, modification, modulate, modulus

example_words_corpus: mods | modder | modbot | modders | modchip | modette

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Proportion, Manner

etymology: modus ~measure~ | modus"measure"


morpheme_key: model

morpheme: model

morpheme_head: model

affix_form: -model-

meaning_definition: pattern | standard | exemplar | prototype

example_words_list_1: model, modeling, modem

example_words_corpus: modeler | remodel | modeled | modelly | modeling | modelers

categorical_group_list: Representation, Pattern, Standard

etymology: Latin 'modulus' diminutive of 'modus' meaning 'measure, manner, way'


morpheme_key: moder

morpheme: moder

morpheme_head: moder

affix_form: moder-

meaning_definition: measure | change | manner | way

example_words_list_1: moderate, moderation, moderator

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Dimension, Manner

etymology: modus ~measure~


morpheme_key: moderacy

morpheme: moderacy

morpheme_head: moderacy

affix_form: -moderacy-

meaning_definition: middle | moderate | limited

example_words_list_1: moderate, moderation, moderating

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Degree, State

etymology: Latin moderatus, past participle of moderari 'to keep within bounds, regulate', from modus 'measure, manner'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: moderate

morpheme: moderate

morpheme_head: moderate

affix_form: -moderate-

meaning_definition: average | medium | not extreme

example_words_list_1: moderation, moderate, moderator

example_words_corpus: moderates | moderated | immoderate | moderately | unmoderate | unmoderated

categorical_group_list: Degree, Quantity

etymology: Latin moderatus, past participle of moderari 'to keep within bounds, regulate'


morpheme_key: modern

morpheme: modern

morpheme_head: modern

affix_form: -modern-

meaning_definition: recent | present | current

example_words_list_1: modernize, modernity, modernization

example_words_corpus: moderns | modernly | moderner | unmodern | modernist | modernity

categorical_group_list: Time, State

etymology: Latin modernus, from modernus 'recent, contemporary', derived from modo 'just now, recently'


morpheme_key: modest

morpheme: modest

morpheme_head: modest

affix_form: modest

meaning_definition: Humble and unpretentious | Not boastful | Moderate in behavior or appearance

example_words_list_1: immodest | modestly | modester | unmodest | modestest | immodestly

etymology: Derived from Latin 'modestus,' meaning moderate or measured.

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: modify

morpheme: modify

morpheme_head: modify

affix_form: -modify-

meaning_definition: change | alter | adjust

example_words_list_1: modification, modifier,modifiable

example_words_corpus: remodify | modifying | premodify | submodify | postmodify | overmodify

categorical_group_list: Change, Alteration

etymology: Latin 'modi' (genitive of 'modus' meaning 'measure, manner') + '-ficare' (to make)


morpheme_key: module

morpheme: module

morpheme_head: module

affix_form: -module-

meaning_definition: unit | part | component

example_words_list_1: modular, modularity, demodulation

example_words_corpus: modules | moduled | bimodule | comodule | submodule | bimodules

categorical_group_list: Structure, Unit

etymology: Latin modus 'measure, manner'


morpheme_key: moggie

morpheme: moggie

morpheme_head: moggie

affix_form: -moggie-

meaning_definition: cat | feline

example_words_list_1: moggie

example_words_corpus: moggies

categorical_group_list: Animals, Felines

etymology: British slang, likely a diminutive or playful variation of 'moggy'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: mogul

morpheme: mogul

morpheme_head: mogul

affix_form: -mogul-

meaning_definition: powerful | influential | leader

example_words_list_1: mogul

example_words_corpus: moguls | mogully | moguldom | mogulist

categorical_group_list: Power, Status, Leadership

etymology: from Mughal (Hindi/Persian), referring to the Mughal Empire

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: mohammad

morpheme: mohammad

morpheme_head: mohammad

affix_form: -mohammad-

meaning_definition: praiseworthy | much-praised

example_words_list_1: Muhammad, Muhammadan, Mohammedan

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Praise

etymology: Arabic muḥammad (مُحَمَّد), passive participle of ḥammada (حَمَّدَ) 'to praise'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: mohammed

morpheme: mohammed

morpheme_head: mohammed

affix_form: -mohammed-

meaning_definition: praised | commendable

example_words_list_1: Ahmed, Muhammad, Mahmud, Hamid

example_words_corpus: Mohammedan | Mohammedism | Mohammedist

categorical_group_list: Praise, Virtue

etymology: Arabic ḥamida 'to praise' (root Ḥ-M-D)


morpheme_key: moiety

morpheme: moiety

morpheme_head: moiety

affix_form: -moiety-

meaning_definition: part | portion | share

example_words_list_1: moiety

example_words_corpus: submoiety | matrimoiety | patrimoiety

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Division

etymology: Old French moieté 'half, part'


morpheme_key: moire

morpheme: moire

morpheme_head: moire

affix_form: -moire-

meaning_definition: hair | wool | cloth

example_words_list_1: moire, moiré, moire pattern

example_words_corpus: moires

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture, Fabric

etymology: From French moire, from Old French moier 'to moiré', from moie 'moire cloth', from moie 'hair, wool'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: moist

morpheme: moist

morpheme_head: moist

affix_form: -moist-

meaning_definition: slightly | wet | damp

example_words_list_1: moist, moisture, moisten, moistness

example_words_corpus: moisty | moisten | moistly | unmoist | moistens | moistful

categorical_group_list: Texture, Moisture, Physical state

etymology: Middle English moist, from Old French moiste


morpheme_key: mol

morpheme: mol

morpheme_head: mol

affix_form: mol-

meaning_definition: crush | pile | large quantity | volume | heaviness | load | grinding tool | grinding process | processed grain

example_words_list_1: molar, mole, molten, momentum

example_words_corpus: mols | picomol | picomols | nanomols

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin 'mol-' (stem of 'mola' millstone, 'molere' to grind)


morpheme_key: molar

morpheme: molar

morpheme_head: molar

affix_form: -molar-

meaning_definition: grinding | tooth

example_words_list_1: molar, molars

example_words_corpus: premolar | molarize | submolar | premolars | molarized | molarizes

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Latin molaris 'of grinding', from mola 'millstone'


morpheme_key: mold

morpheme: mold

morpheme_head: mold

affix_form: -mold-

meaning_definition: to form | to shape | to create

example_words_list_1: moldy, molding, moldable

example_words_corpus: moldy | molds | molded | remold | molder | unmold

categorical_group_list: Nature, Decay, Form

etymology: Latin 'moldus' (mold, cast) or 'moliri' (to form, shape)


morpheme_key: moldavia

morpheme: moldavia

morpheme_head: moldavia

affix_form: -moldavia-

meaning_definition: Moldavia

example_words_list_1: Moldavian, Moldavia

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From Romanian 'Moldova', likely derived from the river Moldova or the Vlach leader Molda

ancestor_etymon_language: Romanian


morpheme_key: molecular

morpheme: molecular

morpheme_head: molecular

affix_form: -molecular

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: very small, diminutive ending

example_words_list_1: molecule, ridicule, animalcule, bimolecular, intermolecular, macromolecular, bascule, bimodule, board_rule, bulbule, cagoule, campylotropous_ovule, canicule, capsule

categorical_group_list: Size, Diminutive

etymology: Latin -culus, diminutive suffix of -culus, -cula, -culum


morpheme_key: molecule

morpheme: molecule

morpheme_head: molecule

affix_form: -molecule-

sense_label: a group of atoms bonded together

meaning_definition: a group of atoms bonded together | a chemical unit

example_words_list_1: molecular, macromolecule, biomolecule

example_words_corpus: molecules | biomolecule | polymolecule | biomolecules | antimolecule | nanomolecule

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Physical Science, Unit

etymology: Latin 'molecula', diminutive of 'moles' meaning 'mass, bulk'


morpheme_key: molest

morpheme: molest

morpheme_head: molest

affix_form: molest

meaning_definition: to harass | to bother | to torment intentionally

example_words_list_1: molests | molester | molested | molestee | molesting | molesters

etymology: from Latin 'molestare', meaning to annoy


morpheme_key: moll

morpheme: moll

morpheme_head: moll

affix_form: moll-

allomorphs: moll(i)

meaning_definition: pliable | gentle

example_words_list_1: emollience | emollient | moil | mollescence | mollescent | mollient | mollification | mollify | mollitude | mollusc | molluscicide | molluscivore | mollusk

example_words_corpus: molls

related_morphemes: malac / malac

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Latin mollis "soft, pliable"


morpheme_key: mollify

morpheme: mollify

morpheme_head: mollify

affix_form: -mollify-

meaning_definition: soften | soothe | appease

example_words_list_1: mollify, mollification, mollified

example_words_corpus: mollifying | mollifyingly

categorical_group_list: Texture, Emotion, State of being

etymology: Latin mollis 'soft'


morpheme_key: mollusc

morpheme: mollusc

morpheme_head: mollusc

affix_form: -mollusc-

meaning_definition: mollusk | soft-bodied invertebrate

example_words_list_1: mollusc

example_words_corpus: molluscs | molluscous | molluscivore | molluscicide | molluscicides | molluscivores

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: Latin molluscus 'soft', from mollis 'soft'


morpheme_key: mollusk

morpheme: mollusk

morpheme_head: mollusk

affix_form: -mollusk-

meaning_definition: soft-bodied invertebrate | mollusc

example_words_list_1: mollusk

example_words_corpus: mollusks | mollusklike | molluskicide | micromollusk | molluskicides | micromollusks

etymology: Latin 'molluscus' meaning 'soft', from 'mollis' (soft)


morpheme_key: moloch

morpheme: moloch

morpheme_head: moloch

affix_form: -moloch-

meaning_definition: deity | idol | object of worship

example_words_list_1: moloch, Molochism

example_words_corpus: Molochism

categorical_group_list: Deity, Religion, Sacrifice

etymology: Hebrew mlk (king) or mlk (moloch)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: molten

morpheme: molten

morpheme_head: molten

affix_form: -molten-

meaning_definition: liquefied by heat | melted

example_words_list_1: molten, molten lava, molten metal

example_words_corpus: ymolten | remolten | unmolten | moltenly | nonmolten

categorical_group_list: Temperature, State of matter

etymology: Old English molten, past participle of melten

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: molybdenum

morpheme: molybdenum

morpheme_head: molybdenum

affix_form: -molybdenum-

allomorphs: molybdo

meaning_definition: molybdenum (chemical element)

example_words_list_1: molybdenum

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: Greek molybdos 'lead'


morpheme_key: mom

morpheme: mom

morpheme_head: mom

affix_form: -mom-

meaning_definition: mother

example_words_list_1: mom

example_words_corpus: moms | mommy | momic | momly | momism | momoir

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Core concept

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: moment

morpheme: moment

morpheme_head: moment

affix_form: -moment-

meaning_definition: motion

example_words_list_1: moment (all senses), momentary, momentous, momentum

example_words_corpus: moments | momently | momentary | momentous | momentarily | momentously

related_morphemes: mob / mob, mot1 / mot, mov / mov

categorical_group_list: Motion, Time

etymology: Latin momentum 'a moving, motion', from movēre 'to move'


morpheme_key: mon

morpheme: mon

morpheme_head: mon

sense_label: moon

meaning_definition: celestial satellite | luminous body in the night sky

example_words_list_1: Monday | month Variant Spellings: moon | moon

example_words_corpus: mons | monarchy | monaster | monaulic | monatomic | monarchic

related_morphemes: men1 / men

categorical_group_list: Astronomical | Anomalous form

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mēnō (moon), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥ (moon, month), from the root *mē- (to measure). Cognate with Old English mōna, Old High German mōn, Latin mēnsis.


affix_form: mon-

allomorphs: mono

sense_label: single

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: unpaired | only | isolated | lone

example_words_list_1: infectious mononucleosis | monarch | monotone | monachism | monad | monadic | monadic_operation | monal | monandrous | monandry | monarchal | monarchic | monarchical | monarchism | monarchist | monarchy | monarda

categorical_group_list: Number format 1

ancestor_etymon: mon

etymology: Greek μονός (monós)


sense_label: warn

meaning_definition: caution | prompt | counsel

example_words_list_1: admonish | admonishment | admonition | admonitor | admonitory | monition | monitor | monitory | monument | monumental | premonition | premonitory | resummon | summon | summons | remonstrate

related_morphemes: monstr / monstr

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: monit

etymology: Latin monēre 'to warn, advise'


morpheme_key: monad

morpheme: monad

morpheme_head: monad

affix_form: monad

meaning_definition: unit | single | one

example_words_list_1: Examples: Chlamydomonas ("cloak unit"); Pseudomonas ("false unit"); Metamonad ("encompassing unit")

example_words_corpus: monads | monadic | comonad | bimonad | comonads | monadist

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: μονάς (monás)

etymology: Greek monas "unit, single" from monos "alone"

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /moʊnas/, /monas/, /moʊnad/, /monad/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: monast

morpheme: monast

morpheme_head: monast

affix_form: -monast-

meaning_definition: monastery | monk | religious seclusion

example_words_list_1: monastery, monastic, monasticism

categorical_group_list: Religion, Solitude

etymology: Greek monastērion 'monastery', from monachos 'monk'


morpheme_key: mond

morpheme: mond

morpheme_head: mond

affix_form: -mond-

meaning_definition: manual limb | defense

example_words_list_1: Edmond (Edmund), Osmond, Raymond

example_words_list_2: Edmond (Edmund), Osmond, Raymond

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Defense

etymology: Greek mono- monos : single, alone


morpheme_key: monet

morpheme: monet

morpheme_head: monet

affix_form: -monet-

meaning_definition: money | currency | wealth

example_words_list_1: monetary, monetization, monetization

categorical_group_list: Finance, Value

etymology: Latin monet- 'money, warning' (from monere 'to warn'), from Proto-Indo-European *men- 'to think'


morpheme_key: monger

morpheme: monger

morpheme_head: monger

affix_form: -monger

allomorphs: -monger

sense_label: a person who trades, deals or promotes what is spe

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: a person who engages in trading, dealing, or promoting the item specified by the preceding element

example_words_list_1: fishmonger, ironmonger, scandalmonger

example_words_list_2: fishmonger, ironmonger, scandalmonger

example_words_corpus: mongers | mongered | warmonger | mongering | lawmonger | haymonger

categorical_group_list: Agent, Trade, Occupation

ancestor_etymon: mangō  OED

etymology: Old English mangere 'merchant, dealer' (from mangian 'to trade'), of Germanic origin; the suffixal use in English compounds is of uncertain origin but likely influenced by the word itself or Old French monger.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: OED | Wikidata


morpheme_key: mongol

morpheme: mongol

morpheme_head: mongol

affix_form: -mongol-

allomorphs: Mongolo

meaning_definition: Mongol | Mongolian

example_words_list_1: Mongol, Mongolian

example_words_corpus: mongols | mongoloids | Mongolicist | mongoloidism | Mongolianist | Mongolianness

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Proper Noun

etymology: From the endonym of the Mongol people

ancestor_etymon_language: Mongolic


morpheme_key: mongolia

morpheme: mongolia

morpheme_head: mongolia

affix_form: -mongolia-

meaning_definition: Mongolia | region of East-Central Asia

example_words_list_1: Mongolia

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Geography

etymology: From the Mongolic ethnonym 'Mongol'

ancestor_etymon_language: Mongolian


morpheme_key: mongoose

morpheme: mongoose

morpheme_head: mongoose

affix_form: -mongoose-

meaning_definition: small carnivorous mammal

example_words_list_1: ['mongoose']

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animal

etymology: from Hindi 'mungus'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hindi


morpheme_key: mongrel

morpheme: mongrel

morpheme_head: mongrel

affix_form: -mongrel-

meaning_definition: mixed | impure | hybrid

example_words_list_1: ['mongrel']

categorical_group_list: Hybridity, Composition

etymology: Middle English mongrel, from Old French mongrel

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: monic

morpheme: monic

morpheme_head: monic

affix_form: -monic-

meaning_definition: single | alone | one

example_words_list_1: harmonic, mnemonic, symphonic

categorical_group_list: Number, Unity

etymology: Greek monos 'alone, single'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: monil

morpheme: monil

morpheme_head: monil

affix_form: monil-

sense_label: string of beads

meaning_definition: string of beads

example_words_list_1: monilifer, moniliform, Moniliformida

example_words_list_2: monilifer, moniliform, Moniliformida

categorical_group_list: Ornamentation, Shape

etymology: monile

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: monit

morpheme: monit

morpheme_head: monit

affix_form: -monit-

meaning_definition: to caution, counsel, prompt

example_words_list_1: monitor, admonition, admonish

example_words_list_2: monitor, admonition, admonish

etymology: Latin monere 'to warn, advise'


morpheme_key: monitor

morpheme: monitor

morpheme_head: monitor

affix_form: -monitor-

meaning_definition: to watch | to observe | to check

example_words_list_1: monitor, monitoring, monitored

example_words_corpus: monitors | monitored | monitorer | monitoring | monitorial | biomonitor

categorical_group_list: Observation, Supervision

etymology: Latin monitor 'one who warns, adviser', from monēre 'to warn, advise'


morpheme_key: monk

morpheme: monk

morpheme_head: monk

affix_form: -monk-

meaning_definition: religious ascetic | member of a monastic community

example_words_list_1: monastic, monkhood, monkery

example_words_corpus: monks | monkly | monkish | monkery | monking | monkess

categorical_group_list: Religion, Person

etymology: Latin monachus, from Greek monachos 'solitary'


morpheme_key: monkey

morpheme: monkey

morpheme_head: monkey

affix_form: -monkey-

meaning_definition: primate | simian

example_words_list_1: monkey

example_words_corpus: assmonkeys | monkeypods | monkeyfaces | hosemonkeys | weremonkeys | supermonkeys

categorical_group_list: Animal, Biology

etymology: Middle English monke, from Old English monaca (monk)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: mono

morpheme: mono

morpheme_head: mono

affix_form: mono-

sense_label: True

meaning_definition: True

example_words_list_1: monoid | monome | monose | monomer | mononym | monopod

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity


morpheme_key: monocle

morpheme: monocle

morpheme_head: monocle

affix_form: -monocle-

meaning_definition: single | one

example_words_list_1: monologue, monochrome, monoculture, monoclinic

example_words_corpus: monocled | monocles

etymology: Greek monos 'single' + ophthalmos 'eye'


morpheme_key: monomer

morpheme: monomer

morpheme_head: monomer

affix_form: -monomer-

meaning_definition: single | one | solitary

example_words_list_1: polymer, dimer, oligomer

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Unity, Science

etymology: Greek monos 'single' + meros 'part'


morpheme_key: mons

morpheme: mons

morpheme_head: mons

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: a large, elevated natural formation

example_words_list_1: mons pubis, mons veneris

example_words_list_2: mons pubis, mons veneris

related_morphemes: mont / mont, mount / mount

categorical_group_list: Nature, Topography

etymology: Latin mons (genitive montis) 'mount, hill'


morpheme_key: monster

morpheme: monster

morpheme_head: monster

affix_form: -monster-

meaning_definition: unnatural | strange | frightening creature

example_words_list_1: monster, monstrosity, monstrous, monster truck

example_words_corpus: monsters | monstery | bemonster | bemonsters | monsterdom | monsterlet

categorical_group_list: Entity, Creature, Threat

etymology: Greek monstēr 'portent, prodigy' from monstrō 'to show, warn'


morpheme_key: monstr

morpheme: monstr

morpheme_head: monstr

affix_form: -monstr-

allomorphs: monstra

meaning_definition: reveal | indicate | omen | caution | counsel | reprimand

example_words_list_1: monster, demonstrate, monitor, monstrosity

related_morphemes: mon2 / mon

categorical_group_list: Semantics, Warning, Omen

etymology: Latin monstrum 'portent, omen', from monere 'to warn'


morpheme_key: mont

morpheme: mont

morpheme_head: mont

affix_form: mont-

allomorphs: monte | monti

sense_label: mountain

meaning_definition: a prominent natural elevation | to ascend

example_words_list_1: amount | Belmont | cismontane | dismount | insurmountable | intermontane | montage | montan | Montana | montane | montant | monticello | monticule | montiform | montigenous | mount | mountaineer | mountainous | nonremontant | paramount | piedmont | remontancy | remontant | remontoire | remount | submontane | surmount | surmountable | tantamount | tramontana | tramontane | transmontane | ultramontane | Vermont | Montagnais | Montagnard | monte | Monte Carlo | Montevideo | Montreal | promontory

example_words_corpus: monts

related_morphemes: mons / mons, mount / mount

categorical_group_list: Location

ancestor_etymon: mont

etymology: Latin mont-, mons 'mount'

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


morpheme_key: montage

morpheme: montage

morpheme_head: montage

affix_form: -montage-

meaning_definition: assembly | collection | arrangement

example_words_list_1: montage

example_words_corpus: montages | montaged | photomontage | supermontage | photomontages | supermontages

categorical_group_list: Composition, Arrangement

etymology: French 'montage' from 'monter' 'to assemble/mount'


morpheme_key: montana

morpheme: montana

morpheme_head: montana

affix_form: -montana-

meaning_definition: Montana | mountainous | highland

example_words_list_1: Montana, mountain, mountaineer, mount

example_words_corpus: Montanan

categorical_group_list: Geography, Topography, Landscape

etymology: Latin 'montanus' meaning 'of or belonging to a mountain', from 'mons' (mountain)


morpheme_key: monterey

morpheme: monterey

morpheme_head: monterey

affix_form: -monterey-

meaning_definition: Monterey (place name)

example_words_list_1: Monterey, Monterey Bay, Monterey Pine

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Geographic, Place name

etymology: From Spanish Monterey, named after the Marquis of Monterey; ultimately from Basque 'monte' (mountain) + 'ey' (place)

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: month

morpheme: month

morpheme_head: month

affix_form: -month-

meaning_definition: a period of approximately 30 days | the time it takes for the moon to complete one cycle

example_words_list_1: monthly, monthless, bimonthly

categorical_group_list: Time, Measurement

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs, from *mēnō- (moon) + *-ōþs (suffix forming abstract nouns or time periods), cognate with Old English mōnaþ, Old High German mōnat.


morpheme_key: montreal

morpheme: montreal

morpheme_head: montreal

affix_form: -montreal-

meaning_definition: Montreal

example_words_list_1: Montreal

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, City

etymology: From French Montréal, from Mont Royal 'Royal Mountain'


morpheme_key: monument

morpheme: monument

morpheme_head: monument

affix_form: -monument-

meaning_definition: memorial | structure | commemorative object

example_words_corpus: monuments | monumental | monumented | monumentous | monumentally | unmonumental

categorical_group_list: Memory, Physicality

etymology: Latin monumentum 'memorial, warning', derived from monere 'to warn, advise'


morpheme_key: mony

morpheme: mony

morpheme_head: mony

affix_form: -mony-

allomorphs: -mony

sense_label: occurring in essentially abstract nouns mainly den

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: found in abstract nouns that primarily signify a state | condition | action | or resulting state/condition

example_words_list_1: alimony | harmony | testimony | acrimony

example_words_corpus: patrimony | matrimony | muttrimony

categorical_group_list: noun maker

ancestor_etymon: -mōnium | -mōnia OED | y

etymology: From Latin -monium, from monere 'to warn, advise'

source: OED


morpheme_key: mood

morpheme: mood

morpheme_head: mood

affix_form: -mood-

meaning_definition: state of mind | manner | way

example_words_list_1: mood, accommodate, commode, commodity, demote, promote, remove, transmute

example_words_corpus: moody | moods | bemood | moodily | moodish | moodlet

categorical_group_list: State, Manner, Condition

etymology: Latin 'mōs' (gen. 'mōris') meaning 'custom, habit, way'


morpheme_key: moon

morpheme: moon

morpheme_head: moon

affix_form: -moon-

meaning_definition: moon | lunar | satellite

example_words_list_1: moonlight, moonbeam, moonstruck

example_words_corpus: moony | Moonie | mooned | moonly | moonet | mooner

categorical_group_list: Celestial, Nature

etymology: From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, from Proto-Indo-European *mēn- (to measure, moon)


morpheme_key: moor

morpheme: moor

morpheme_head: moor

affix_form: -moor-

meaning_definition: wasteland | marsh | heath

example_words_list_1: moor, moorland

example_words_corpus: Moors | moors | moory | moored | moorer | unmoor

categorical_group_list: Nature, Landscape

etymology: Old English mōr 'bog, wasteland'


morpheme_key: moose

morpheme: moose

morpheme_head: moose

affix_form: moose

meaning_definition: a person considered unattractive | someone regarded as unpleasant in appearance

example_words_list_1: mooses | moosey | moosebird | moosewood | mooseskin | mooseling


morpheme_key: mor

morpheme: mor

morpheme_head: mor

affix_form: mor-

sense_label: custom

meaning_definition: habitual practice | inclination | tendency | behavior | approach | irritable | easily annoyed

example_words_list_1: moral, morality, immoral, amoral, moralize, moralist

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Character, Habit

ancestor_etymon: mor | moro

etymology: mos | moris | Greek mōros : foolish


sense_label: foolish

meaning_definition: silly | uninspired

example_words_list_1: moron, morose, demoralize

related_morphemes: compare soph / soph

morpheme_counterpart_opposite: soph

opposing_meaning: wise

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Negation

etymology: Greek moros 'foolish, dull'


morpheme_key: mora

morpheme: mora

morpheme_head: mora

affix_form: -mora-

allomorphs: mor

meaning_definition: pause

example_words_list_1: mora, moratorium, moratory, remora

example_words_list_2: mora, moratorium, moratory, remora

example_words_corpus: moras | moraic | bimoraic | dimoraic | nonmoraic | trimoraic

related_morphemes: mur2 / mur

categorical_group_list: Time, Stasis

etymology: Latin mora 'delay, hindrance'


morpheme_key: moral

morpheme: moral

morpheme_head: moral

affix_form: -moral-

allomorphs: morale

meaning_definition: ethics | custom | manner | behavior

example_words_list_1: morality, immoral, moralist, moralize, amoral

categorical_group_list: Ethics, Behavior, Social Norms

etymology: Latin moralis 'pertaining to manners', from mos (genitive moris) 'custom, habit'


morpheme_key: morass

morpheme: morass

morpheme_head: morass

affix_form: -morass-

meaning_definition: bog | swamp | quagmire | confused state

example_words_list_1: morass, morasses

example_words_corpus: morassy | morasses

categorical_group_list: Terrain, Confusion

etymology: Middle French 'marais' meaning swamp


morpheme_key: moratoria

morpheme: moratoria

morpheme_head: moratoria

affix_form: -moratoria-

meaning_definition: delay | postponement | suspension

example_words_list_1: moratorium

categorical_group_list: Time, Delay

etymology: Latin morātus, past participle of morārī 'to delay, linger'


morpheme_key: morb

morpheme: morb

morpheme_head: morb

affix_form: -morb-

meaning_definition: mortality | fatal | afflicted

example_words_list_1: morbid, morbific, morbilli

example_words_list_2: morbid, morbific, morbilli

categorical_group_list: Mortality, Pathology

etymology: Latin morbus 'disease, illness'


morpheme_key: morbid

morpheme: morbid

morpheme_head: morbid

affix_form: -morbid-

meaning_definition: ill | diseased | unwholesome

example_words_list_1: morbid

example_words_list_2: morbid

example_words_corpus: morbidly | comorbid | unmorbid | nonmorbid | premorbid | morbidness

categorical_group_list: Sickness, Death, Decay

ancestor_etymon: morb

etymology: from Latin morbidus, from morbus 'disease'


morpheme_key: mordere

morpheme: mordere

morpheme_head: mordere

affix_form: mord

allomorphs: mord

meaning_definition: bite (to grasp with teeth) | bite (to tear with teeth)

example_words_list_1: remorse, mordacious, mordant

example_words_list_2: remorse, mordacious, mordant

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical sensation, Aggression

ancestor_etymon: mord

etymology: Latin mordēre 'to bite'


morpheme_key: more

morpheme: more

morpheme_head: more

affix_form: -more-

meaning_definition: additional | greater | extra

example_words_list_1: mores | moreish | moredom | moreover | evermore | moresome

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Degree

ancestor_etymon: more

etymology: Old English mōre 'greater, more'


morpheme_key: mores

morpheme: mores

morpheme_head: mores

affix_form: -mores-

meaning_definition: custom | habit | way of life

example_words_list_1: mores, moral, morality, moralize, immoral, amoral, moralist, moralistic

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Social Norms

etymology: Latin 'mōrēs' (plural of 'mōs') meaning 'custom, habit, character'


morpheme_key: morgen

morpheme: morgen

morpheme_head: morgen

affix_form: -morgen-

meaning_definition: morning

example_words_list_1: morning, morn

categorical_group_list: Time, Nature

etymology: Proto-Germanic *murgaz (late) + *nahts (night), from PIE *merg- 'to rub, wear away' (referring to the fading of night)


morpheme_key: morgue

morpheme: morgue

morpheme_head: morgue

affix_form: -morgue-

meaning_definition: watching | looking | surveillance

example_words_list_1: morgue, morguer, morguement

example_words_corpus: morgues | morguelike

categorical_group_list: Death, Location

etymology: Old French 'morgue' (a lookout, from 'morguer' to watch)

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: mori

morpheme: mori

morpheme_head: mori

affix_form: -mori-

meaning_definition: cessation of life | process of life ending

categorical_group_list: Mortality, Disease, Decay

etymology: Latin mori 'to die'


morpheme_key: moribund

morpheme: moribund

morpheme_head: moribund

affix_form: -moribund-

meaning_definition: dying | near death | declining

example_words_list_1: moribund

example_words_corpus: moribunds | moribundly | moribundity | moribundness

categorical_group_list: Death, Decay, Decline

etymology: Latin moribundus, from mori 'to die' + -bundus 'about to'


morpheme_key: mormon

morpheme: mormon

morpheme_head: mormon

affix_form: mormon

meaning_definition: Proper noun referring to the ancient American prophet in Mormon theology who compiled the Book of Mormon | religious figure central to Mormonism | title of the prophet in the Book of Mormon

example_words_list_1: Mormondumb | Mormonistic | Mormonization


morpheme_key: morn

morpheme: morn

morpheme_head: morn

affix_form: -morn-

meaning_definition: morning | dawn | early day

example_words_list_1: morning, morn, mornin'

example_words_corpus: morns | tomorn | morning | mornings | mornward | morningly

etymology: Old English morgen


morpheme_key: morning

morpheme: morning

morpheme_head: morning

affix_form: -morning-

meaning_definition: early part of the day | dawn

example_words_list_1: morning, morningstar, morningtide


morpheme_key: moroccan

morpheme: moroccan

morpheme_head: moroccan

affix_form: -moroccan-

meaning_definition: of or from Morocco

example_words_list_1: Moroccan

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Locative, Adjectival

etymology: derived from the name Morocco


morpheme_key: moron

morpheme: moron

morpheme_head: moron

affix_form: moron

meaning_definition: a foolish person | an idiot | a fool

example_words_list_1: morons | moronic | moronism | moronity | submoron | unmoronic

etymology: from Greek 'mōros' meaning foolish


morpheme_key: morose

morpheme: morose

morpheme_head: morose

affix_form: -morose-

meaning_definition: sullen | gloomy | ill-tempered

example_words_list_1: morose

example_words_corpus: morosely | moroseness | morosenesses

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Temperament

etymology: Latin morosus 'capricious, peevish', from mos (gen. moris) 'custom, habit'


morpheme_key: morpheus

morpheme: morpheus

morpheme_head: morpheus

affix_form: -morpheus-

meaning_definition: shape | form | figure

example_words_list_1: amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology

example_words_corpus: Morphean

categorical_group_list: Form, Structure

etymology: Greek morphē 'form, shape'


morpheme_key: morphic

morpheme: morphic

morpheme_head: morphic

affix_form: -morphic

meaning_definition: form | shape | state defined by shape or form

example_words_list_1: metamorphosis | endorphins | amorphous | actinomorphic | allelomorphic | allomorphic | anamorphic | anthropomorphic | dimorphic | dysmorphic | ectomorphic | enantiomorphic | endomorphic | epimorphic | gynandromorphic | hemimetamorphic | hemimorphic | holomorphic | isomorphous

example_words_list_2: metamorphosis, endorphins, amorphous, actinomorphic, allelomorphic, allomorphic, anamorphic, anthropomorphic, dimorphic, dysmorphic, ectomorphic, enantiomorphic, endomorphic, epimorphic, gynandromorphic, hemimetamorphic, hemimorphic, holomorphic, amorphous, isomorphous

example_words_corpus: dimorphic | isomorphic | zoomorphic | trimorphic | geomorphic | epimorphic

categorical_group_list: Shape, Form, Structure

ancestor_etymon: morph

etymology: Greek -morphē 'form, shape'


morpheme_key: morphine

morpheme: morphine

morpheme_head: morphine

affix_form: -morphine-

meaning_definition: form | shape | structure

example_words_list_1: morphology, amorphous, metamorphosis

example_words_corpus: morphines | morphined | apomorphine | normorphine | neomorphine | paramorphine

categorical_group_list: Form, Shape, Structure


morpheme_key: morphism

morpheme: morphism

morpheme_head: morphism

affix_form: -morphism

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: state defined by shape or form

example_words_list_1: anthropomorphism | dimorphism

example_words_list_2: anthropomorphism, dimorphism

example_words_corpus: amorphism | dimorphism | amorphisms | isomorphism | zoomorphism | dimorphisms

categorical_group_list: Form, Structure, State

etymology: Greek -morphismos, from morphē 'form'

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Greek OED


morpheme_key: morphosis

morpheme: morphosis

morpheme_head: morphosis

affix_form: -morphosis

meaning_definition: [re]shaping process

example_words_list_1: metamorphosis, metamorphosis

example_words_corpus: epimorphosis | zoomorphosis | pedomorphosis | holomorphosis | pathomorphosis | phyllomorphosis

categorical_group_list: Process, Transformation

etymology: Greek -morphōsis (a shaping/formation) from morphē (form)


morpheme_key: morphous

morpheme: morphous

morpheme_head: morphous

affix_form: -morphous

allomorphs: morph | morpho

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: form | shape | shaped like {prev}

example_words_list_2: metamorphosis | endorphins | amorphous | actinomorphic | allelomorphic | allomorphic | anamorphic | anthropomorphic | dimorphic | dysmorphic | ectomorphic | enantiomorphic | endomorphic | epimorphic | gynandromorphic | hemimetamorphic | hemimorphic | holomorphic | isomorphous

example_words_corpus: trimorphous | pyromorphous | idiomorphous | monomorphous | xeromorphous | ophiomorphous

categorical_group_list: Shape, Form, Morphology

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin  OED


morpheme_key: morphy

morpheme: morphy

morpheme_head: morphy

affix_form: -morphy

example_words_list_1: amorphy | zoomorphy | geomorphy | polymorphy | automorphy | homomorphy


morpheme_key: morrow

morpheme: morrow

morpheme_head: morrow

affix_form: -morrow-

meaning_definition: morning | next day

example_words_list_1: tomorrow

example_words_corpus: morrows | tomorrow | tomorrows | morrowtide | morrowless | tomorrowless

categorical_group_list: Time

etymology: Old English morwen 'morning'


morpheme_key: mors

morpheme: mors

morpheme_head: mors

affix_form: mors-

sense_label: bite

meaning_definition: a single bite | to grasp with teeth

example_words_list_1: remorse | morsel | mordacity | premorse

example_words_list_2: remorse | morsel | mordacity | premorse

related_morphemes: mord / mord

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption, Aggression

etymology: Latin mors, mor- 'death, bite'


morpheme_head: mors, mort

affix_form: mors

allomorphs: mort

sense_label: death

meaning_definition: demise | lifeless

example_words_list_1: immortal, morgue, morbid, moribund

example_words_list_2: immortal, morgue, morbid, moribund

categorical_group_list: Death, Mortality

etymology: Latin mors (genitive mortis) meaning 'death'


morpheme_key: morse

morpheme: morse

morpheme_head: morse

affix_form: -morse-

meaning_definition: signal | code | communication | information

example_words_list_1: morsecode, morsekey, morsetranslator

example_words_corpus: morses

categorical_group_list: Communication, Technology, Semiotics

etymology: From 'Morse code', named after Samuel Morse; used as a bound root in technical contexts.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: morsel

morpheme: morsel

morpheme_head: morsel

affix_form: -morsel-

meaning_definition: small piece | bit | fragment

example_words_list_1: morsel, morselled, morseling

example_words_corpus: morsels | morselize | morselized | morselizer

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Size, Food

etymology: Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, diminutive of mors 'bite'


morpheme_key: mort

morpheme: mort

morpheme_head: mort

affix_form: mort-

allomorphs: morti

meaning_definition: end of life

example_words_list_1: mortal, mortality, immortal, mortuary, mortician

example_words_corpus: morts | remort | remorts | mortling | mortlings | micromort

categorical_group_list: Descriptives

etymology: Latin mort- 'death', from mori 'to die'

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


morpheme_key: mortal

morpheme: mortal

morpheme_head: mortal

affix_form: mortal-

meaning_definition: dead | mortal | pertaining to death

example_words_list_1: antemortem | immortal | immortality | mortal | mortality | mortician | mortiferous | mortification | mortify | mortuary

example_words_corpus: mortals | mortally | mortalin | mortality | nonmortal | premortal

etymology: mors | mortis


morpheme_key: mortar

morpheme: mortar

morpheme_head: mortar

affix_form: -mortar-

meaning_definition: grinding bowl | heavy tool for crushing

example_words_list_1: mortarium, mortary

example_words_corpus: mortars | mortared | mortarman | unmortared | mortarless | mortarlike

categorical_group_list: Tools, Physical action

etymology: Latin 'mortarium' (noun) meaning 'stone mortar', derived from 'mortarius' (adjective) meaning 'of or belonging to a mortar', from 'mortarium' itself, ultimately from the root 'mort-' related to grinding or crushing (cf. 'molaris' relating to a molar tooth).


morpheme_key: mortgage

morpheme: mortgage

morpheme_head: mortgage

affix_form: -mortgage-

meaning_definition: pledge | security | debt

example_words_list_1: mortgagor, mortgagee, mortgageable, mortgagee's, mortgaged

example_words_corpus: mortgagee | mortgager | mortgages | mortgaged | mortgagers | mortgagees

categorical_group_list: Finance, Legal

etymology: Old French 'mortgage' (mort gage), from 'mort' (dead) + 'gage' (pledge)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: mortis

morpheme: mortis

morpheme_head: mortis

affix_form: -mortis-

allomorphs: mortise

meaning_definition: death | dead

example_words_list_1: mortality, mortician, mortis

etymology: Latin mortis, genitive of mors 'death'


morpheme_key: mortu

morpheme: mortu

morpheme_head: mortu

affix_form: mortu-

meaning_definition: dead | death

example_words_list_1: antemortem, immortal, immortality, mortal, mortality, mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, mortuary

etymology: mors, mortis


morpheme_key: mosa

morpheme: mosa

morpheme_head: mosa

affix_form: -mosa-

meaning_definition: creative, relating to art | inspired by a muse

example_words_list_1: mosaic

example_words_list_2: mosaic

categorical_group_list: Art, Inspiration

ancestor_etymon: musi

etymology: Greek mosaikos 'pertaining to the Muses'


morpheme_key: mosaic

morpheme: mosaic

morpheme_head: mosaic

affix_form: -mosaic-

meaning_definition: composed of small pieces | patterned | variegated

example_words_list_1: mosaic, mosaicism

example_words_corpus: mosaics | demosaic | mosaical | mosaicist | mosaicism | mosaicked

categorical_group_list: Structure, Visual, Pattern

etymology: Greek mosaikos 'made of small pieces'


morpheme_key: moscow

morpheme: moscow

morpheme_head: moscow

affix_form: -moscow-

meaning_definition: Moscow (city in Russia)

example_words_list_1: Moscow, Moscowite, Moscowian

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, City

etymology: From Russian 'Moskva', the name of the capital city of Russia.

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: mosey

morpheme: mosey

morpheme_head: mosey

affix_form: -mosey-

meaning_definition: to walk slowly | to wander | to amble

example_words_list_1: ['mosey']

example_words_corpus: moseys | moseyed | moseying

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: Dialectal variant of 'mose' (to move), possibly from 'moss' or 'mosey' as a frequentative form of 'move', first attested in the 19th century.


morpheme_key: moslem

morpheme: moslem

morpheme_head: moslem

affix_form: moslem

meaning_definition: an older spelling of Muslim | a term historically used to denote a follower of Islam | a variant form of Muslim that is now considered archaic

example_words_list_1: Moslemise | Moslemess | Moslemdom | Moslemism | Moslemist | Moslemness

etymology: derived from Arabic 'muslim' via French

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

etymological_family: Arabic

register: archaic

source: MorphoLex


morpheme_key: mosque

morpheme: mosque

morpheme_head: mosque

affix_form: -mosque-

meaning_definition: place of Islamic worship

example_words_list_1: mosques, mosque-goer

example_words_corpus: mosques | mosqued | unmosqued | mosqueful | mosqueing | mosquelike

categorical_group_list: Religion, Architecture

etymology: Arabic masjid 'place of prostration', from s-j-d 'to prostrate'


morpheme_key: mosquito

morpheme: mosquito

morpheme_head: mosquito

affix_form: -mosquito-

meaning_definition: small flying insect | dipteran

example_words_list_1: mosquito

example_words_corpus: mosquitos | mosquitoes | mosquitoey | mosquitoed | mosquitoish | mosquitofish

categorical_group_list: Biology, Insects

etymology: Portuguese mosquito 'little fly'

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: moss

morpheme: moss

morpheme_head: moss

affix_form: -moss-

meaning_definition: moss | bryophyte | bryophyta

example_words_list_1: moss, mossy, mossland

example_words_corpus: mossy | mosses | demoss | mossen | mossily | firmoss

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Old English 'mosse'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: most

morpheme: most

morpheme_head: most

affix_form: -most-

allomorphs: -most

sense_label: to the greatest extent

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun | preposition | 0

meaning_definition: to the maximum degree | in the highest level

example_words_list_1: utmost, topmost, innermost

example_words_corpus: mosts | almost | mostly | upmost | topmost | endmost

categorical_group_list: Degree, Superlative

ancestor_etymon: -mest OED

etymology: From Old English -mæst, superlative suffix derived from mæst 'most'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: mot

morpheme: mot

morpheme_head: mot

affix_form: mot-

allomorphs: moti | moto

meaning_definition: displacement | movement | the act of shifting

example_words_list_1: motion, motivate, motor, remote, commute

example_words_corpus: mots

related_morphemes: mob / mob, moment / moment, mov / mov

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: mot

etymology: Latin 'motus', past participle of 'movere' meaning 'to move'

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


affix_form: False

sense_label: to mutter, word

meaning_definition: to murmur | a term

example_words_list_1: bon mot, mot, motet, mot juste, motto

example_words_list_2: bon mot, mot, motet, mot juste, motto

categorical_group_list: Speech, Motion

etymology: Latin 'mōtus', past participle of 'movere' meaning 'to move'


morpheme_key: motet

morpheme: motet

morpheme_head: motet

affix_form: -motet-

meaning_definition: song | chant | hymn

example_words_list_1: motet, motetist

example_words_corpus: motets | motettist | motettists

categorical_group_list: Music, Sound, Religious

etymology: Latin motetum, from motus 'moved' (past participle of movere)


morpheme_key: moth

morpheme: moth

morpheme_head: moth

affix_form: -moth-

meaning_definition: moth (insect)

example_words_list_1: moth

example_words_corpus: moths | mothy | budmoth | Mothman | bagmoth | webmoth

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Insects

etymology: Old English mōðe


morpheme_key: mother

morpheme: mother

morpheme_head: mother

affix_form: -mother-

meaning_definition: mother

example_words_list_1: mother, maternal, maternity, motherhood, stepmother, godmother

example_words_corpus: mothers | mothery | motherly | mothered | motherer | unmother

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Core concept

etymology: PIE *méh₂tēr

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: motif

morpheme: motif

morpheme_head: motif

affix_form: -motif-

meaning_definition: theme | pattern | recurring element

example_words_list_1: motif

example_words_corpus: motifs | motific | submotif | motifless | minimotif | motifemic

categorical_group_list: Pattern, Concept, Structure

etymology: French motif, from Italian motivo 'reason, cause'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: motion

morpheme: motion

morpheme_head: motion

affix_form: -motion-

meaning_definition: movement | moving | action of moving

example_words_list_1: motionless, emotion, promotion

example_words_corpus: motions | motioned | motional | motioner | motioning | biomotion

categorical_group_list: Movement, Action

etymology: Latin -mōtiō (stem -mōtiōn-), from movēre 'to move'


morpheme_key: motive

morpheme: motive

morpheme_head: motive

affix_form: -motive-

meaning_definition: cause | reason | impulse

example_words_list_1: motive, motivation, demotivate, locomotive

example_words_corpus: motives | motived | nonmotive | unmotived | automotive | motiveless

categorical_group_list: Motion, Causation, Agency

etymology: Latin 'movere' 'to move'


morpheme_key: motor

morpheme: motor

morpheme_head: motor

affix_form: -motor-

meaning_definition: motion | movement | moving

example_words_list_1: motors | motored | motoric | motorway | motorcar | motorize

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Latin 'movere' (to move) + '-tor' (agent noun suffix)


morpheme_key: mottle

morpheme: mottle

morpheme_head: mottle

affix_form: -mottle-

meaning_definition: spotted | blotched | streaked

example_words_list_1: mottled, mottling, mottleness

example_words_corpus: mottled | mottles | mottler | mottlers | unmottled | nonmottled

categorical_group_list: Visual pattern, Texture

etymology: imitative of the appearance of spots


morpheme_key: motto

morpheme: motto

morpheme_head: motto

affix_form: -motto-

meaning_definition: word | saying | phrase

example_words_list_1: motto

example_words_corpus: mottos | mottoes | mottoed | mottoless | mottoware

categorical_group_list: Communication, Expression

etymology: Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre 'to move'


morpheme_key: mould

morpheme: mould

morpheme_head: mould

affix_form: -mould-

meaning_definition: shape | form | cast

example_words_list_1: moulding, mouldable, remodelled

example_words_corpus: moulds | mouldy | moulded | moulder | remould | unmould

categorical_group_list: Form, Shape, Creation

etymology: Latin 'moldus' or 'mouldus' (a type, form, or cast), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (to grind, crush) referring to the shaping of materials.


morpheme_key: moult

morpheme: moult

morpheme_head: moult

affix_form: -moult-

meaning_definition: to shed | to cast off | to strip

example_words_list_1: moult, moulting

example_words_corpus: moults | moulted | moulter | moulters | unmoulted

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Shedding

etymology: Old French molt 'to strip, to shed'


morpheme_key: mound

morpheme: mound

morpheme_head: mound

affix_form: -mound-

meaning_definition: a small hill | a heap | an elevation

example_words_list_1: mound, mounder, moundland

example_words_corpus: mounds | amound | mounded | remound | mounding | moundlet

categorical_group_list: Topography, Physical shape

etymology: Old English mund 'mound, hill, embankment'


morpheme_key: mount

morpheme: mount

morpheme_head: mount

affix_form: -mount-

sense_label: mountain, hill

meaning_definition: mountain, hill

example_words_list_1: tantamount, amount, paramount, mountaineer, insurmountable

example_words_corpus: mounts | unmount | remount | mounted | mounter | demount

categorical_group_list: Nature, Elevation

etymology: Latin mont-, mons 'mountain'


morpheme_key: mountain

morpheme: mountain

morpheme_head: mountain

affix_form: -mountain-

meaning_definition: large landform | elevated terrain | peak

example_words_corpus: mountains | mountainy | mountainer | mountainet | mountainous | mountaineer

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geography

etymology: From Old French 'montaigne', derived from Latin 'montanus' (of a mountain), from 'mons' (mountain)


morpheme_key: mourn

morpheme: mourn

morpheme_head: mourn

affix_form: -mourn-

meaning_definition: to feel sorrow | to grieve | to lament

example_words_list_1: mournful, mourning, mourner

example_words_corpus: mourns | mourner | mourned | bemourn | mourning | mournful

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sorrow

etymology: Old French mournir 'to die, to grieve'


morpheme_key: mouse

morpheme: mouse

morpheme_head: mouse

affix_form: -mouse-

meaning_definition: small rodent

example_words_list_1: mouse, mousy, mousepad

example_words_corpus: mouses | mouser | moused | mousers | mousery | demouse

categorical_group_list: Animals, Rodents

etymology: Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: mousse

morpheme: mousse

morpheme_head: mousse

affix_form: -mousse-

meaning_definition: frothy | light | airy

example_words_list_1: mousse

example_words_corpus: mousses | moussed | mousselike

categorical_group_list: Texture, Food

etymology: French mousse 'foam, froth'


morpheme_key: moustache

morpheme: moustache

morpheme_head: moustache

affix_form: -moustache-

meaning_definition: hair | facial hair

example_words_list_1: moustache

example_words_corpus: moustaches | moustached | unmoustached | bemoustached | moustachelike | moustacheless

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical feature

etymology: French moustache


morpheme_key: mouth

morpheme: mouth

morpheme_head: mouth

affix_form: -mouth-

meaning_definition: oral opening | orifice of the digestive tract

example_words_list_1: mouthful, mouthwash, mouthpiece

example_words_corpus: mouths | mouthy | mouther | mouthly | bemouth | mouthful

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: PIE *mēnt- (mouth)


morpheme_key: move

morpheme: move

morpheme_head: mov

affix_form: -move-

meaning_definition: change position | shift | displace

example_words_list_1: movement, movable, remove, immovable

example_words_corpus: moved | mover | moves | movers | moveth | comove

categorical_group_list: Motion, Change, Action

etymology: Latin 'movere' meaning 'to move'


morpheme_key: mow

morpheme: mow

morpheme_head: mow

affix_form: -mow-

meaning_definition: to cut | to reap

example_words_list_1: mow, mower, mowing

example_words_corpus: mows | mower | mowed | bemow | haymow | mowing

categorical_group_list: Action, Vegetation

etymology: Middle English mowen


morpheme_key: mubarak

morpheme: mubarak

morpheme_head: mubarak

affix_form: -mubarak-

meaning_definition: blessed | blessed by God | fortunate | auspicious

example_words_list_1: Mubarak, Baraka, Mubarakah, Tabarakallah

categorical_group_list: Blessing, Prosperity, Auspiciousness

etymology: From Arabic root b-r-k (ب ر ك) meaning 'to bless' or 'to have baraka (blessing)'; past tense form meaning 'he was blessed'.


morpheme_key: muc

morpheme: muc

morpheme_head: muc

affix_form: -muc-

allomorphs: muci | muco

meaning_definition: slimy secretion | viscous bodily fluid

example_words_list_1: muciferous, mucilage, mucin, mucoprotein, mucous, mucus

related_morphemes: myx / myx

categorical_group_list: Biology, Secretion

etymology: Latin mūcus 'slime, mucus'


morpheme_key: much

morpheme: much

morpheme_head: much

affix_form: -much-

meaning_definition: great amount | large quantity

example_words_list_1: much, muchness

example_words_corpus: muchly | muchness | insomuch | overmuch | muchwhat | forasmuch

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Degree

etymology: Old English micel "great, large"


morpheme_key: mucilage

morpheme: mucilage

morpheme_head: mucilage

affix_form: -mucilage-

meaning_definition: sticky | glue-like | viscous substance

example_words_list_1: mucilaginous, mucilaginousness

example_words_corpus: mucilages

categorical_group_list: Texture, Substance

etymology: Latin mucilāgō (gen. mucilāginis) 'slime, slime-like substance', derived from mucidus 'sticky, slimy'


morpheme_key: muck

morpheme: muck

morpheme_head: muck

affix_form: -muck-

meaning_definition: dirt | mud | filth

example_words_list_1: mucky, muckraker, muckpile

example_words_corpus: mucky | mucks | mucker | mucked | mucking | muckers

categorical_group_list: Substance, Nature

etymology: Middle English muck (mud, dirt)


morpheme_key: mucous

morpheme: mucous

morpheme_head: mucous

affix_form: -mucous-

meaning_definition: mucus | slimy substance

example_words_list_1: mucous, mucosity, mucosous

example_words_corpus: mucousy | mucously | nonmucous | submucous | mucousness | seromucous

categorical_group_list: Substance, Biological, Texture

etymology: Latin mucosus 'slimy, moist', from mucor 'mucus'


morpheme_key: mucus

morpheme: mucus

morpheme_head: mucus

affix_form: -mucus-

meaning_definition: mucus | slime

example_words_list_1: mucous, mucin, mucilage

example_words_corpus: mucusy | mucusless | mucusuria

categorical_group_list: Biological, Substance

etymology: Latin mucus 'slime, mucus'


morpheme_key: mud

morpheme: mud

morpheme_head: mud

affix_form: -mud-

meaning_definition: wet earth | soft soil | mire

example_words_list_1: muddy, muddying, mudflat

example_words_corpus: muds | muddy | bemud | mudded | mudbug | MUDder

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Substance

etymology: Old English 'mudde'


morpheme_key: muddle

morpheme: muddle

morpheme_head: muddle

affix_form: -muddle-

meaning_definition: confuse | mix up | disorder

example_words_list_1: muddle, muddled, muddling, muddledness

example_words_corpus: muddles | muddled | muddler | muddlers | remuddle | bemuddle

categorical_group_list: Confusion, Disorder

etymology: Middle English 'muddelen', possibly related to 'mud'


morpheme_key: muff

morpheme: muff

morpheme_head: muff

affix_form: muff

meaning_definition: a garment made of fur or cloth, typically with open ends, used to keep hands warm | a type of hand covering

example_words_list_1: muffs | Muffs | muffed | earmuff | muffing | muffish


morpheme_key: muffin

morpheme: muffin

morpheme_head: muffin

affix_form: -muffin-

meaning_definition: small baked cake

example_words_list_1: muffin top, blueberry muffin, bran muffin

example_words_corpus: muffins | muffiny | McMuffin | studmuffin | minimuffin | muffinlike

categorical_group_list: Food

etymology: originally a dialectal variant of 'muff' (a type of muffler or hood), later applied to the baked good


morpheme_key: muffle

morpheme: muffle

morpheme_head: muffle

affix_form: -muffle-

meaning_definition: to make dull or muffled | to conceal or suppress

example_words_list_1: muffle, muffled, muffler, muffling

example_words_corpus: muffler | muffled | muffles | mufflers | unmuffle | bemuffle

categorical_group_list: Sound, Suppression

etymology: imitative of muffled sound


morpheme_key: mug

morpheme: mug

morpheme_head: mug

affix_form: -mug-

meaning_definition: mug | cup | drinking vessel

example_words_list_1: mug, mugful, mugshot

example_words_corpus: mugs | mugger | mugful | mugged | muggen | muggee

categorical_group_list: Container, Drinkware, Object

etymology: Middle Dutch mugge, mugge 'drinking vessel'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: muhammad

morpheme: muhammad

morpheme_head: muhammad

affix_form: -muhammad-

meaning_definition: praised | commendable

example_words_list_1: Muhammad, Ahmad, Mahmud, Mohammed

categorical_group_list: Praise, Person Name

etymology: Arabic muḥammad, passive participle of ḥammada 'to praise', from root ḥ-m-d

register: honorific


morpheme_key: muir

morpheme: muir

morpheme_head: muir

affix_form: -muir-

meaning_definition: island

example_words_list_1: Muir, Muirchú, Muire

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nature, Toponymic

etymology: Scottish Gaelic 'muir' meaning 'sea' or 'island' (from Proto-Celtic *morios)

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish Gaelic


morpheme_key: mulct

morpheme: mulct

morpheme_head: mulct

affix_form: -mulct-

meaning_definition: to fine | to penalize | to extract money from

example_words_list_1: mulct, mulcted, mulcting

example_words_corpus: mulcts | mulcted | mulcting | mulctings

categorical_group_list: Punishment, Finance

etymology: Latin mulctum, past participle of mulcere 'to soften, soothe', from PIE *mulk- 'to soften'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: mule

morpheme: mule

morpheme_head: mule

affix_form: -mule-

meaning_definition: hybrid offspring of a donkey and a horse

example_words_list_1: mule

example_words_corpus: mules | muleteer | mulelike | muleback | muleless | muleload

categorical_group_list: Animals, Hybrids

etymology: Latin mūlus


morpheme_key: mulg

morpheme: mulg

morpheme_head: mulg

affix_form: mulg-

sense_label: milk

meaning_definition: milk

example_words_list_1: emulsion

example_words_list_2: emulsion

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Liquids

etymology: mulgere


morpheme_key: muli

morpheme: muli

morpheme_head: multi

affix_form: muli-

meaning_definition: many | much | multiple

example_words_list_1: multitude, multiply, multiform

example_words_corpus: mulis

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin 'multus' meaning 'much, many'


morpheme_key: mull

morpheme: mull

morpheme_head: mull

affix_form: -mull-

meaning_definition: to draw cards from the deck into the hand

example_words_list_1: mulligan, mull, mulliganigan

example_words_corpus: mulls | mulled | muller | mulling | mullock | mullocks

categorical_group_list: Card Game Action, Drawing, Game Mechanics

etymology: Shortened form of 'mulligan', a term for a do-over or second chance in golf, adopted into card game terminology.


morpheme_key: mullah

morpheme: mullah

morpheme_head: mullah

affix_form: -mullah-

meaning_definition: religious scholar | Islamic cleric | teacher

example_words_list_1: mullah

example_words_corpus: mullahs | mullahcracy

categorical_group_list: Religion, Person, Profession

etymology: Persian mullā, from Arabic mawlā 'master, patron, client'


morpheme_key: muller

morpheme: muller

morpheme_head: muller

affix_form: -muller-

meaning_definition: miller | one who grinds grain

example_words_list_1: miller, miller, miller

categorical_group_list: Agent, Occupation

etymology: From Middle Low German mullere, from Old High German mullar, from Proto-Germanic *mullōną (to grind), related to Latin molere.

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: mulligan

morpheme: mulligan

morpheme_head: mulligan

affix_form: -mulligan-

meaning_definition: to replace | to shuffle again | to discard and redraw

example_words_list_1: ['mulligan']

categorical_group_list: Action, Replacement

etymology: Named after golfer David Mulligan, who claimed a do-over shot; adopted in gaming contexts to mean a 'do-over' or redraw.


morpheme_key: muls

morpheme: muls

morpheme_head: muls

affix_form: muls-


morpheme_key: multi

morpheme: multi

affix_form: -multi-

sense_label: many, much

meaning_definition: many, much

example_words_list_1: multilingual, multiple, multiplex, multiplication, multiplicity, multiply, multitude, multitudinous

example_words_corpus: multimer | multibay | multiset | multiage | multimap | multicar

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Magnitude

etymology: multus


morpheme_key: multiple

morpheme: multiple

morpheme_head: multiple

affix_form: -multiple-

meaning_definition: many | more than one | much

example_words_list_1: multiple, multiplicity, multiplex

example_words_corpus: multiples | multiplets | circummultiple | hypermultiplets

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Number

etymology: Latin 'multus' meaning 'many, much'


morpheme_key: multitude

morpheme: multitude

morpheme_head: multitude

affix_form: -multitude-

meaning_definition: many | large number | great quantity

example_words_list_1: multitude, multivalent, multivitamin, multilateral, multilingual

etymology: Latin multus 'many, much'


morpheme_key: mum

morpheme: mum

morpheme_head: mum

affix_form: -mum-

meaning_definition: mother

example_words_list_1: mummy, mummer, mummer's play

example_words_corpus: mums | mumoir | mumming | stepmum | mumhood | supermum

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'mōdor', from Proto-Germanic '*mōdēr', from Proto-Indo-European '*méh₂tēr'.


morpheme_key: mumble

morpheme: mumble

morpheme_head: mumble

affix_form: -mumble-

meaning_definition: speak indistinctly | low sound | indistinct

example_words_list_1: mumble, mumbling, mumbled

example_words_corpus: mumbled | mumbles | mumbler | mumblers | mumbleth | mumblest

categorical_group_list: Speech, Sound, Audition

etymology: imitative of low, indistinct sounds

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: mummy

morpheme: mummy

morpheme_head: mummy

affix_form: -mummy-

meaning_definition: preserved body | corpse

example_words_list_1: mummy, mummify, mummification

example_words_corpus: mummyji | mummyjis | mummylike | mummyhood | mummykins | grandmummy

categorical_group_list: Death, Preservation

etymology: Arabic mumiyā (bitumen, pitch) < Persian mūm (wax), originally referring to the bitumen used in embalming, later applied to the preserved body itself


morpheme_key: mumps

morpheme: mumps

morpheme_head: mumps

affix_form: -mumps-

meaning_definition: mumps (viral disease)

example_words_list_1: mumps

example_words_corpus: antimumps

categorical_group_list: Disease, Medical, Noun

etymology: From the verb 'to mump' (to make a grimace or scowl), referring to the swollen cheeks characteristic of the disease.


morpheme_key: mun

morpheme: mun

morpheme_head: mun

affix_form: mun-

allomorphs: muni

meaning_definition: shared | general | present | accomplishment | protect | strengthen | state duties | government roles | compensation | tax-free

example_words_list_1: munificent | commune | remunerate | excommunicate | ammunition | muniment | munitions | immune | municipal | premunition

example_words_corpus: muns

related_morphemes: mun3 / mun | mun2 / mun

categorical_group_list: Obligation, Social, Exchange

ancestor_etymon: mun

etymology: Latin munus (genitive muneris) 'gift, service, duty'

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


morpheme_key: munch

morpheme: munch

morpheme_head: munch

affix_form: -munch-

meaning_definition: to chew | to eat noisily

example_words_list_1: munch, muncher, munchies, munching

example_words_corpus: munchy | munchie | muncher | munched | munches | munchies

categorical_group_list: Action, Consumption

etymology: Middle English munchen, from Old English mucan


morpheme_key: mund

morpheme: mund

morpheme_head: mund

affix_form: mund-

meaning_definition: global realm | the entire world

example_words_list_1: anima mundi | antemundane | demimondaine | demimonde | extramundane | intramundane | map | mondain | mondaine | mondial | mondo | mundane | mundanity | ultramundane | beau monde | sic transit gloria mundi

example_words_corpus: munds

categorical_group_list: Cosmology, Environment

etymology: Latin mundus 'world, universe'


morpheme_key: mundane

morpheme: mundane

morpheme_head: mundane

affix_form: -mundane-

meaning_definition: ordinary | commonplace | worldly

example_words_list_1: mundane

example_words_corpus: mundanes | mundanely | unmundane | nonmundane | submundane | antemundane

categorical_group_list: State, Nature

etymology: Latin mundanus 'of the world', from mundus 'world'


morpheme_key: munerate

morpheme: munerate

morpheme_head: munerate

affix_form: -munerate-

meaning_definition: to serve | to attend | to perform duties

example_words_list_1: remunerate, munificent

categorical_group_list: Service, Action

etymology: Latin munus (gen. muneris) 'gift, service, duty'


morpheme_key: municipal

morpheme: municipal

morpheme_head: municipal

affix_form: -municipal-

meaning_definition: city | town

categorical_group_list: Governance, Location, Administration

etymology: Latin 'municipium' (free town), from 'municeps' (citizen), from 'munus' (duty/service) + 'capere' (to take)


morpheme_key: munific

morpheme: munific

morpheme_head: munific

affix_form: -munific-

meaning_definition: giving | generous | bountiful

example_words_list_1: munificence, munificently

categorical_group_list: Generosity, Abundance

etymology: Latin munificus, from munus (gift) + facere (to make)


morpheme_key: munition

morpheme: munition

morpheme_head: munition

affix_form: -munition-

meaning_definition: service | duty | military service

example_words_list_1: ammunition, munitionary

example_words_corpus: munitions | munitioner | remunition | submunition | munitioners | submunitions

categorical_group_list: Warfare, Defense

etymology: Latin munitio (genitive munitonis) 'a fortifying, fortification', from munire 'to fortify, equip, supply'


morpheme_key: mur

morpheme: mur

morpheme_head: mur

affix_form: mur-

sense_label: wall

meaning_definition: a vertical barrier | a structural division

example_words_list_1: antemural | immuration | immure | immurement | intramural | murage | mural | extramural

categorical_group_list: Structure, Barrier

etymology: Latin murus 'wall'


morpheme_key: mural

morpheme: mural

morpheme_head: mural

affix_form: -mural-

meaning_definition: a vertical barrier | a structural surface

example_words_list_1: mural, intramural

example_words_list_2: mural, intramural

example_words_corpus: murals | muraled | muralist | muralism | muralists | photomural

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Structure

ancestor_etymon: mural

etymology: Latin 'murus' (wall) + '-alis' (adjective suffix)


morpheme_key: murder

morpheme: murder

morpheme_head: murder

affix_form: murder

meaning_definition: to devour violently | to commit sexual violence | to kill

example_words_list_1: murders | murderer | murdered | murderee | unmurder | murderess


morpheme_key: murk

morpheme: murk

morpheme_head: murk

affix_form: -murk-

meaning_definition: dark | dim | obscured

example_words_list_1: murky, murkiness

example_words_corpus: murky | murks | murked | murken | murking | murkily

categorical_group_list: Darkness, Obscurity

etymology: Middle English murk, related to murky


morpheme_key: mus

morpheme: mus

morpheme_head: mus

affix_form: False

sense_label: the Muses

meaning_definition: The divine patrons of artistic and intellectual pursuits | The mythological figures representing creative inspiration

example_words_list_1: amusia | Muse | museology | musette | museum | music Variant Spellings: mosaic | mosaic

example_words_corpus: Muridae | Murinae

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek musa 'Muse'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: musc

morpheme: musc

morpheme_head: musc

affix_form: musc-

sense_label: fly

meaning_definition: fly

example_words_list_1: Musca, muscarine, Muscicapa, Muscicapidae, Muscidae, musciform, mosquito

categorical_group_list: Insects, Animals

etymology: musca, muscae


morpheme_key: muscle

morpheme: muscle

morpheme_head: muscle

affix_form: -muscle-

meaning_definition: tissue | fiber | strength

example_words_list_1: muscular, musculature, muscularity

example_words_corpus: muscles | muscled | muscley | muscleman | nonmuscle | outmuscle

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Latin 'musculus', diminutive of 'mus' (mouse), referring to the shape of contracting muscles resembling mice under the skin


morpheme_key: musculo

morpheme: musculo

morpheme_head: muscul(o)

affix_form: musculo-

allomorphs: musculo

sense_label: muscular

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: pertaining to muscles

example_words_list_1: musculo-membranous | musculo-spiral

example_words_list_2: musculo-membranous, musculo-spiral

example_words_corpus: musculomotor | musculotropic | musculofacial | musculotropics | musculophrenic | musculofascial

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

ancestor_etymon: mūsculus  OED

etymology: From Latin 'musculus' meaning 'little mouse' or 'muscle', referring to the shape of contracting muscles.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: muse

morpheme: muse

morpheme_head: muse

affix_form: -muse-

meaning_definition: to linger aimlessly | to remain without purpose

example_words_list_1: amuse, bemuse, muse

example_words_list_2: amuse, bemuse, muse

example_words_corpus: mused | muses | muser | bemuse | musers | museth

categorical_group_list: Thought, Contemplation, Idle action

etymology: Old French muser : to stare, to ponder, to loiter


morpheme_key: museum

morpheme: museum

morpheme_head: museum

affix_form: -museum-

meaning_definition: place for preservation | collection of artifacts

example_words_list_1: museum

example_words_corpus: museums | nonmuseum | ecomuseum | museumize | geomuseum | museumlike

categorical_group_list: Place, Culture, Preservation

etymology: Greek mouseion "shrine of the Muses"


morpheme_key: mush

morpheme: mush

morpheme_head: mush

affix_form: -mush-

meaning_definition: mush | soft mass | pulpy substance

example_words_list_1: mush, mushy, mushroom

example_words_corpus: mushy | smush | musher | mushes | mushed | smushy

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture, Food

etymology: Middle English mush, mushum, of unknown origin, possibly related to mushy

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: musico

morpheme: musico

morpheme_head: musico

affix_form: musico-

sense_label: music, musical

meaning_definition: sound art | related to melody

example_words_list_1: musico-therapy | musicology

example_words_list_2: musico-therapy, musicology

example_words_corpus: musicotherapy

categorical_group_list: Art, Sound

ancestor_etymon: μουσική  OED

etymology: From Latin musicus, from Greekmousikos 'of or pertaining to music', from mousa 'muse'. The form 'musico-' is a learned combining form derived from the Latin stem.

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: musk

morpheme: musk

morpheme_head: musk

affix_form: -musk-

meaning_definition: strong-smelling secretion | scent

example_words_list_1: musk, musky, muskrat

example_words_corpus: musky | musks | muskily | muskwood | muskroot | muskmelon

categorical_group_list: Scent, Animal product

etymology: Greek muskos "musk"


morpheme_key: musket

morpheme: musket

morpheme_head: musket

affix_form: -musket-

meaning_definition: a long-barreled firearm

example_words_list_1: musket, musketeer, musketry

example_words_corpus: muskets | musketry | musketed | musketeer | musketoon | musketeers

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Objects

etymology: French mousquet, from musket


morpheme_key: muss

morpheme: muss

morpheme_head: muss

affix_form: -muss-

meaning_definition: must | necessity | obligation

example_words_list_1: must, musty, mustiness

example_words_corpus: mussy | musses | mussed | mussing | mussily | unmussed

categorical_group_list: Modality, Necessity, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'mōt' (past tense of 'magan', meaning 'to be able, to have power'), evolving to denote necessity or compulsion.


morpheme_key: mussel

morpheme: mussel

morpheme_head: mussel

affix_form: -mussel-

meaning_definition: bivalve mollusk

example_words_list_1: mussel, musselweed, musselwood

example_words_corpus: mussels | robomussel | robomussels

categorical_group_list: Biology, Fauna

etymology: Old French mussel

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: must

morpheme: must

morpheme_head: must

affix_form: -must-

meaning_definition: freshly produced wine

example_words_corpus: musty | musts | mustily | mustest | mustiness | mustimeter

categorical_group_list: Food, Beverage, Agriculture

etymology: Latin 'mustum' (gen. 'musti') meaning 'new wine', from 'mulsum' (honeyed wine), related to 'mulcere' to soothe


morpheme_key: mustache

morpheme: mustache

morpheme_head: mustache

affix_form: -mustache-

meaning_definition: hair | facial hair

example_words_list_1: mustache

example_words_corpus: mustaches | mustached | mustachelike

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical feature

etymology: French moustache


morpheme_key: mustachio

morpheme: mustachio

morpheme_head: mustachio

affix_form: -mustachio-

meaning_definition: having a mustache

example_words_list_1: mustachioed

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Appearance

etymology: Italian 'mostacciuolo' (small mustache) from 'mustaccio'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian

etymological_family: Italian


morpheme_key: muster

morpheme: muster

morpheme_head: muster

affix_form: -muster-

meaning_definition: to gather | to assemble | to collect

example_words_list_1: muster, mustering, mustered

example_words_corpus: musters | mustered | musterer | mustering | mustereth | musterers

categorical_group_list: Collection, Action

etymology: Latin muster 'gathering, levy' (noun), from musterare 'to gather, collect', frequentative of emere 'to take, buy'


morpheme_key: mut

morpheme: mut

morpheme_head: mut

affix_form: mut-

allomorphs: muta

sense_label: change

meaning_definition: alter | modify | swap

example_words_list_1: mutation, mutate, mutable, immutable

etymology: mūtare


morpheme_key: mutable

morpheme: mutable

morpheme_head: mutable

affix_form: -mutable-

meaning_definition: able to be changed | capable of change

example_words_list_1: immutable, immutability

categorical_group_list: Change, Ability

etymology: Latin mutabilis, from mutare 'to change'


morpheme_key: mutant

morpheme: mutant

morpheme_head: mutant

affix_form: -mutant-

meaning_definition: change | altered | transformed

example_words_list_1: mutation, mutate, mutable

example_words_corpus: mutants | nonmutant | epimutant | nonmutants | antimutant | epimutants

categorical_group_list: Change, Transformation

etymology: Latin mutare 'to change'


morpheme_key: mutate

morpheme: mutate

morpheme_head: mutate

affix_form: -mutate-

meaning_definition: change | alter | transform

example_words_list_1: mutation, mutate, mutagen, mutationally

example_words_corpus: mutated | mutates | unmutated | dismutate | nonmutated | paramutate


morpheme_key: mute

morpheme: mute

morpheme_head: mute

affix_form: -mute-

meaning_definition: silent | unable to speak | lacking sound

example_words_list_1: mute, muteness, immutability

example_words_corpus: muter | muten | mutes | muted | muters | mutely

categorical_group_list: Silence, Absence

etymology: Latin mūtus 'silent, speechless'


morpheme_key: mutilate

morpheme: mutilate

morpheme_head: mutilate

affix_form: -mutilate-

meaning_definition: to damage | to disfigure | to maim

example_words_list_1: mutilation, mutilated, mutilator

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Violence

etymology: Latin mutilatus, past participle of mutilare 'to maim, disfigure', from mutilus 'maimed, mutilated'


morpheme_key: mutineer

morpheme: mutineer

morpheme_head: mutineer

affix_form: -mutineer-

meaning_definition: rebel | revolt | mutiny

example_words_list_1: mutiny, mutinous, mutineering

categorical_group_list: Rebellion, Conflict, Agent

etymology: French mutin 'rebellious' + -eer (agent suffix)


morpheme_key: mutinous

morpheme: mutinous

morpheme_head: mutinous

affix_form: -mutinous-

meaning_definition: rebellious | refusing | disobedient

example_words_list_1: mutiny, mutineer

categorical_group_list: Rebellion, Disobedience

etymology: Latin mutinus 'pertaining to a mutiny' (of uncertain origin, possibly from mutare 'to change')


morpheme_key: mutt

morpheme: mutt

morpheme_head: mutt

affix_form: -mutt-

allomorphs: mutton

meaning_definition: mixed | hybrid | mongrel

example_words_list_1: mutt

example_words_corpus: mutts | muttnik | muttish | muttniks | Euromutt | muttrimony

categorical_group_list: Biological, Hybridity

etymology: Middle English mutte, related to mutton


morpheme_key: mutter

morpheme: mutter

morpheme_head: mutter

affix_form: -mutter-

meaning_definition: to speak in a low, indistinct, or barely audible manner

example_words_list_1: mutter, muttering, muttered

example_words_corpus: mutters | muttery | amutter | muttered | mutterer | muttering

categorical_group_list: Communication, Sound

etymology: imitative of low, indistinct speech


morpheme_key: mutual

morpheme: mutual

morpheme_head: mutual

affix_form: -mutual-

meaning_definition: reciprocal | shared | in return

example_words_list_1: mutuality, mutuality, mutuality

example_words_corpus: mutuals | mutually | mutualism | mutuality | nonmutual | mutualize

categorical_group_list: Reciprocity, Relation

etymology: Latin mutuus 'reciprocal, borrowed, lent'


morpheme_key: muzak

morpheme: muzak

morpheme_head: muzak

affix_form: -muzak-

meaning_definition: background music | instrumental music

example_words_list_1: muzak

example_words_corpus: muzaky

categorical_group_list: Music, Auditory

etymology: from German 'Musik' (music) + 'Kakophonie' (cacophony), coined by the company Muzak to imply music that is pleasant but not intrusive.


morpheme_key: muzzle

morpheme: muzzle

morpheme_head: muzzle

affix_form: -muzzle-

meaning_definition: part of an animal's face | snout | restraint for a mouth

example_words_list_1: muzzle

example_words_corpus: muzzles | muzzled | muzzler | unmuzzle | muzzlers | muzzleth

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Restraint

etymology: Middle English musel, related to snout


morpheme_key: my

morpheme: my

morpheme_head: my

affix_form: -my-

sense_label: mouse

meaning_definition: mouse

example_words_list_1: myth, mythology, mythological, mythical, demy

example_words_corpus: myself | myalgia | myalgic | mystory | myselves | mystorical

categorical_group_list: Animal, Small creature

etymology: μῦς, μυός(mûs, muós), μυών


affix_form: my-

sense_label: shut (the eyes), muscle

meaning_definition: shut (the eyes), muscle

example_words_list_1: miosis | myopia | myopic | myosis | mystery | myocardium | myasthenia | myosin

example_words_list_2: miosis, myopia, myopic, myosis, mystery, myocardium, myasthenia, myosin

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: μύειν (múein), μύσις (músis), μύστης (mústēs)

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: myc

morpheme: myc

morpheme_head: myc

affix_form: myc-

allomorphs: myco

meaning_definition: a fungal organism | member of the fungal kingdom

example_words_list_1: ascomycete | basidiomycete | mycology | mycobacteria | mycologist | mycomycin | mycophagist | mycophagy | mycoplasma | mycotoxin | zygomycete | zygomycosis | neomycin | Aureomycin™ | botryomycosis | erythromycin | mycelium | -mycete | mycetoma | -mycin | mycosis | streptomycin

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: From Greek mykēs 'mushroom, fungus'


morpheme_key: mycenae

morpheme: mycenae

morpheme_head: mycenae

affix_form: -mycenae-

meaning_definition: Mycenae | Mycenaean

example_words_list_1: Mycenaean, Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean civilization

example_words_corpus: Mycenaean

categorical_group_list: Geography, History, Civilization

etymology: From Mykēnē (Μυκῆναι), the name of the ancient Greek city-state.


morpheme_key: mycete

morpheme: mycete

morpheme_head: mycete

affix_form: -mycete

meaning_definition: fungus | mushroom

example_words_list_1: ascomycete | basidiomycete | mycology | mycobacteria | mycologist | mycomycin | mycophagist | mycophagy | mycoplasma | mycotoxin | zygomycete | zygomycosis | neomycin

example_words_list_2: ascomycete, basidiomycete, mycology, mycobacteria, mycologist, mycology, mycomycin, mycophagist, mycophagy, mycoplasma, mycotoxin, zygomycete, zygomycosis, neomycin

example_words_corpus: micromycete | actinomycete | micromycetes | actinomycetes | saccharomycete | saccharomycetes

categorical_group_list: Biology, Fungi

etymology: μύκης, μύκητος (múkēs, múkētos)


morpheme_key: mycin

morpheme: mycin

morpheme_head: mycin

affix_form: -mycin

meaning_definition: fungus

example_words_list_1: 134 e) | ascomycete | basidiomycete | mycology | mycobacteria | mycologist | mycomycin | mycophagist | mycophagy | mycoplasma | mycotoxin | zygomycete | zygomycosis | neomycin

example_words_corpus: neomycin | mitomycin | neomycins | monomycin | vancomycin | fosfomycin

etymology: μύκης, μύκητος (múkēs, múkētos)


morpheme_key: myel

morpheme: myel

morpheme_head: myel

affix_form: myel-

allomorphs: myelo

sense_label: marrow

meaning_definition: soft tissue within bones | central nervous system structure | inner bone tissue | nerve-insulating substance

example_words_list_1: myeloma, myelitis, myeloid

etymology: Greek myelos 'marrow'


morpheme_key: myl

morpheme: myl

morpheme_head: myl

affix_form: myl-

allomorphs: mylo

meaning_definition: mill

example_words_list_1: amyloid | amyloidosis | amylolysis | amylopectin | amylophagia | amyloplast | amylose | amylum

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Chemistry, Biology

etymology: μύλη (múlē) | μύλος (múlos)


morpheme_key: mynah

morpheme: mynah

morpheme_head: mynah

affix_form: -mynah-

meaning_definition: myna (bird)

example_words_list_1: mynah

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: from Malay 'merbah' or 'minah'

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: myo

morpheme: myo

morpheme_head: myo

affix_form: myo-

meaning_definition: muscular tissue | small rodent

example_words_list_1: miosis | myopia | myopic | myosis | mystery | myocardium | myasthenia | myosin | leiomyoma | myoblast | myocardial | mydynamics | myoma | amyotonia | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | myology | myopathy | myotonia unrelated: myopia

example_words_corpus: myoma | myoid | myomas | amyous | myorod | myology

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: μυ-  OED

etymology: μύειν (múein) | μύσις (músis) | μύστης (mústēs) | μυς (mys) | Greek μῦς | μυ- (mûs | mu-) | muscle | mouse | mussel | < ancient Greek μυ- | μῦς muscle | mussel OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: myocardium

morpheme: myocardium

morpheme_head: myocardium

affix_form: -myocardium-

meaning_definition: heart muscle

example_words_list_1: myocardial, myocardium

etymology: Greek mys (muscle) + kardia (heart)


morpheme_key: myop

morpheme: myop

morpheme_head: myop

affix_form: -myop-

meaning_definition: near | close | small

example_words_list_1: myopia, myopic

categorical_group_list: Vision, Size

etymology: Greek myops 'near-sighted, small-eyed'


morpheme_key: myosin

morpheme: myosin

morpheme_head: myosin

affix_form: -myosin-

meaning_definition: muscle protein | contractile protein

example_words_list_1: myosin, myositis, myopathy, myalgia, myocyte

example_words_corpus: myosins | myosinic | isomyosin | meromyosin | paramyosin | isomyosins

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy

etymology: Greek 'mys' (muscle) + '-in' (suffix denoting a substance)


morpheme_key: myria

morpheme: myria

morpheme_head: myria

affix_form: myria-

allomorphs: myrio | myri

meaning_definition: ten thousand | innumerable quantity | numerical value of 10,000

example_words_list_1: myriad | myriapod

example_words_list_2: myriad, myriapod

example_words_corpus: myriagon | myriagram | Myriapoda | myriagons | myrialitre | myriametre

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek myrmēko- myrmēx : ant

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: myriad

morpheme: myriad

morpheme_head: myriad

affix_form: myriad-

sense_label: ten thousand

meaning_definition: a quantity equaling ten thousand

example_words_list_1: myriad

example_words_list_2: myriad

categorical_group_list: Number multiplier 10,000

ancestor_etymon: myriad

etymology: Greek myrias (μυριάς) 'ten thousand'


morpheme_key: myringo

morpheme: myringo

morpheme_head: myringo

affix_form: myringo-

allomorphs: myring

sense_label: ear

meaning_definition: ear | tympanic

example_words_list_1: myringotomy | myringotomies | myringoplasty | myringomycosis | myringoplasties

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Sensory

etymology: Greek myringos 'drum, membrane' (referring to the tympanic membrane)


morpheme_key: myrmeco

morpheme: myrmeco

morpheme_head: myrmeco

affix_form: myrmeco-

allomorphs: myrmec

meaning_definition: ant

example_words_list_1: myrmecochory | myrmecoid | myrmecology | myrmecophobia | myrmomancy

example_words_list_2: myrmecochory, myrmecoid, myrmecology, myrmecophobia, myrmomancy

example_words_corpus: myrmecoid | myrmecoidy | myrmecology | myrmecophile | myrmecophyte | myrmecophagy

categorical_group_list: Animals, Insects

etymology: μύρμηξ (múrmēx)


morpheme_key: myrrh

morpheme: myrrh

morpheme_head: myrrh

affix_form: -myrrh-

meaning_definition: aromatic resin | fragrant gum

example_words_list_1: myrrh

example_words_corpus: myrrhy | myrrhic | myrrhlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance, Fragrance

etymology: Greek myrrha (myrrh)


morpheme_key: myso

morpheme: myso

morpheme_head: mys

affix_form: myso-

allomorphs: myso

meaning_definition: dirtiness | grime

example_words_list_1: mysophilia | mysophobia

example_words_list_2: mysophilia, mysophobia

example_words_corpus: mysophobe | mysophile | mysophilia | mysophiles | mysophobes | mysophobia

categorical_group_list: Disgust, Impurity

etymology: Greek mysos 'filth, uncleanness'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: myst

morpheme: myst

morpheme_head: myst

affix_form: -myst-

meaning_definition: hidden ritual | concealed knowledge

example_words_list_1: mystagogue, mystery, mysterious, mystic, mysticism, mystify, mystique unrelated: mysticeti

categorical_group_list: Secrecy, Occult, Knowledge

etymology: Greek mystikos 'secret, occult' from mystes 'initiate'


morpheme_key: mystico

morpheme: mystico

morpheme_head: mystico

affix_form: mystico-

meaning_definition: pertaining to mystery and the unknown

example_words_list_1: mystico-allegoric, mystico-oriental

example_words_list_2: mystico-allegoric, mystico-oriental

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Mysticism

ancestor_etymon: μυστικός  OED

etymology: Greek mystikos 'secret, occult'


morpheme_key: mystique

morpheme: mystique

morpheme_head: mystique

affix_form: -mystique-

meaning_definition: mystery | enigmatic | secretive

example_words_list_1: ['mystique', 'mystical', 'mysticism', 'mystic']

example_words_corpus: mystiques

categorical_group_list: Mystery, Secrecy, Obscurity

etymology: Greek mystikos 'secret, religious' from mystes 'initiate'