morpheme_key: jaunty

morpheme: jaunty

morpheme_head: jaunty

affix_form: -jaunty-

meaning_definition: cheerful | sprightly | lighthearted

example_words_list_1: ['jaunty']

example_words_corpus: unjaunty

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Manner

etymology: Middle French 'jaunty' (variant of 'janty'), likely related to 'gentil'


morpheme_key: javelin

morpheme: javelin

morpheme_head: javelin

affix_form: -javelin-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: light spear | throwing spear

example_words_list_1: javelin

example_words_corpus: javelins | javelineer | javelinist | javelineers | javelinists

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Projectile

etymology: Old French javelot 'small spear'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

attestation: both


morpheme_key: jaw

morpheme: jaw

morpheme_head: jaw

affix_form: -jaw-

meaning_definition: jaw | mandible | part of the mouth

example_words_list_1: jawbone, jawline, jawbreaker

example_words_corpus: jaws | jawy | jawed | jawing | jawbox | lockjaw

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'ceap' or 'ceapa' (related to biting/chewing)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: jazz

morpheme: jazz

morpheme_head: jazz

affix_form: -jazz-

meaning_definition: a style of music characterized by improvisation and swing

example_words_list_1: jazz, jazzy, jazziness

example_words_corpus: jazzy | jazzed | jazzes | jazzer | jazzing | jazzify

categorical_group_list: Music, Art

etymology: From French jazz (or jass), possibly of African origin or short for jasm (energy/spirit).

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: jealous

morpheme: jealous

morpheme_head: jealous

affix_form: -jealous-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: feeling resentment | envy | resentment of another's advantage

example_words_list_1: jealous, jealousy, jealousies

example_words_corpus: jealously | unjealous | nonjealous | unjealously | jealousness | overjealous

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative affect

etymology: Old French 'jalous' from 'jalousie'


morpheme_key: jecor

morpheme: jecor

morpheme_head: jecor

affix_form: jecor-

meaning_definition: liver

example_words_list_1: hepatic, hepatitis, hepato-

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Latin iecur (genitive iecoris) 'liver'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

source: Wikipedia

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: ject

morpheme: ject

morpheme_head: ject

affix_form: -ject-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: hurl | toss | project | discharge | propel

example_words_list_1: project, reject, inject, eject, subject, object, trajectory

related_morphemes: jac / jac, jet / jet

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

ancestor_etymon: ject

etymology: Latin iectus, past participle of iacere 'to throw'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: jed

morpheme: jed

morpheme_head: jed

affix_form: -jed-

meaning_definition: one | single | alone

example_words_list_1: unity, uniform, unicorn, unilateral, unicycle

categorical_group_list: Number, Cardinality, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'unus' meaning 'one'


morpheme_key: jeep

morpheme: jeep

morpheme_head: jeep

affix_form: -jeep-

meaning_definition: motor vehicle | utility vehicle

example_words_list_1: jeep

example_words_corpus: jeeps | jeepney | jeepneys | jeeplike | minijeep | jeepable

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: Proper noun (brand name) used generically

ancestor_etymon_language: English

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: jeer

morpheme: jeer

morpheme_head: jeer

affix_form: -jeer-

meaning_definition: to mock | to laugh rudely | to shout derisively

example_words_list_1: ['jeer']

example_words_corpus: jeers | jeerer | jeering | jeerers | jeereth | jeerest

categorical_group_list: Communication, Derision

etymology: Middle English jere or jeer, likely imitative of the sound of mocking laughter

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: jehovah

morpheme: jehovah

morpheme_head: jehovah

affix_form: -jehovah-

meaning_definition: the divine name of God

example_words_list_1: Jehovah, Jehovah's, Jehovahism

categorical_group_list: Deity, Proper Noun

etymology: Hebrew YHWH (Tetragrammaton)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: jejune

morpheme: jejune

morpheme_head: jejune

affix_form: -jejune-

meaning_definition: insipid | dry | dull | simplistic

example_words_list_1: jejune

example_words_corpus: jejunely | jejuneness

categorical_group_list: Quality, Lack, State

etymology: Latin iēiūnus 'fasting, empty, dry'


morpheme_key: jejuno

morpheme: jejuno

morpheme_head: jejuno

affix_form: jejuno-

allomorphs: jejun | jejunum

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: fasting | abstaining from food

example_words_list_1: jejunotomy | jejunostomy | jejunoileal | jejunoscopy | jejunoplasty | jejunostomies

categorical_group_list: Deprivation, Abstinence

etymology: Latin jejūnus 'fasting, empty, barren'

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: jello

morpheme: jello

morpheme_head: jello

affix_form: -jello-

meaning_definition: gelatinous dessert | gelatin

example_words_list_1: jello

example_words_corpus: jellos

categorical_group_list: Texture, Substance

etymology: Truncated form of 'jelly', from Middle English 'gelie', derived from Old French 'gelee' (frozen thing), from Latin 'gelatus' (frozen).


morpheme_key: jelly

morpheme: jelly

morpheme_head: jelly

affix_form: -jelly-

meaning_definition: soft | viscous | semi-solid

example_words_list_1: jellyfish, jellybean, jelly-like

example_words_corpus: jellying | jellyish | jellybag | jellyfish | jellylike | combjelly

etymology: Middle English 'jely', from Old French 'gelee'

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: jemmy

morpheme: jemmy

morpheme_head: jemmy

affix_form: -jemmy-

meaning_definition: diminutive | affectionate | familiar

example_words_list_1: doggy, kitty, jemmy, puppy, kitty

example_words_corpus: jemmies | jemminess

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Affectionate, Derivational

etymology: From English suffix -y (or -ie/-y) used to form diminutives or nicknames from nouns or adjectives, often implying smallness or endearment.


morpheme_key: jeopard

morpheme: jeopard

morpheme_head: jeopard

affix_form: -jeopard-

meaning_definition: danger | risk | peril

example_words_list_1: jeopardize, jeopardy

categorical_group_list: Danger, Risk

etymology: Middle French 'jeu parti' 'even game/divided game'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: jersey

morpheme: jersey

morpheme_head: jersey

affix_form: -jersey-

meaning_definition: shirt | garment | athletic apparel

example_words_list_1: jersey

example_words_corpus: jerseys | jerseyed | Jerseyman

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Toponymic: referring to the island of Jersey


morpheme_key: jest

morpheme: jest

morpheme_head: jest

affix_form: -jest-

meaning_definition: joke | mockery | playful remark

example_words_list_1: jest, jesting, jested, jester

example_words_corpus: jests | jesty | jester | jested | jestee | jesting

categorical_group_list: Humor, Communication

etymology: Old French 'geste' (deed, exploit) or 'jeste' (jest, joke)


morpheme_key: jesuit

morpheme: jesuit

morpheme_head: jesuit

affix_form: -jesuit-

meaning_definition: Jesuit | member of the Society of Jesus

example_words_list_1: jesuitical

example_words_corpus: Jesuitry | Jesuited | bejesuit | Jesuitess | bejesuits | Jesuitocracy

categorical_group_list: Religion, Organization

etymology: From Latin 'Iesus' (Jesus) + '-ita' (follower/member), referring to followers of Jesus Christ.


morpheme_key: jet

morpheme: jet

morpheme_head: jet

affix_form: -jet-

meaning_definition: to hurl | to cast

example_words_list_1: jet, jetty, jettison, jetlag

example_words_corpus: jets | jetty | rejet | dijet | jetes | upjet

related_morphemes: jac / jac, ject / ject

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin iactare, frequentative of iacere 'to throw'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: jettison

morpheme: jettison

morpheme_head: jettison

affix_form: -jettison-

meaning_definition: to discard | to cast off | to expel

example_words_list_1: jettisoned, jettisoning, jettisons

example_words_corpus: jettisons | jettisoning | jettisonable

categorical_group_list: Action, Removal

etymology: French jeter "to throw"


morpheme_key: jew

morpheme: jew

morpheme_head: jew

affix_form: jew

meaning_definition: A stingy or greedy person | a cheapskate

example_words_list_1: Jewy | Jewry | Jewess | Jewish | Jewdar | Jewfro

etymology: Derived from the Hebrew word 'Yehudi', meaning someone from the tribe of Judah.

etymological_family: Hebrew

register: pejorative

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: jewel

morpheme: jewel

morpheme_head: jewel

affix_form: -jewel-

meaning_definition: precious stone | gem

example_words_list_1: jewel, jeweled, jeweler

example_words_corpus: jewels | bejewel | jeweled | jeweller | jewelled | bejewels

categorical_group_list: Material, Ornament

etymology: Old French juel, from Latin ioculare 'to play'

register: neutral


morpheme_key: ji

morpheme: ji

morpheme_head: ji

affix_form: -ji

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: honorific title | respectful address

example_words_list_1: sirji | guruji | papaji | sirjis | mamaji | dadaji

categorical_group_list: Honorific, Address, Politeness

etymology: From Hindi 'ji' (जि), an honorific suffix used to show respect to the person being addressed.

ancestor_etymon_language: Hindi


morpheme_key: jibe

morpheme: jibe

morpheme_head: jibe

affix_form: -jibe-

meaning_definition: be in agreement | accord | harmonize

example_words_list_1: jibe

example_words_corpus: jibers

categorical_group_list: Agreement, Harmony

etymology: Middle English 'jibben' (to move, to jerk)


morpheme_key: jig

morpheme: jig

morpheme_head: jig

affix_form: -jig-

meaning_definition: to dance | to move quickly | to shake

example_words_list_1: jig, jigger, jiggered, jiggering

example_words_corpus: jigs | jiggy | rejig | jigger | jiggle | jigsaw

categorical_group_list: Motion, Dance

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'jucken' or 'jicken' meaning 'to itch' or 'to move restlessly', related to the sensation of itching which evolved into the meaning of dancing or moving quickly.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: jiggle

morpheme: jiggle

morpheme_head: jiggle

affix_form: -jiggle-

meaning_definition: to move with small, quick, irregular motions | to shake lightly

example_words_list_1: jiggling, jiggler, jiggle-joggle, jiggy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action


morpheme_key: jihad

morpheme: jihad

morpheme_head: jihad

affix_form: jihad

meaning_definition: a militant campaign for an idea | a struggle or effort to promote a cause

example_words_list_1: jihads | jihadi | jihadic | jihadist | jihadism | jihadize

etymology: derived from Arabic, meaning 'struggle' or 'effort'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

etymological_family: Arabic


morpheme_key: jilt

morpheme: jilt

morpheme_head: jilt

affix_form: -jilt-

meaning_definition: to reject or abandon (a lover or suitor)

example_words_list_1: jilt

example_words_corpus: jilted | jilter | jiltee | jilting | jilters | jiltees

categorical_group_list: Abandonment, Rejection

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'jilden' meaning 'to lead away' or 'to drive off', possibly related to Old English 'gieldan' (to pay, yield).


morpheme_key: jingle

morpheme: jingle

morpheme_head: jingle

affix_form: -jingle-

meaning_definition: light ringing sound | tinkling

example_words_list_1: jingle, jingling, jingled

example_words_corpus: jingles | jingled | jingler | ajingle | jinglet | jinglers

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Sound

etymology: From Old English 'singan' (to sing) combined with the frequentative suffix '-lian', originally meaning 'to sing repeatedly' or 'to make a ringing sound by singing', later specialized to the sound of metal.


morpheme_key: jingo

morpheme: jingo

morpheme_head: jingo

affix_form: -jingo-

meaning_definition: extreme or aggressive patriotism | jingoism

example_words_list_1: jingoism, jingoistic

example_words_corpus: jingoes | jingoism | jingoist | jingoish | jingoize | jingoists

categorical_group_list: Ideology, Emotion

etymology: blend of 'jingoism' (from 'Hanoverian' or 'jehan' slang) and 'nationalism'


morpheme_key: jinn

morpheme: jinn

morpheme_head: jinn

affix_form: -jinn-

meaning_definition: hidden | unseen | concealed

example_words_list_1: djinn, jinni

example_words_corpus: jinns

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Entity

etymology: Arabic jinn (جنّ) 'hidden ones' or 'concealed spirits', from the root j-n-n (ج ن ن) meaning 'to hide' or 'to be concealed'.


morpheme_key: jinx

morpheme: jinx

morpheme_head: jinx

affix_form: -jinx-

meaning_definition: to bring bad luck | to cause misfortune | a spell of bad luck

example_words_list_1: jinx, jinxed, jinxing

example_words_corpus: jinxed | unjinx | jinxee | jinxing | jinxees

categorical_group_list: Misfortune, Magic, Malice

etymology: Middle English jynken, from Old French jancier 'to juggle, cheat', of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *junciare 'to juggle'


morpheme_key: jitter

morpheme: jitter

morpheme_head: jitter

affix_form: -jitter-

meaning_definition: tremble | shake | irregular movement

example_words_list_1: jittery, jitteriness, jittered

example_words_corpus: jittery | jitterbug | jitterily | unjittery | jittersome | jitteriness

categorical_group_list: Motion, Instability

etymology: Onomatopoeic origin, likely imitating the sound of rapid, irregular movement


morpheme_key: jive

morpheme: jive

morpheme_head: jive

affix_form: -jive-

meaning_definition: deceptive | nonsensical | lively

example_words_list_1: jive

example_words_corpus: jives | jived | jivey | jiver | jivers

categorical_group_list: Communication, Manner

etymology: From 'jive talk' or 'jive turkey', originating in 1930s-40s jazz slang meaning nonsense or deceitful talk.

ancestor_etymon_language: African American Vernacular English


morpheme_key: jo

morpheme: jo

morpheme_head: jo

affix_form: -jo-

meaning_definition: divine ruler | YHWH [in Hebrew-derived names]

example_words_list_1: Joan, Joanna, Joel, Johann, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Joshua, Josiah unrelated: Jonah, Jonas

related_morphemes: jah / jah

categorical_group_list: Theology, Divinity

etymology: Hebrew YHWH (Yahweh) abbreviated/elided


morpheme_key: job

morpheme: job

morpheme_head: job

affix_form: -job-

meaning_definition: work | task | occupation

example_words_list_1: job, jobless, jobbing

example_words_corpus: jobs | McJob | jobed | jobbie | jobber | hitjob

categorical_group_list: Labor, Activity

etymology: Middle English 'jobbe' (a piece of work)


morpheme_key: joc

morpheme: joc

morpheme_head: joc

affix_form: joc-

meaning_definition: tease | full of energy | lightheartedness | cheerfully | to be cheerful | to tease | humor

example_words_list_1: jewel | jewelry | jocose | jocosity | jocular | jocularity | joke | jongleur | juggle | giocoso | jocund Variant Spellings: joke | joker | Joyce | jocund

ancestor_etymon: joc

etymology: Latin jocundus "pleasant, merry" (from iocari "to joke, jest")


morpheme_key: jock

morpheme: jock

morpheme_head: jock

affix_form: -jock-

meaning_definition: joker | fool | trickster

example_words_list_1: joker, jokery, jokiest

example_words_corpus: jocks | jocky | jockey | jockeys | jockish | jockdom

categorical_group_list: Person, Deception, Card Games

etymology: Middle English jokere, from joke (n.) + -er


morpheme_key: jocose

morpheme: jocose

morpheme_head: jocose

affix_form: -jocose-

meaning_definition: joking | playful | humorous

example_words_list_1: jocose, jocosity

example_words_corpus: jocosely | jocoseness | jocoserious

categorical_group_list: Humor, Emotion

etymology: Latin jocōsus "joking, playful", from jocus "joke, jest"


morpheme_key: jocular

morpheme: jocular

morpheme_head: jocular

affix_form: -jocular-

example_words_list_1: jocularity, jocularly

example_words_corpus: jocularly | unjocular | jocularity | jocularness | unjocularly | jocularities

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Manner, Disposition

etymology: Latin ioculus 'playful, witty', diminutive of iocus 'joke'


morpheme_key: jocund

morpheme: jocund

morpheme_head: jocund

affix_form: -jocund-

meaning_definition: cheerful | merry | lighthearted

example_words_list_1: jocund, jocundity

example_words_corpus: jocundly | jocundity | jocundness | jocundities

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disposition

etymology: Latin jocundus 'cheerful, pleasant', from jocari 'to joke, jest'


morpheme_key: jog

morpheme: jog

morpheme_head: jog

affix_form: -jog-

meaning_definition: run at a steady gentle pace

example_words_list_1: jog, jogging, jogger

example_words_corpus: ajog | jogs | jogger | jogged | jogging | joggers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical activity

etymology: From Old English 'iogian' meaning 'to jog, move with a jerking motion', possibly of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: johannesburg

morpheme: johannesburg

morpheme_head: johannesburg

affix_form: -johannesburg-

meaning_definition: City in South Africa

example_words_list_1: Johannesburg

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Tswana 'Tshwane' (place of white people) + Afrikaans 'burg' (town/city)

ancestor_etymon_language: Tswana


morpheme_key: joie

morpheme: joie

morpheme_head: joie

affix_form: -joie-

meaning_definition: joy | happiness | delight

example_words_list_1: joy, enjoy, rejoice

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive affect

etymology: Latin gaudium 'joy, gladness', from gaudere 'to rejoice'


morpheme_key: join

morpheme: join

morpheme_head: join

affix_form: -join-

sense_label: join

meaning_definition: join

example_words_list_1: adjoin, rejoin, enjoin, conjunction, disjoin

example_words_corpus: joins | joiner | unjoin | cojoin | conjoin | joining

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity, Addition

etymology: Latin iungere 'to join, connect'


morpheme_key: joist

morpheme: joist

morpheme_head: joist

affix_form: -joist-

meaning_definition: horizontal support | structural beam

example_words_list_1: joist, joisted, joisting

example_words_corpus: joists | joistless | joistlike | interjoist | interjoists

categorical_group_list: Structure, Construction

etymology: From Old English 'geost' meaning 'beam' or 'joist', related to Proto-Germanic '*gestaz'.


morpheme_key: joke

morpheme: joke

morpheme_head: joke

affix_form: -joke-

meaning_definition: jest | play | make fun of

example_words_list_1: joke, jokester, jokingly

example_words_corpus: joker | jokes | joked | jokers | jokest | nonjoke

categorical_group_list: Humor, Communication

etymology: Middle English 'jok', from Old French 'jocer'


morpheme_key: jollitie

morpheme: jollitie

morpheme_head: jollitie

affix_form: -jollitie-

meaning_definition: merriment | cheerfulness | joy

example_words_list_1: jollity, jollities

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive state

etymology: Middle English jollite, from jolly


morpheme_key: jollity

morpheme: jollity

morpheme_head: jollity

affix_form: -jollity-

meaning_definition: happiness | merriment | cheerfulness

example_words_list_1: jollity

example_words_corpus: jollities

categorical_group_list: Emotion, State of being

etymology: From adjective 'jolly' + suffix '-ity'


morpheme_key: jolt

morpheme: jolt

morpheme_head: jolt

affix_form: -jolt-

meaning_definition: sudden movement | shock | burst of energy

example_words_list_1: jolt, jolted, jolting

example_words_corpus: jolts | jolty | jolter | jolted | rejolt | jolting

categorical_group_list: Motion, Energy, Suddenness

etymology: From Old English 'geolte' (past participle of 'geolan'), meaning 'to move violently' or 'to jerk', likely of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: jonquil

morpheme: jonquil

morpheme_head: jonquil

affix_form: -jonquil-

meaning_definition: yellow flower

example_words_list_1: ['jonquil']

example_words_corpus: jonquils

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: French jonquille 'narcissus'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: joule

morpheme: joule

morpheme_head: joule

affix_form: -joule-

meaning_definition: unit of energy | work | heat

example_words_list_1: joule, kilojoule, megajoule

example_words_corpus: joules | jouled | exajoule | oxyjoule | gigajoule | megajoule

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Physics, Energy

etymology: named after James Prescott Joule

register: scientific


morpheme_key: jour

morpheme: jour

morpheme_head: jour

affix_form: -jour-

meaning_definition: day

example_words_list_1: journal, journey, adjournment

example_words_corpus: jours

categorical_group_list: Time, Period

etymology: Latin diurnus 'of the day', from dies 'day'


morpheme_key: journ

morpheme: journ

morpheme_head: journ

affix_form: journ-

sense_label: day

meaning_definition: a 24-hour period | recurring every day

example_words_list_1: journey | journal | adjourn | sojourn | bonjour | journalism | journeyman

categorical_group_list: Time

etymology: Latin diurnus 'daily' (from dies 'day')

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: journey

morpheme: journey

morpheme_head: journey

affix_form: -journey-

meaning_definition: act of traveling | passage | progress

example_words_list_1: journey, journeyman

example_words_corpus: journeys | journeyed | journeyer | journeyman | journeyers | journeying

categorical_group_list: Motion, Process, Time

etymology: Old French 'journée' (a day's work/travel)


morpheme_key: joust

morpheme: joust

morpheme_head: joust

affix_form: -joust-

meaning_definition: combat | tournament | clash

example_words_list_1: joust, jouster, jousting

example_words_corpus: jousts | jouster | jousted | jousting | jousters | jousteth

categorical_group_list: Combat, Competition

etymology: Old French joust (joste)


morpheme_key: jove

morpheme: jove

morpheme_head: jove

affix_form: -jove-

allomorphs: jov | jovi

meaning_definition: sky | heaven | thunder

example_words_list_1: Jupiter, jovial, jovian, Jove

example_words_corpus: jovial | Jovian | jovially | jovialist | jovialness | jovialists

categorical_group_list: Deity, Nature, Celestial

etymology: Latin Iove (vocative of Iuppiter), from Proto-Italic *Jous-pater, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- 'sky, day' + *ph₂tḗr 'father'


morpheme_key: jovial

morpheme: jovial

morpheme_head: jovial

affix_form: -jovial-

meaning_definition: cheerful | happy | merry

example_words_list_1: joviality, jovially

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disposition

etymology: Latin Iovialis 'of Jove', from Iuppiter (Jupiter)


morpheme_key: jowl

morpheme: jowl

morpheme_head: jowl

affix_form: -jowl-

meaning_definition: the lower part of a person's cheek and jaw

example_words_list_1: jowl

example_words_corpus: jowly | jowls | jowled | jowler | jowlers | bejowled

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Middle English jowl (also jaw)


morpheme_key: joy

morpheme: joy

morpheme_head: joy

affix_form: -joy-

meaning_definition: happiness | delight | pleasure

example_words_list_1: joy, joyful, joyless, enjoy

example_words_corpus: joys | enjoy | joyed | unjoy | joyous | joyful

etymology: From Old French 'joie', derived from Latin 'gaudium' meaning 'joy, gladness'.


morpheme_key: jubil

morpheme: jubil

morpheme_head: jubil

affix_form: -jubil-

meaning_definition: to exclaim with happiness | to cry out in delight

example_words_list_1: jubilant, jubilation, jubilee

example_words_list_2: jubilant, jubilation, jubilee

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Joy

etymology: Latin iubilare 'to shout for joy'


morpheme_key: jubilate

morpheme: jubilate

morpheme_head: jubilate

affix_form: -jubilate-

meaning_definition: rejoice | exult | celebrate

example_words_list_1: jubilation, jubilant

example_words_corpus: jubilated | jubilates

etymology: Latin iubilare 'to shout for joy', possibly of onomatopoeic origin


morpheme_key: jud

morpheme: jud

morpheme_head: jud

affix_form: jud

meaning_definition: abbreviation of Judith | Apocryphal book about Judith's salvation

example_words_list_1: juds

example_words_corpus: juds

etymology: abbreviation of Judith, a Hebrew name

register: historical


morpheme_key: judah

morpheme: judah

morpheme_head: judah

affix_form: -judah-

meaning_definition: praised

example_words_list_1: Judah

example_words_corpus: Judahite

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Praise

etymology: Hebrew Yehudah 'praised'


morpheme_key: judaic

morpheme: judaic

morpheme_head: judaic

affix_form: -judaic-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the Jews or Judaism

example_words_list_1: judaic

categorical_group_list: Religion, Ethnicity

etymology: from Judah (Hebrew: Yehudah)


morpheme_key: judaism

morpheme: judaism

morpheme_head: judaism

affix_form: -judaism-

meaning_definition: Judaism | Jewish religion and culture

example_words_list_1: Judaism, Jewish, Judean, Judah

categorical_group_list: Religion, Identity

etymology: from Hebrew 'Yehudah' (Judah)


morpheme_key: judas

morpheme: judas

morpheme_head: judas

affix_form: -judas-

meaning_definition: betrayal | traitor | treacherous

example_words_list_1: Judas, Judas kiss, Judas priest

example_words_corpus: judases

categorical_group_list: Betrayal, Deception, Person

etymology: Biblical figure Judas Iscariot


morpheme_key: judder

morpheme: judder

morpheme_head: judder

affix_form: -judder-

meaning_definition: to shake or vibrate rapidly and uncontrollably

example_words_list_1: ['juddering']

example_words_corpus: judders | juddered | juddering | judderingly

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vibration

etymology: Middle English jadden, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: jude

morpheme: jude

morpheme_head: jude

affix_form: -jude-

meaning_definition: judgment | justice | right

example_words_list_1: judge, judicial, judiciary, judicious, adjudicate

categorical_group_list: Law, Justice, Authority

etymology: Latin iudex 'judge', from ius 'right' + dicere 'to say'


morpheme_key: judg

morpheme: judg

morpheme_head: judg

affix_form: judg-

meaning_definition: assess | evaluate

example_words_list_1: adjudicate | adjudication | adjudicative | adjudicator | adjudicatory | extrajudicial | injudicious | judge | judgement | judgment | judgmental | judicable | judicative | judicator | judicatory | judicature | judicial | judiciary | judicious | nonjudgmental | nonjudicial | prejudge | prejudgment | prejudice | prejudicial | quasijudicial | adjudge | misjudge

related_morphemes: judic / judic

categorical_group_list: Judgment, Law, Cognition

etymology: iudex, iūdicis


morpheme_key: judic

morpheme: judic

morpheme_head: judic

affix_form: judic-

allomorphs: judica | judice

sense_label: judge

meaning_definition: assess | declare legal rulings | evaluate | verdict

example_words_list_1: adjudicate | adjudication | adjudicative | adjudicator | adjudicatory | extrajudicial | injudicious | judge | judgement | judgment | judgmental | judicable | judicative | judicator | judicatory | judicature | judicial | judiciary | judicious | nonjudgmental | nonjudicial | prejudge | prejudgment | prejudice | prejudicial | quasijudicial

related_morphemes: comb of jur / jur + dic1 / dic / : judg / judg

categorical_group_list: Law, Decision, Cognition

ancestor_etymon: judic

etymology: Latin iudex (gen. iudicis) 'judge', from ius 'law' + agere 'to do, drive'

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


morpheme_key: judo

morpheme: judo

morpheme_head: judo

affix_form: -judo-

meaning_definition: gentle | yielding

example_words_list_1: judo, judoka, judogi

example_words_corpus: judoist | judoists | judolike

categorical_group_list: Martial Arts, Physical Discipline

etymology: From Japanese 柔道 (jūdō), literally 'gentle way', composed of 柔 (ju, gentle/yielding) + 道 (dō, way/path)

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese


morpheme_key: jug

morpheme: jug

morpheme_head: jug

affix_form: jug-

meaning_definition: unite | a coupling device | the act of uniting | a coupling | link | pair

example_words_list_1: conjugal | conjugate | subjugate | jugular | jugum

example_words_corpus: jugs | jugful | jugged | juglet | jugline | jugfuls

related_morphemes: join / join, junct / junct

categorical_group_list: Connection, Binding

ancestor_etymon: jug

etymology: Latin iugum 'yoke, join'


morpheme_key: jugal

morpheme: jugal

morpheme_head: jugal

affix_form: -jugal

meaning_definition: join, yoke

example_words_list_1: conjugal, conjugate, subjugate

example_words_list_2: conjugal, conjugate, subjugate

example_words_corpus: jugals | subjugal | epijugal | nasojugal | epijugals | retrojugal

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity

etymology: jugo, jugum


morpheme_key: jugular

morpheme: jugular

morpheme_head: jugular

affix_form: -jugular-

meaning_definition: throat | neck

example_words_list_1: jugular, jugular vein

etymology: Latin iugulum 'throat, neck', diminutive of iugum 'yoke'


morpheme_key: juice

morpheme: juice

morpheme_head: juice

affix_form: -juice-

meaning_definition: liquid | essence | energy

example_words_list_1: juicy, juiciness, juiced

example_words_corpus: juicer | juiced | juices | juicen | juicers | juicens

categorical_group_list: Substance, Vitality

etymology: Old French 'jus' (sap, extract)


morpheme_key: juju

morpheme: juju

morpheme_head: juju

affix_form: -juju-

meaning_definition: magic | charm | luck | spiritual power

example_words_list_1: juju

example_words_corpus: jujus | jujuism | jujuist | jujuman | jujuists

categorical_group_list: Magic, Spirituality, Luck

etymology: From Akan/Ewe 'juju' meaning magic, charm, or spiritual power, likely originating from the Akan word 'ju' (to do/make) + 'ju' (power/spirit), referring to the spiritual force inherent in objects or rituals.

ancestor_etymon_language: West African (Akan/Ewe)


morpheme_key: jujube

morpheme: jujube

morpheme_head: jujube

affix_form: -jujube-

meaning_definition: jujube | Chinese date | Ziziphus jujuba

example_words_list_1: jujube

example_words_corpus: jujubes | jujubelike

categorical_group_list: Flora, Food

etymology: Persian zūzbīn, from zūz 'jujube' + bīn 'having'


morpheme_key: julep

morpheme: julep

morpheme_head: julep

affix_form: -julep-

meaning_definition: a sweet, chilled alcoholic beverage

example_words_list_1: mint julep

example_words_corpus: juleps

categorical_group_list: Food, Beverage, Sweetness

etymology: Likely from Southern US dialect, possibly related to 'gulp' or 'sip'


morpheme_key: julius

morpheme: julius

morpheme_head: julius

affix_form: -julius-

meaning_definition: Julius (a Roman nomen)

example_words_list_1: Julius Caesar, Julius, Julian

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Roman History, Nomen

etymology: Latin nomen Julius, possibly from Etruscan or meaning 'downy-bearded' or 'youthful'


morpheme_key: jumble

morpheme: jumble

morpheme_head: jumble

affix_form: -jumble-

meaning_definition: to mix up | to confuse | to disorder

example_words_list_1: jumbled, jumbler, jumble sale, jumble yard

example_words_corpus: bejumble | bejumbles | jumblement

categorical_group_list: Action, Disorder, Mixing

etymology: Middle English jumbelen 'to jostle, clash', of imitative origin


morpheme_key: jumbo

morpheme: jumbo

morpheme_head: jumbo

affix_form: -jumbo-

meaning_definition: large | huge | massive

example_words_list_1: jumbo, jumbos

example_words_corpus: jumbos | jumboize | jumbotron | jumboized | jumboizes | superjumbo

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Swahili jumbo (meaning large/great)

ancestor_etymon_language: Swahili


morpheme_key: jump

morpheme: jump

morpheme_head: jump

affix_form: -jump-

meaning_definition: to spring upward | to leap | sudden movement

example_words_list_1: jump, jumper, jumping, jumped

example_words_corpus: jumpy | jumps | jumper | jumped | jumping | jumpily

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Middle English jumpen, from Old French sauter


morpheme_key: junct

morpheme: junct

morpheme_head: junct

affix_form: junct-

meaning_definition: connect | unite | converge

example_words_list_1: adjunct | adjunction | adjunctive | conjunct | conjunction | conjunctive | disjunct | disjunction | disjunctive | injunction | injunctive | junction | juncture | nondisjunction | subjunctive | conjunctiva

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin iung- 'join' (past participle stem of iungere)


morpheme_key: june

morpheme: june

morpheme_head: june

affix_form: -june-

meaning_definition: June | sixth month

example_words_list_1: June, Juneteenth, Juniper

example_words_corpus: Junegrass

categorical_group_list: Time, Calendar, Proper Noun

etymology: Latin 'Iunius', named after the goddess Juno


morpheme_key: jung

morpheme: jung

morpheme_head: jung

affix_form: jung-

meaning_definition: join

example_words_list_1: junction, conjunction, adjunct

example_words_corpus: Jungian | Jungianism

etymology: iungo | junctus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: jungle

morpheme: jungle

morpheme_head: jungle

affix_form: -jungle-

meaning_definition: dense forest | thickly wooded area

example_words_list_1: jungle

example_words_corpus: jungles | jungled | vajungle | nonjungle | vajungles | junglelike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Environment

etymology: Portuguese 'selva' (wilderness) via Dutch 'jungle' or Hindi 'jangal' (wilderness), ultimately from Sanskrit 'jaṅgala' (arid land, wasteland)

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: junior

morpheme: junior

morpheme_head: junior

affix_form: junior-

sense_label: younger

meaning_definition: younger

example_words_list_1: junior, juniority

example_words_list_2: junior, juniority

example_words_corpus: juniors | juniority | juniormost | junioritis | juniorship | juniorness

categorical_group_list: Comparison, Age, Hierarchy

etymology: junior


morpheme_key: juniper

morpheme: juniper

morpheme_head: juniper

affix_form: -juniper-

meaning_definition: juniper shrub | coniferous plant

example_words_list_1: juniper, juniperus

example_words_corpus: junipers | juniperin | juniperlike

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: Latin iuniperus, from iuniceps 'having two heads' (referring to the berry-like cones)


morpheme_key: junk

morpheme: junk

morpheme_head: junk

affix_form: -junk-

meaning_definition: rubbish | waste | worthless items

example_words_list_1: junk, junked, junker

example_words_corpus: junky | junks | junker | junkie | junked | dejunk

categorical_group_list: Waste, Material, Low value

etymology: Middle English 'junk', likely related to 'junk' (old rope/refuse)


morpheme_key: junkerdom

morpheme: junkerdom

morpheme_head: junkerdom

affix_form: -junkerdom-

meaning_definition: state of | condition of | quality of

example_words_list_1: kingdom, priesthood, christendom

categorical_group_list: State, Condition

etymology: Derived from the Old English noun 'cyning' (king) + the suffix '-dōm' (state, condition, domain). 'Junker' is a later borrowing, but the morphological structure '-dom' is native Germanic.


morpheme_key: junket

morpheme: junket

morpheme_head: junket

affix_form: -junket-

meaning_definition: an excursion | a trip | a group trip

example_words_list_1: ['junket']

example_words_corpus: junkets | junkety | junketer | junketed | junketeer | junketers

categorical_group_list: Movement, Social activity

etymology: Middle English 'junket' (to frolic, to play), possibly related to 'jollity'


morpheme_key: junoesque

morpheme: junoesque

morpheme_head: junoesque

affix_form: -junoesque-

meaning_definition: majestic | goddess-like | stately

example_words_list_1: juno, juniper, juncture

categorical_group_list: Beauty, Divinity, Majesty

etymology: derived from Juno, the Roman queen of the gods


morpheme_key: junta

morpheme: junta

morpheme_head: junta

affix_form: -junta-

meaning_definition: assembly | council | committee

example_words_list_1: junta, juntilla

example_words_corpus: juntas | antijunta

categorical_group_list: Group, Political, Collective

etymology: Latin iuncta 'joined together', from iungere 'to join'


morpheme_key: jupiter

morpheme: jupiter

morpheme_head: jupiter

affix_form: -jupiter-

meaning_definition: the fifth planet from the sun | the Roman god of the sky

example_words_list_1: jupiterian

example_words_corpus: Jupiterian

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Mythology

etymology: Latin Iuppiter (Jupiter), from iu- (archaic form of dies 'day') + pater 'father'


morpheme_key: jur

morpheme: jur

morpheme_head: jur

affix_form: jur-

allomorphs: jure

sense_label: law

meaning_definition: legal system | fairness in legal matters | arbitrator | ceremonial practice | vow | act of swearing | formal promise | legal entitlement | undertake a vow

example_words_list_1: jurisdiction, jury, jury-rig, perjury, jurisprudence, legal, legitimate

related_morphemes: more at judic / judic / : just / just

categorical_group_list: Law, Order, Authority

ancestor_etymon: jur

etymology: ius, iuris


morpheme_key: juridic

morpheme: juridic

morpheme_head: juridic

affix_form: -juridic-

meaning_definition: law | legal | justice

example_words_list_1: juridical, juridicism

example_words_corpus: juridical | juridically | nonjuridical

categorical_group_list: Law, Justice

etymology: Latin ius (gen. iuris) 'law, right' + -dic- 'saying, proclaiming'


morpheme_key: jus

morpheme: jus

morpheme_head: jus

affix_form: jus-

meaning_definition: legal system | fairness in rulings | arbiter of disputes | ceremonial observance | vow-taking

example_words_list_1: justice, judicial, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, justiciary

categorical_group_list: Law, Justice, Legal concepts

etymology: Latin ius (genitive iuris) 'right, law, justice'


morpheme_key: just

morpheme: just

morpheme_head: just

affix_form: -just-

meaning_definition: morally correct | in line with legal rules | appropriate | relating to justice | to swear a vow

example_words_list_1: justice, unjust, justify, justifiable, justification

example_words_corpus: justs | justly | unjust | juster | injust | justify

related_morphemes: jur / jur

categorical_group_list: Law, Morality, Justice

etymology: Latin iustus 'fair, equitable', from ius 'law, right'


morpheme_key: jut

morpheme: jut

morpheme_head: jut

affix_form: jut-

sense_label: help

meaning_definition: help

example_words_list_1: adjument, adjutant, adjutor, adjutory, adjutrix, coadjutant, coadjutor, injucundity, jocund, jocundity

example_words_corpus: juts | jutted | outjut | jutting | outjuts | juttings

categorical_group_list: Assistance, Support

etymology: juvo, jutus


affix_form: -jut-

sense_label: just

meaning_definition: just | justice | right

example_words_list_1: justice, unjust, adjust, objective, subject

categorical_group_list: Law, Justice, Morality

etymology: Latin iustus 'just, fair', from ius 'right, law'


morpheme_key: jute

morpheme: jute

morpheme_head: jute

affix_form: -jute-

meaning_definition: fiber | plant

example_words_list_1: jute, burlap

example_words_corpus: jutes | jutelike

categorical_group_list: Material, Botany

etymology: From Bengali 'jūt', referring to the fiber of the Corchorus plant

ancestor_etymon_language: Bengali


morpheme_key: juv

morpheme: juv

morpheme_head: juv

affix_form: juv-

example_words_list_2: adjument, adjutant, adjutor, adjutory, adjutrix, coadjutant, coadjutor, injucundity, jocund, jocundity


morpheme_key: juven

morpheme: juven

morpheme_head: juven

affix_form: -juven-

sense_label: young

meaning_definition: young | youth

example_words_list_1: juvenile | rejuvenate

example_words_list_2: juvenile, rejuvenate

categorical_group_list: Age, Vitality

etymology: juvenis


morpheme_key: juxta

morpheme: juxta

morpheme_head: juxta

affix_form: juxta-

allomorphs: juxt

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: adjacent to | beside | next to | close | alongside | located near

example_words_list_1: juxtaglomerular apparatus | juxtapose | juxtaposition | juxta-articular | juxta-spinal

example_words_corpus: juxtapose | juxtaoral | juxtaposed | juxtaposes | juxtaposer | juxtarenal

categorical_group_list: Position indicator

ancestor_etymon: juxta | iuxtā  OED

etymology: Latin juxta 'near, next to'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

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


morpheme_key: kaiser

morpheme: kaiser

morpheme_head: kaiser

affix_form: -kaiser-

meaning_definition: emperor | ruler

example_words_list_1: kaiser, kaisertum

example_words_corpus: kaisers | kaiserdom | kaisership | kaiserdoms | kaiserships

categorical_group_list: Title, Authority

etymology: Latin imperium 'command, power, empire'


morpheme_key: kak

morpheme: kak

morpheme_head: kak

affix_form: kak-

meaning_definition: bad

example_words_list_1: kafkaesque, kakistocracy, kakophony

example_words_corpus: kaks

categorical_group_list: Negation, Quality

etymology: κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: kal

morpheme: kal

morpheme_head: kal

affix_form: kal-

meaning_definition: potassium

example_words_list_1: hyperkalemia

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: Greek potash 'kalium'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: kaleido

morpheme: kaleido

morpheme_head: kaleido

affix_form: -kaleido-

meaning_definition: kaleido- | kaleidoscope | visual pattern | prismatic

example_words_list_1: kaleidoscope

categorical_group_list: Color, Appearance, Visual

etymology: Greek kalos 'beautiful' + eidos 'form/shape'


morpheme_key: kaolin

morpheme: kaolin

morpheme_head: kaolin

affix_form: -kaolin-

meaning_definition: kaolin | white clay | porcelain clay

example_words_list_1: kaolin

example_words_corpus: kaolins | kaolinic | kaolinite | kaolinize | kaolinized | kaolinizes

categorical_group_list: Material, Mineral

etymology: From Chinese 高嶺土 (gāolǐngtǔ), literally 'high ridge earth', referring to the Kaoling hills in Jiangxi province where it was first mined.

ancestor_etymon_language: Chinese


morpheme_key: kappa

morpheme: kappa

morpheme_head: kappa

affix_form: -kappa-

meaning_definition: clay | mud

example_words_list_1: clay, clayey, claystone

example_words_corpus: kappas | kappacism

categorical_group_list: Material, Earth

etymology: Greek kapparos 'clay, mud'


morpheme_key: kaput

morpheme: kaput

morpheme_head: kaput

affix_form: -kaput-

meaning_definition: broken | useless | non-functional

example_words_list_1: kaput

example_words_corpus: kaputness

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Failure, State

etymology: From Middle High German kaput, from Latin caput 'head' (via the phrase 'ad caput' meaning 'to the head' or 'to the end'), originally referring to something broken off or finished.

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: karl

morpheme: karl

morpheme_head: karl

affix_form: -karl-

meaning_definition: man | person

example_words_list_1: Charles, Karl, Karel

categorical_group_list: Animate, Human

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *karlaz "young man, youth" (source of Old English cearl, Old High German karl, Old Norse karl), likely from PIE *gher- "to grasp, hold" (cf. Latin carus "dear, beloved"), though the semantic shift from 'grasp' to 'man' is debated; alternatively linked to PIE *gher- "to call, name".

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: karma

morpheme: karma

morpheme_head: karma

affix_form: -karma-

meaning_definition: action | deed | fate

example_words_list_1: karma

example_words_corpus: karmaless | karmalessness

categorical_group_list: Causality, Fate, Action

etymology: Sanskrit karma "action, work"

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: kary

morpheme: kary

morpheme_head: kary

affix_form: -kary-

sense_label: nucleus

meaning_definition: central core | seed's inner part | hard, dry fruit | cell's central component

example_words_list_1: Eukaryote | Prokaryote | caryopsis | karyogamy | karyoplasm | karyosome | karyotin | karyotype | synkaryon

categorical_group_list: Biology, Core concept

etymology: καρυον (karyon)


morpheme_key: karyo

morpheme: karyo

morpheme_head: karyo

affix_form: karyo-

meaning_definition: nucleus | kernel

example_words_list_1: karyomap | karyogamy | karyotype | karyogram | karyocyte | karyomere

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy

etymology: Greek karyon "kernel, nut, nucleus"


morpheme_key: katharine

morpheme: katharine

morpheme_head: katharine

affix_form: -katharine-

meaning_definition: pure | chaste

example_words_list_1: katharsis, cathartic, catharsis

categorical_group_list: Purity, Quality

etymology: Greek katharos 'pure'


morpheme_key: katherine

morpheme: katherine

morpheme_head: katherine

affix_form: -katherine-

meaning_definition: pure

example_words_list_1: catharsis, catholic, catastrophe


morpheme_key: kava

morpheme: kava

morpheme_head: kava

affix_form: -kava-

meaning_definition: kava plant | sedative drink

example_words_list_1: kava

example_words_corpus: kavapyrones

categorical_group_list: Flora, Beverage

etymology: Proto-Oceanic *kava

ancestor_etymon_language: Austronesian


morpheme_key: kayak

morpheme: kayak

morpheme_head: kayak

affix_form: -kayak-

meaning_definition: small, lightweight boat | canoe

example_words_list_1: kayak

example_words_corpus: kayaks | kayaked | kayaker | kayaking | kayakers | kayakable

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Watercraft

etymology: Inuit/Eskimo qajaq

ancestor_etymon_language: Inuit


morpheme_key: kazan

morpheme: kazan

morpheme_head: kazan

affix_form: -kazan-

meaning_definition: victory | winning | conquest

example_words_list_1: kazanç, kazanan, kazandırmak

example_words_corpus: Kazanian

categorical_group_list: Victory, Agent, Turkish Loanword

etymology: Turkish 'kazanmak' (to win) + '-an' (agentive suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Turkish


morpheme_key: keel

morpheme: keel

morpheme_head: keel

affix_form: -keel-

meaning_definition: bottom part of a ship | longitudinal structural element | stability

example_words_list_1: keel, keelboat, keelson

example_words_corpus: keels | keely | keeled | keeler | keeling | keelage

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Structure, Stability

etymology: Middle Dutch 'kiel'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: keeler

morpheme: keeler

morpheme_head: keeler

affix_form: -keeler-

meaning_definition: one who kills | killer

example_words_list_1: killer, slayer, murderer

categorical_group_list: Agent, Person, Occupation

etymology: Derived from the verb 'kill' + agentive suffix '-er'

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: keen

morpheme: keen

morpheme_head: keen

affix_form: -keen-

meaning_definition: sharp | intense | eager | brave

example_words_list_1: keen, keenness, keenly

example_words_corpus: keens | keeno | keenly | keener | unkeen | keened

categorical_group_list: Perception, Intensity, Sharpness

etymology: Old English cēne "brave, excellent, sharp"

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: keep

morpheme: keep

morpheme_head: keep

affix_form: -keep-

meaning_definition: retain | continue | hold

example_words_list_1: keep, keepsake, keeper, upkeep

example_words_corpus: keeps | keeper | keeped | upkeep | keepen | keeping

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Possession

etymology: Old English cēpan "to seize, hold, observe"


morpheme_key: keg

morpheme: keg

morpheme_head: keg

affix_form: -keg-

meaning_definition: large container | barrel

example_words_list_1: keg

example_words_corpus: kegs | kegger | kegful | keggers | keglike | kegfuls

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: Middle Dutch 'keghe' (small cask)


morpheme_key: kelp

morpheme: kelp

morpheme_head: kelp

affix_form: -kelp-

meaning_definition: seaweed | marine algae

example_words_list_1: kelp

example_words_corpus: kelper | kelpers | kelpfish | kelpwort

categorical_group_list: Nature, Marine life

etymology: Middle Dutch 'kelp' (seaweed)


morpheme_key: kelvin

morpheme: kelvin

morpheme_head: kelvin

affix_form: -kelvin-

meaning_definition: unit of temperature | absolute zero scale

example_words_list_1: kelvin

example_words_corpus: kelvins | picokelvin | millikelvin | submillikelvin

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Temperature, Science

etymology: named after Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)


morpheme_key: kempt

morpheme: kempt

morpheme_head: kempt

affix_form: -kempt-

meaning_definition: neat | tidy | well-maintained

example_words_list_1: kempt

example_words_corpus: unkempt | unkemptly | unkemptness | unkemptitude

categorical_group_list: State, Appearance

etymology: Old English 'cempt', past participle of 'kemban' (to comb)


morpheme_key: ken

morpheme: ken

morpheme_head: ken

affix_form: -ken-

meaning_definition: knowledge | to know

example_words_list_1: ken,kenning,ken

example_words_corpus: kens | beken | kenned | kenner | outken | misken

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Perception

etymology: PIE *gno- 'to know'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: kenn

morpheme: kenn

morpheme_head: kenn

affix_form: -kenn-

meaning_definition: know | recognize | perceive

example_words_list_1: ken,kenning,unkennable

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *kennaną (to make known), from PIE *ǵneh₃- (to know)


morpheme_key: kennel

morpheme: kennel

morpheme_head: kennel

affix_form: -kennel-

meaning_definition: enclosure for dogs | place for dogs

example_words_list_1: kennel

example_words_corpus: kennels | kenneled | unkennel | enkennel | kenneling | kennelled

categorical_group_list: Animal, Shelter

etymology: Middle English kennil, from kennel (a gutter or trough)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: kent

morpheme: kent

morpheme_head: kent

affix_form: -kent-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: kenosis, kenteen, kempt

example_words_corpus: kents | unkent | Kentish

categorical_group_list: Negation, Emptiness, Greek-derived

etymology: Greek prefix ken- or kenō- meaning 'empty' or 'void'


morpheme_key: kept

morpheme: kept

morpheme_head: kept

affix_form: -kept-

meaning_definition: to hold | to retain | to continue

example_words_list_1: keep, keepsake, keeper

example_words_corpus: unkept | keptest

etymology: Old English 'cepan' 'to observe, comply with'


morpheme_key: ker

morpheme: ker

morpheme_head: ker

affix_form: ker-

meaning_definition: head | skull

example_words_list_1: kerpow | kerboom | kerslap | kerplop | kerwham | kerflop

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position

etymology: From Greek kēr 'throat, gullet, death' (related to kēr 'fate, doom'), often confused with keratos 'horn' in English borrowing.


morpheme_key: kerat

morpheme: kerat

morpheme_head: kerat

affix_form: kerat-

allomorphs: kerato

meaning_definition: keratinous structure | horny tissue

example_words_list_1: carat | karat | cervid | cervine | cytokeratin | keratin | keratoplasty | keratotomy | keratose | rhinoceros | triceratops Variant Spellings: carat

example_words_corpus: keratosis | keratosic | dyskeratosis | parakeratosis | acrokeratosis | porokeratosis

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek kéras 'horn'


morpheme_key: kerauno

morpheme: kerauno

morpheme_head: kerauno

affix_form: kerauno-

meaning_definition: thunder | lightning

example_words_list_1: keraunopathy | keraunograph | keraunographs | keraunophobia | keraunomedicine

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Electricity

etymology: Greek keraunos (thunderbolt)


morpheme_key: kerb

morpheme: kerb

morpheme_head: kerb

affix_form: -kerb-

meaning_definition: edge | border | boundary

example_words_list_1: kerb, kerbstone, kerbing

example_words_corpus: kerbs | kerby | kerbside | kerbless | kerbstone | kerbsides

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Topography, Boundary

etymology: From Old English 'cyrre' meaning edge or border, related to 'cieran' (to turn).


morpheme_key: kerchief

morpheme: kerchief

morpheme_head: kerchief

affix_form: kerchief

meaning_definition: A piece of cloth used to cover the head | a bandana | a type of head covering

example_words_list_1: kerchiefs | kerchiefed | neckerchief | handkerchief | neckerchiefs | headkerchief

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch

etymological_family: Dutch


morpheme_key: kern

morpheme: kern

morpheme_head: kern

affix_form: -kern-

meaning_definition: seed | grain | kernel

example_words_list_1: kernel, kern

example_words_corpus: kerns | kerned | kernite | kerning | kernish | unkerned

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance

etymology: Old English 'cyrnel', diminutive of 'corn'


morpheme_key: kernel

morpheme: kernel

morpheme_head: kernel

affix_form: -kernel-

meaning_definition: core | seed | essence | central part

example_words_list_1: kernel, kernels

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Essence, Seed

etymology: Old English cyrnel, diminutive of cærnel (grain, nut)


morpheme_key: kerosene

morpheme: kerosene

morpheme_head: kerosene

affix_form: -kerosene-

meaning_definition: kerosene | fuel | hydrocarbon

example_words_list_1: kerosene, paraffin, wax

example_words_corpus: kerosenes | biokerosene | kerosenelike | biokerosenes

categorical_group_list: Substance, Fuel, Chemical

etymology: Greek keros (wax) + -ene (suffix)


morpheme_key: ketch

morpheme: ketch

morpheme_head: ketch

affix_form: -ketch-

meaning_definition: catch | capture | seize

example_words_list_1: catcher, catchment, catchphrase, catchword

example_words_corpus: ketches

categorical_group_list: Action, Acquisition, Verbal Root

etymology: From the verb 'catch', derived from Old French 'cacher' or 'cietchier', ultimately from Frankish *kathhan.


morpheme_key: ketchup

morpheme: ketchup

morpheme_head: ketchup

affix_form: -ketchup-

meaning_definition: tomato-based condiment | savory sauce

example_words_list_1: ['ketchup']

example_words_corpus: ketchups | ketchuppy | ketchupless | ketchuplike

categorical_group_list: Food, Condiment

etymology: From Urdu 'kaccha' (raw, unripe) referring to the original uncooked tomato chutney, via Hindi 'ketchup' or Persian 'kachak' (sour).

ancestor_etymon_language: Urdu


morpheme_key: keto

morpheme: keto

morpheme_head: keto

affix_form: keto-

allomorphs: ket

meaning_definition: ketone | acetyl

example_words_list_1: ketose | ketosis | ketoses | ketoxime | ketoacid | ketoside

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Nutrition

etymology: Greek keton (acetum/vinegar) via chemical nomenclature


morpheme_key: ketosis

morpheme: ketosis

morpheme_head: ketosis

affix_form: -ketosis-

meaning_definition: state of ketone production | metabolic state

example_words_list_1: ketosis, ketoacidosis, ketotic

categorical_group_list: Biology, Metabolism

etymology: Greek 'ketos' (whale) + '-osis' (condition/process)


morpheme_key: kettle

morpheme: kettle

morpheme_head: kettle

affix_form: -kettle-

meaning_definition: vessel for boiling liquid

example_words_list_1: kettle

example_words_corpus: kettles | kettled | kettler | kettlers | teakettle | kettleful

categorical_group_list: Container, Utensil

etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old English cymel


morpheme_key: key

morpheme: key

morpheme_head: key

affix_form: -key-

meaning_definition: essential | crucial | central

example_words_list_1: key, keyboard, keynote

example_words_corpus: keys | rekey | keyed | keyer | unkey | hotkey

categorical_group_list: Importance, Centrality

etymology: Old English cæg 'important, principal'


morpheme_key: keys

morpheme: keys

morpheme_head: keys

affix_form: -keys-

meaning_definition: lock | tool for opening | mechanism for fastening

example_words_list_1: key, keyboard, keychain

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool, Security

etymology: Old English 'cæg' (latch, bolt, or lock)


morpheme_key: khaki

morpheme: khaki

morpheme_head: khaki

affix_form: -khaki-

meaning_definition: brownish-yellow | yellowish-brown | dusty tan

example_words_list_1: khaki

example_words_corpus: khakis | khakied | khakistocracy

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: Persian khak "dust"

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: khan

morpheme: khan

morpheme_head: khan

affix_form: -khan-

meaning_definition: ruler | leader | lord

example_words_list_1: khan, khagan

example_words_corpus: khans | khanji | khanate | khanates

categorical_group_list: Leadership, Nobility

etymology: Middle Mongol -xan or Turkic xan

ancestor_etymon_language: Turco-Mongolic


morpheme_key: khmer

morpheme: khmer

morpheme_head: khmer

affix_form: -khmer-

meaning_definition: Cambodian | Khmer

example_words_list_1: Khmer, Khmer Rouge, Khmer Empire

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Language, Geography

etymology: From the endonym 'Khmêr', referring to the Khmer people and the Khmer language of Cambodia.

ancestor_etymon_language: Khmer


morpheme_key: kibbutz

morpheme: kibbutz

morpheme_head: kibbutz

affix_form: -kibbutz-

meaning_definition: collective | community | settlement

example_words_list_1: kibbutz

categorical_group_list: Social Organization, Settlement

etymology: Hebrew kibbutz, from the root k-b-ts 'to gather'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: kibbutzim

morpheme: kibbutzim

morpheme_head: kibbutzim

affix_form: -kibbutzim-

meaning_definition: collective | communal | settlement

categorical_group_list: Social Structure, Collective

etymology: Hebrew kibbutz (plural kibbutzim) 'group, gathering'


morpheme_key: kick

morpheme: kick

morpheme_head: kick

affix_form: -kick-

meaning_definition: to strike with the foot | to propel

example_words_list_1: kick, kicker, kicking

example_words_corpus: kicks | kicky | kicker | kicked | rekick | kickee

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical Action

etymology: Middle English kiken, from Old English cician, from Proto-Germanic *kukjaną


morpheme_key: kid

morpheme: kid

morpheme_head: kid

affix_form: kid

meaning_definition: a small wooden mess tub used by sailors to receive food | a term of endearment | a component in 'kidnap' (though the root's origin is different)

example_words_list_1: kids | kidz | kiddo | kidly | kideo | kidnap

etymology: From Old Norse 'kíta', meaning a tub or cask.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: kidd

morpheme: kidd

morpheme_head: kidd

affix_form: -kidd-

meaning_definition: child | young person

example_words_list_1: kid, kiddo, kiddie

categorical_group_list: Animate, Human, Age

etymology: Old English cild


morpheme_key: kidney

morpheme: kidney

morpheme_head: kidney

affix_form: -kidney-

meaning_definition: kidney

example_words_list_1: kidney, kidneybean, kidneystone

example_words_corpus: kidneys | kidneyed | kidneyless | kidneylike | kidneywort | kidneywood

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Old English cnyfe/cneow (related to 'knee')


morpheme_key: kill

morpheme: kill

morpheme_head: kill

affix_form: kill

meaning_definition: to cause to cease functioning | to destroy or neutralize | to end the effectiveness of something

example_words_list_1: kills | killer | killed | unkill | killjoy | killing


morpheme_key: kiln

morpheme: kiln

morpheme_head: kiln

affix_form: -kiln-

meaning_definition: oven | furnace | heated chamber

example_words_list_1: kiln, kilned, kilning, kilns

example_words_corpus: kilns | kilnman | limekiln | kilnlike | kilnhole | brickkiln

categorical_group_list: Tools, Heat, Craft

etymology: Old English cyln 'oven'


morpheme_key: kilo

morpheme: kilo

morpheme_head: kilo

affix_form: kilo-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | noun

meaning_definition: the number 1000 | a unit denoting one thousand | a multiplier indicating one thousand times a base unit

example_words_list_1: kilogram | Ns from Ns) kilobyte | kilojoule | kilowatt | kilobyte | kilometer | kilobar | kilocalorie | kiloton | kilograms (1000 grams) | kilobytes (1000 bytes) | kilometers (1000 meters)

example_words_corpus: kilobit | kiloton | kiloamp | kiloohm | kilobar | kilolux

related_morphemes: chili / chili

categorical_group_list: Number multiplier 1000

ancestor_etymon: kilo | χίλιοι  OED

etymology: Greek χίλιοι (khilioi) 'thousand'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: kilt

morpheme: kilt

morpheme_head: kilt

affix_form: -kilt-

meaning_definition: dead | killed

example_words_list_1: killed, killer, kilter, kiln

example_words_corpus: kilts | kilted | kiltlike | minikilt | kiltless | unkilted

categorical_group_list: Death, Violence, Past Tense/Participle

etymology: Past participle of Old English 'cwellan' (to kill), from Proto-Germanic '*kwallaną'.


morpheme_key: kin

morpheme: kin

morpheme_head: kin

affix_form: -kin-

sense_label: diminutive, a small specimen of what is denoted by

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: a small version | representing the first element's meaning

example_words_list_1: bodkin | cannikin | catkin | lambkin | manikin | napkin | pannikin | ramekin | welkin (OE wolcen) | pumpkin

example_words_corpus: king | akin | kins | kings | alkin | kinly

categorical_group_list: Diminutive

ancestor_etymon: Dutch diminutive-acc. -ken/-chen | 15th century-on | -kijn | -ken OED

etymology: diminutive-acc. -ken/-chen | 15th century-on | forming diminutives | corresp. to Middle Dutch -kijn | -ken OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch OED

source: Wiktionary | Stein


morpheme_key: kind

morpheme: kind

morpheme_head: kind

affix_form: -kind-

meaning_definition: kind, race

example_words_list_1: mankind | unkind | womankind

example_words_list_2: mankind, unkind, womankind

example_words_corpus: kinds | unkind | kindly | kinder | apekind | dogkind

categorical_group_list: Classification, Lineage

etymology: Old English cynd (nature, lineage, race)


morpheme_key: kindergarten

morpheme: kindergarten

morpheme_head: kindergarten

affix_form: -kindergarten-

meaning_definition: garden for children

example_words_list_1: kindergarten, kindergarten teacher, kindergarten class

example_words_corpus: kindergartens | prekindergarten | nonkindergarten | prekindergartens | prekindergartener | prekindergarteners

categorical_group_list: Education, Childhood

etymology: Compound of Kind (child) + er (diminutive suffix) + Garten (garden)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: kindle

morpheme: kindle

morpheme_head: kindle

affix_form: -kindle-

meaning_definition: to ignite | to stir up | to arouse

example_words_list_1: kindle, rekindle

example_words_corpus: kindled | kindles | kindler | rekindle | kindleth | kindlers

categorical_group_list: Light, Emotion, Activation

etymology: Middle English kindelen, related to kindle (to light)


morpheme_key: kindred

morpheme: kindred

morpheme_head: kindred

affix_form: -kindred-

meaning_definition: family | relation | similar | related

example_words_list_1: kindred, kindredness

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Similarity

etymology: Old English 'cyn' (kin, race, family) + '-red' (suffix/suffix-like element)


morpheme_key: kine

morpheme: kine

morpheme_head: kine

affix_form: -kine-

sense_label: move

meaning_definition: shift | action | motion | split | cinema | flick

example_words_list_1: kinetic, cinema, kinesiology, kinescope

example_words_corpus: kines | kinedom | kineyerd | kinemerk | kinepock | kinedoms

related_morphemes: more at cinema / cinema

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action, Change

ancestor_etymon: cine

etymology: κινεῖν (kineîn) | κίνησις (kínēsis) | κίνημα (kínēma) | κίνησις(kínēsis) | κίνημα(kínēma) | Greek

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: kinem

morpheme: kinem

morpheme_head: kinem

affix_form: kinem-

meaning_definition: move, movement, motion, division, film, movie

example_words_list_1: kinematics, kinetic, cinema

categorical_group_list: Motion, Dynamics

etymology: κινεῖν (kineîn), κίνησις (kínēsis), κίνημα (kínēma)


morpheme_key: kines

morpheme: kines

morpheme_head: kines

affix_form: kines-

allomorphs: kinesi

example_words_list_1: kinetic, kinesiology, kinescope

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action


morpheme_key: kinesio

morpheme: kinesio

morpheme_head: kinesio

affix_form: kinesio-


morpheme_key: kinesis

morpheme: kinesis

morpheme_head: kinesis

affix_form: -kinesis

allomorphs: cinesis

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: move | movement | motion | division | film | movie | ability to move or manipulate/control {prev}

example_words_list_1: telekinesis, psychokinesis, kinesiology

example_words_corpus: akinesis | diakinesis | biokinesis | geokinesis | synkinesis | prokinesis

categorical_group_list: Capability


morpheme_key: kinet

morpheme: kinet

morpheme_head: kinet

affix_form: kinet-

allomorphs: kineto

example_words_list_1: kinetic, kinetoscope, kinetograph


morpheme_key: kinetic

morpheme: kinetic

morpheme_head: kinetic

affix_form: -kinetic

example_words_list_1: kinetic, kineticism, kinetics

example_words_corpus: kinetics | akinetic | dikinetic | diakinetic | isokinetic | prokinetic

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physics


morpheme_key: king

morpheme: king

morpheme_head: king

affix_form: -king-

meaning_definition: monarch | ruler | sovereign

example_words_list_1: king, kingdom, kingship

example_words_corpus: kingpin | kingcup | kinglet | Kingian | kingfish | Kingston

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Leadership, Royalty

etymology: Old English cyning 'king, royal, or noble'


morpheme_key: kingwood

morpheme: kingwood

morpheme_head: kingwood

affix_form: -kingwood-

meaning_definition: a type of tree | wood

example_words_list_1: kingwood, kingwood tree, kingwood forest

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, Fantasy

etymology: Compound of 'king' (ruling, supreme) + 'wood' (timber, forest), likely coined in modern fantasy literature or gaming contexts to denote a powerful or royal timber.


morpheme_key: kink

morpheme: kink

morpheme_head: kink

affix_form: kink

meaning_definition: To create a twist or bend | A bend or twist in a line or object | A state of being twisted

example_words_list_1: kinky | kinks | kinked | kinkle | unkink | dekink

etymology: From Old English 'cynce', meaning a twist.


morpheme_key: kino

morpheme: kino

morpheme_head: kino

affix_form: kino-

meaning_definition: movement | motion

example_words_list_1: kinos

example_words_corpus: kinos

etymology: Greek kinēma 'movement'


morpheme_key: kins

morpheme: kins

morpheme_head: kins

affix_form: -kins

allomorphs: -kins

derivational_or_inflectional: Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: beloved or small beloved | associated with the preceding group

example_words_list_1: babykins | Janeykins | Laurakins | Sallykins

categorical_group_list: Diminutive | Suffix concatenation

ancestor_etymon: -kijn | -ken OED | hypocoristic diminutive-degenoun

etymology: forming diminutives | corresp. to Middle Dutch -kijn | -ken | Variant of -kin suffix OED | hypocoristic diminutive-degenoun

source: Stein


morpheme_key: kiosk

morpheme: kiosk

morpheme_head: kiosk

affix_form: -kiosk-

meaning_definition: small booth | stall | stand

example_words_list_1: kiosk

example_words_corpus: kiosks | kiosked | kiosklike

categorical_group_list: Object, Structure

etymology: Turkish 'köşk' (pavilion, summerhouse)

ancestor_etymon_language: Turkish

etymological_family: Turkish


morpheme_key: kirk

morpheme: kirk

morpheme_head: kirk

affix_form: -kirk-

meaning_definition: church | assembly | congregation

example_words_corpus: kirks | kirkman | Kirkist | kirkyard | kirkyards | kirkgarth

categorical_group_list: Religion, Institution, Assembly

etymology: Greek ekklesia 'assembly, church', from ek 'out' + kalein 'to call'


morpheme_key: kirsch

morpheme: kirsch

morpheme_head: kirsch

affix_form: -kirsch-

meaning_definition: cherry

example_words_list_1: cherry, cherry blossom, cherry pie

categorical_group_list: Food, Fruit

etymology: Middle High German kirsche, from Old French cerise, from Latin cerasum, from Greek kerásion 'cherry'


morpheme_key: kiss

morpheme: kiss

morpheme_head: kiss

affix_form: -kiss-

meaning_definition: to touch with lips | affection | contact

example_words_list_1: kiss, kissing, kissed

example_words_corpus: kissy | kisses | kissed | kisser | unkiss | kissee

categorical_group_list: Action, Affection, Physical contact

etymology: Old English cyssan


morpheme_key: kitchin

morpheme: kitchin

morpheme_head: kitchin

affix_form: -kitchin-

meaning_definition: place for food preparation | cooking area

example_words_list_1: kitchen, kitchenware, kitchenette

example_words_corpus: kitchins

categorical_group_list: Location, Domesticity

etymology: Old French 'cuisine' (kitchen), from Vulgar Latin 'coquina', from Latin 'coquere' (to cook)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: kite

morpheme: kite

morpheme_head: kite

affix_form: -kite-

meaning_definition: a lightweight frame covered with fabric, flown on a string in the wind

example_words_list_1: kite

example_words_corpus: kites | kited | kiter | kiters | kitesurf | polykite

categorical_group_list: Object, Animal

etymology: Old English 'cīte' or 'cītan', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'kiet' and German 'Kite'.


morpheme_key: kitsch

morpheme: kitsch

morpheme_head: kitsch

affix_form: -kitsch-

meaning_definition: tasteless | garish | low-quality art

example_words_list_1: kitschiness, kitschier, kitschiest, kitschify, kitschification

example_words_corpus: kitschy | kitschly | kitschily | unkitschy | kitschiness

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Art, Quality

etymology: German 'kitsch' (trash, junk), from Bavarian 'kitsch' or 'kitsche' (mess, dirt), possibly from Yiddish 'keshet' (filth)


morpheme_key: kitten

morpheme: kitten

morpheme_head: kitten

affix_form: -kitten-

meaning_definition: young cat

example_words_list_1: kitten

example_words_corpus: kitteny | kittened | kittenish | kittening | bobkitten | kittenlike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Living beings

etymology: diminutive of cat


morpheme_key: kitti

morpheme: kitti

morpheme_head: kitti

affix_form: -kitti-

meaning_definition: cat

example_words_list_1: kitten, kitty, catnip, catwalk

categorical_group_list: Animal, Feline, Core concept

etymology: From Latin 'cattus' meaning cat, likely of African or Asian origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: kiwi

morpheme: kiwi

morpheme_head: kiwi

affix_form: -kiwi-

meaning_definition: kiwi (bird) | kiwi (fruit)

example_words_list_1: kiwi

example_words_corpus: Kiwiana | Kiwiland

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nationality

etymology: From Māori 'kiwi'

ancestor_etymon_language: Māori


morpheme_key: klado

morpheme: klado

morpheme_head: klado

affix_form: klado-

meaning_definition: branch | stick | wood

example_words_list_1: cladogram, cladistics, cladode

categorical_group_list: Botany, Plant parts, Structure

etymology: Greek klados 'branch, shoot'


morpheme_key: klan

morpheme: klan

morpheme_head: klan

affix_form: -klan-

meaning_definition: clan | family | house | lineage

example_words_list_1: clan, clansman, clanswoman, clanless

example_words_corpus: Klanny | Klandom | Klansman | antiklan | Klannish | Klankraft

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Social Group, Lineage

etymology: From Russian 'klan' (клан), borrowed from English 'clan', ultimately from Scottish Gaelic 'clann' meaning 'children' or 'offspring'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: klein

morpheme: klein

morpheme_head: klein

affix_form: -klein-

meaning_definition: small | little

example_words_list_1: klein, Kleiner, Kleinigkeit, verkleinern

example_words_corpus: Kleinian

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Old High German 'clēn' meaning 'small, narrow', from Proto-Germanic '*klainaz'


morpheme_key: klept

morpheme: klept

morpheme_head: klept

affix_form: klept-

allomorphs: klepto

sense_label: steal

meaning_definition: take without permission | theft or pilfering | one who steals | the act of stealing

example_words_list_1: kleptocracy | kleptomania | kleptophobia | kleptoplasty | kleptomania Variant Spellings: clepsydra

categorical_group_list: Theft, Criminality

etymology: κλέπτειν (kléptein) | κλέπτης (kléptēs) | Middle English knowen Old English cnawan


morpheme_key: kline

morpheme: kline

morpheme_head: kline

affix_form: -kline-

meaning_definition: line | writing | text

example_words_list_1: chronicle, chronology, chronicle

example_words_corpus: klined | klines

categorical_group_list: Writing, Lineage, Text

etymology: Greek klīnē 'bed' (via metaphorical extension to 'line of descent' or 'textual lineage')


morpheme_key: knack

morpheme: knack

morpheme_head: knack

affix_form: -knack-

meaning_definition: skill | talent | aptitude

example_words_list_1: ['knack']

example_words_corpus: knacks | knacky | knackish | knackless | knackiness

categorical_group_list: Ability, Skill

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'cnaecke' or 'knaecke' meaning 'knack, trick, skill', possibly related to Old English 'cnawan' (to know).

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: knap

morpheme: knap

morpheme_head: knap

affix_form: -knap-

meaning_definition: to chip | to break | to strike

example_words_list_1: knapping, knapper, knapped

example_words_corpus: knaps | knappy | knapper | knapped | knappers | knapping

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical manipulation

etymology: imitative of the sound of striking stone

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: knave

morpheme: knave

morpheme_head: knave

affix_form: -knave-

meaning_definition: dishonest | rogue | trickster

example_words_list_1: knave

example_words_corpus: knaves | knavery | beknave | knavess | beknaved | beknaves

categorical_group_list: Agent, Deception

etymology: Old English cnāwa 'boy, lad'


morpheme_key: knead

morpheme: knead

morpheme_head: knead

affix_form: -knead-

meaning_definition: to massage | to work dough

example_words_list_1: knead, kneading, kneaded

example_words_corpus: kneads | kneader | kneaded | kneaders | kneading | kneadeth

etymology: Old English cnēdan

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: knee

morpheme: knee

morpheme_head: knee

affix_form: -knee-

meaning_definition: the joint between the thigh and the leg

example_words_list_1: kneecap, kneepad, kneecap

example_words_corpus: kneel | knees | aknee | kneels | kneelo | kneeled

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English cneow


morpheme_key: knell

morpheme: knell

morpheme_head: knell

affix_form: -knell-

meaning_definition: the sound of a bell | to ring slowly and solemnly

example_words_list_1: knell

example_words_corpus: knells | knelled | knelling | unknelled | knellings

categorical_group_list: Sound, Death, Bell

etymology: Old English cnell, related to the sound of a bell


morpheme_key: knelt

morpheme: knelt

morpheme_head: knelt

affix_form: -knelt-

meaning_definition: to bend the knee | to depress the body by bending the knees

example_words_list_1: kneel, kneeling, kneeler

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical Action

etymology: Old English 'cnēowlian' from 'cnēow' (knee)


morpheme_key: knew

morpheme: knew

morpheme_head: knew

affix_form: -knew-

meaning_definition: to have had knowledge | to be aware

example_words_list_1: knowledge, recognize, acknowledge

example_words_corpus: kneweth | knewest

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Perception

etymology: PIE *gno- 'to know'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: knife

morpheme: knife

morpheme_head: knife

affix_form: knife

meaning_definition: to betray, particularly in political contexts | to deceive or undermine a group, especially in politics

example_words_list_1: knifes | knifer | knifers | knifeman | knifejaw | knifelike


morpheme_key: knight

morpheme: knight

morpheme_head: knight

affix_form: -knight-

meaning_definition: warrior | soldier | armored combatant

example_words_list_1: knight, knighthood, knightly

example_words_corpus: knights | knightly | knighted | beknight | unknight | knightage

categorical_group_list: Person, Combat, Nobility

etymology: Old French chevalier 'horseman, knight'


morpheme_key: knit

morpheme: knit

morpheme_head: knit

affix_form: -knit-

meaning_definition: knit

example_words_list_1: knit, knitting, knitted, unknit

example_words_corpus: knits | unknit | reknit | beknit | enknit | inknit

categorical_group_list: Connection, Texture, Structure

etymology: Old English knyttan 'to join, connect'


morpheme_key: knob

morpheme: knob

morpheme_head: knob

affix_form: -knob-

meaning_definition: small round projection | rounded lump

example_words_list_1: knob, knobbed

example_words_corpus: knobs | knobby | knobble | knobbed | knobbly | knobber

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physicality

etymology: Middle English knobbe 'lump, swelling'


morpheme_key: knock

morpheme: knock

morpheme_head: knock

affix_form: -knock-

meaning_definition: to strike | to hit | to tap

example_words_list_1: knock, knocking, knocker, knockout

example_words_corpus: knocks | knocky | knocker | knocked | knockoff | knocking

categorical_group_list: Action, Sound, Physical contact

etymology: Middle English knokken, from imitative origin


morpheme_key: knoll

morpheme: knoll

morpheme_head: knoll

affix_form: -knoll-

meaning_definition: small hill | mound

example_words_list_1: knoll

example_words_corpus: knolls | knolly | microknoll | Maryknoller | microknolls

categorical_group_list: Topography, Nature

etymology: Middle English knoll, from Old English knoll


morpheme_key: knot

morpheme: knot

morpheme_head: knot

affix_form: -knot-

meaning_definition: a fastening or tie made by interlacing strands | a group of people or things clustered together | a difficult or complicated situation

example_words_list_1: knotty, knotwork, knothead

example_words_corpus: knotty | unknot | inknot | reknot | topknot | knotted

categorical_group_list: Connection, Obstruction

etymology: Old English cnotta


morpheme_key: knoxville

morpheme: knoxville

morpheme_head: knoxville

affix_form: -knoxville-

meaning_definition: Knoxville (proper noun)

example_words_list_1: Knoxvillian, Knoxvillean

example_words_corpus: knoxvillite

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, City

etymology: Named after Henry Knox, American military leader

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: knuckle

morpheme: knuckle

morpheme_head: knuckle

affix_form: -knuckle-

meaning_definition: knuckle | joint of finger or toe

example_words_list_1: knuckle, knuckled, knucklebones

example_words_corpus: knuckler | knuckled | knucklers | knuckleball | knucklehead | knucklebone

etymology: From Old English cnucol, knucol 'knuckle', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knokel and German Knöchel.


morpheme_key: koch

morpheme: koch

morpheme_head: koch

affix_form: -koch-

meaning_definition: cooking | culinary art

example_words_list_1: cook, cookery, cookbook, cookware, overcook, undercook

categorical_group_list: Culinary, Action, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'coquere' meaning 'to cook'


morpheme_key: koenig

morpheme: koenig

morpheme_head: koenig

affix_form: -koenig-

meaning_definition: king

example_words_list_1: Königin, Königreich, Königsstuhl

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Leadership

etymology: Middle High German könig, from Old High German könig, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kun- 'to beget, produce'


morpheme_key: koenigsberg

morpheme: koenigsberg

morpheme_head: koenigsberg

affix_form: -koenigsberg-

meaning_definition: Königsberg

example_words_list_1: Koenigsberg

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

etymology: From German Königsberg, literally 'King's Mountain', the former name of Kaliningrad.


morpheme_key: kohl

morpheme: kohl

morpheme_head: kohl

affix_form: -kohl-

meaning_definition: coal

example_words_list_1: kohle, kohlenstoff

example_words_corpus: kohled

categorical_group_list: Material, Energy source

etymology: German 'Kohle' meaning coal


morpheme_key: kosher

morpheme: kosher

morpheme_head: kosher

affix_form: -kosher-

meaning_definition: fit | proper | suitable

example_words_list_1: kosher

example_words_corpus: koshers | unkosher | kosherly | nonkosher | kosherize | kosherized

categorical_group_list: Dietary, Law, Suitability

etymology: Hebrew kashrut 'fit, proper'


morpheme_key: kowtow

morpheme: kowtow

morpheme_head: kowtow

affix_form: -kowtow-

meaning_definition: to act in an excessively subservient manner | to bow low

example_words_list_1: ['kowtowing']

example_words_corpus: kowtows | kowtowed | kowtower | kowtowing | kowtowers | kowtowings

categorical_group_list: Submission, Action

etymology: from Cantonese 'koutau' (叩頭) meaning 'to knock head'

ancestor_etymon_language: Cantonese


morpheme_key: kraft

morpheme: kraft

morpheme_head: kraft

affix_form: -kraft-

meaning_definition: power | strength | force

example_words_list_1: kraftwerk

categorical_group_list: Strength, Energy, Power

etymology: Old High German kraft, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- 'to strike, hit'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: kremlin

morpheme: kremlin

morpheme_head: kremlin

affix_form: -kremlin-

meaning_definition: fortress | stronghold | citadel

example_words_list_1: Kremlin

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Defense

etymology: From Russian 'Kreml' (кремль), derived from Old East Slavic 'kremnь' meaning 'fortress' or 'citadel', likely of Turkic origin.


morpheme_key: krishna

morpheme: krishna

morpheme_head: krishna

affix_form: -krishna-

meaning_definition: Krishna | dark | black | blue

example_words_list_1: Krishna, Krishnaism, Krishnaite

example_words_corpus: Krishnology

categorical_group_list: Color, Deity

etymology: Sanskrit root kṛṣ (to draw, attract)

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: krona

morpheme: krona

morpheme_head: krona

affix_form: -krona-

meaning_definition: crown | coin | currency

example_words_list_1: corona, coronation, coronet, coronary

categorical_group_list: Value, Metal, Sovereignty

etymology: Latin 'corona' meaning 'wreath, garland, crown'


morpheme_key: kudo

morpheme: kudo

morpheme_head: kudo

affix_form: kudo-

sense_label: glory

meaning_definition: glory

example_words_list_1: kudos

example_words_list_2: kudos

example_words_corpus: kudos

categorical_group_list: Honor, Achievement

etymology: κῦδος (kûdos)


morpheme_key: kumquat

morpheme: kumquat

morpheme_head: kumquat

affix_form: kumquat

meaning_definition: a small, orange citrus fruit native to Asia | a type of citrus (Citrus japonica) | a fruit commonly eaten whole

example_words_list_1: kumquats

example_words_corpus: kumquats


morpheme_key: kun

morpheme: kun

morpheme_head: kun

affix_form: -kun

meaning_definition: honorific | familiar address

example_words_list_1: Tanaka-kun, sensei-kun, senpai-kun

categorical_group_list: Honorific, Social relationship

etymology: Japanese honorific suffix derived from the noun 'kuni' (country/region), originally indicating a person from one's own region or a close associate.

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese


morpheme_key: kurd

morpheme: kurd

morpheme_head: kurd

affix_form: -kurd-

allomorphs: Kurdo

meaning_definition: person | people | tribe

example_words_list_1: Kurdistan, Kurdish, Kurmanji, Sorani

example_words_corpus: Kurdish | Kurdistan | Kurdistani | Kurdishness

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Demonym, People

etymology: From Persian 'kurd' (کُرد) meaning 'nomad' or 'tribesman', historically referring to the Kurdish people.

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: kymo

morpheme: kymo

morpheme_head: kymo

affix_form: kymo-

meaning_definition: wave | moving | wavy

example_words_list_1: kymogram | kymograph | kymograms | kymographs | kymography | kymographic

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical property

etymology: Greek kȳma 'wave'


morpheme_key: kyoto

morpheme: kyoto

morpheme_head: kyoto

affix_form: -kyoto-

meaning_definition: Kyoto (city in Japan)

example_words_list_1: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto University

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Japanese 京都 (Kyōto), meaning 'capital city'.


morpheme_key: lab

morpheme: lab

morpheme_head: lab

affix_form: lab-

sense_label: grasp

meaning_definition: clutch | capture | acquire | to obtain | to retain

example_words_list_1: laboratory, collaborate, elaborate, elaborate, elaborate

example_words_corpus: labs | sealab | skylab | nonlab | prelab | biolab

related_morphemes: leps / leps, lept1 / lept

categorical_group_list: Action, Possession

etymology: Greek lab- (form of lamban- 'to take, seize')

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


allomorphs: labi | labio

sense_label: slide

meaning_definition: glide | slide unintentionally | lip | wobble | slide | drop

example_words_list_1: collapse | collapsible | elapse | labile | lapse | prolapse | relapse | labefaction | labellum | labia | labial | labialize | labiate | labiodental | labionasal | labiovelar | labret | labrum

related_morphemes: laps / laps

categorical_group_list: Motion, Instability

etymology: Latin labi 'to slip, slide'

source: Cognatarium | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Wikidata


morpheme_key: label

morpheme: label

morpheme_head: label

affix_form: -label-

meaning_definition: mark | sign | tag | emblem

example_words_list_1: labeling, unlabeled, labeler

example_words_corpus: labels | labeled | relabel | labeler | labelled | labeling

categorical_group_list: Identification, Marking

etymology: From Old French 'labelle' or 'label', possibly of Germanic origin, meaning a tag or slip of paper.


morpheme_key: labial

morpheme: labial

morpheme_head: labial

affix_form: -labial

meaning_definition: lip

example_words_list_1: bilabial, bilabiate, infralabial, labial, labiate, labium, sublabial, supralabial

example_words_corpus: labials | bilabial | labially | illabial | exolabial | bilabials

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Phonetics

etymology: labia, labiae


morpheme_key: labile

morpheme: labile

morpheme_head: labile

affix_form: -labile-

meaning_definition: liable | prone | subject to

example_words_list_1: labile, instability, unlabile

example_words_corpus: illabile | nonlabile | hemilabile | photolabile | thermolabile | stereolabile

categorical_group_list: Change, Instability

etymology: Latin labilis 'slippery, sliding', from labi 'to slip, slide'


morpheme_key: labor

morpheme: labor

morpheme_head: labor

affix_form: labor-

sense_label: work

meaning_definition: effortful activity | strenuous effort | physical strain

example_words_list_1: collaborate | collaboration | collaborative | collaborator | elaborate | elaboration | elaborative | elaborator | labor | laboratory | laborious

example_words_corpus: labors | laborer | labored | laborers | laboring | laborist

categorical_group_list: Core concept

ancestor_etymon: labor

etymology: labor | Hindi lākh Sans lāksā : lac


morpheme_key: labrador

morpheme: labrador

morpheme_head: labrador

affix_form: -labrador-

meaning_definition: dog breed | Newfoundland region

example_words_list_1: labrador

example_words_corpus: labradorite | Labradorian | labradorites

categorical_group_list: Animals, Geography

etymology: Named after the region of Labrador


morpheme_key: labyrinth

morpheme: labyrinth

morpheme_head: labyrinth

affix_form: -labyrinth-

meaning_definition: maze | complex structure | confusing network

example_words_list_1: labyrinthine

example_words_corpus: labyrinths | labyrinthal | labyrinthic | labyrinthine | labyrinthian | labyrinthlike

categorical_group_list: Complexity, Structure, Spatial

etymology: Greek labyrinthos


morpheme_key: lac

morpheme: lac

morpheme_head: lac

affix_form: -lac-

sense_label: milk

meaning_definition: dairy liquid

example_words_list_1: lactose, lacteal, lactation

example_words_corpus: lacs | shellac | lacwork | seedlac | shellacs | lacworks

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Liquids

etymology: Latin lac, lact- 'milk'


morpheme_key: lace

morpheme: lace

morpheme_head: lace

affix_form: -lace-

meaning_definition: interwoven fabric | cord | string

example_words_list_1: lace, shoelace, necklace, lacework

example_words_corpus: laced | lacer | unlace | relace | lacers | lacery

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Latin lāxus 'loose, open, wide'


morpheme_key: lacer

morpheme: lacer

morpheme_head: lacer

affix_form: lacer-

sense_label: tear, tear duct

meaning_definition: tear, tear duct

example_words_list_1: laceration

example_words_list_2: laceration

categorical_group_list: Injury, Physicality

etymology: lacer


morpheme_key: lacerate

morpheme: lacerate

morpheme_head: lacerate

affix_form: -lacerate-

meaning_definition: to tear | to rend | to cut

example_words_list_1: laceration, lacerating, lacerated

example_words_corpus: laceration | lacerating

categorical_group_list: Damage, Destruction

etymology: Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare 'to tear to pieces', from lacer 'torn'


morpheme_key: lacert

morpheme: lacert

morpheme_head: lacert

affix_form: -lacert-

meaning_definition: reptile | scaled, legged creature

example_words_list_1: Lacerta, lacertilian Variant Spellings: lizard

example_words_corpus: lacerts

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animals

etymology: Latin lacerta 'lizard'


morpheme_key: lachrym

morpheme: lachrym

morpheme_head: lachrym

affix_form: -lachrym-

meaning_definition: eye fluid | duct for eye secretions | crying | eye fluids

example_words_list_1: laceration | lachrymose | lacrimal | lacrimation

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Anatomy, Fluid


morpheme_key: lack

morpheme: lack

morpheme_head: lack

affix_form: -lack-

meaning_definition: not | without | deficiency

example_words_list_1: alack | lacks | lacker | lacked | lacking | lackers

categorical_group_list: Negation, Deficiency

etymology: Old English laccian 'to fail, be wanting'


morpheme_key: lackadaisic

morpheme: lackadaisic

morpheme_head: lackadaisic

affix_form: -lackadaisic-

meaning_definition: careless | lazy | indifferent | listless

categorical_group_list: State of being, Temperament

etymology: From French 'lackadaisical', derived from 'lackadaisy' (a mock-heroic term for a fop or dandy, possibly from 'lack-a-day'), with the suffix '-ic'.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: laconic

morpheme: laconic

morpheme_head: laconic

affix_form: -laconic-

meaning_definition: using | few | words

example_words_list_1: laconic, laconism

example_words_corpus: unlaconic | laconicism | laconicisms

categorical_group_list: Communication, Brevity

etymology: Greek laconikos 'of Laconia' (Sparta)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: lacquer

morpheme: lacquer

morpheme_head: lacquer

affix_form: -lacquer-

meaning_definition: shiny coating | resinous varnish

example_words_list_1: lacquered, lacquering, lacquerware

example_words_corpus: lacquers | lacquered | lacquerer | relacquer | lacquering | lacquerers

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Malay 'lak' (resin) via Portuguese 'laca'

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: lacrim

morpheme: lacrim

morpheme_head: lacrim

affix_form: lacrim-

allomorphs: lacrimo

meaning_definition: weeping | eye moisture | liquid droplet | tear passage

example_words_list_1: lachrymal | lachrymose | lachrymosity | lacrimal | lacrimation | lacrimator | lacrimatory | lacrimous

etymology: Latin lacrima 'tear'


morpheme_key: lacrosse

morpheme: lacrosse

morpheme_head: lacrosse

affix_form: -lacrosse-

meaning_definition: a game played with sticks and a ball

example_words_list_1: ['lacrosse']

example_words_corpus: lacrosser | lacrossers | lacrosselike

categorical_group_list: Sport, Physical activity

etymology: derived from Abenaki/Algonquian word 'la crosse'

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian


morpheme_key: lact

morpheme: lact

morpheme_head: lact

affix_form: lact-

allomorphs: lacta | lacte | lacto

meaning_definition: dairy fluid | mammalian secretion

example_words_list_1: lactation, lactose, lactobacillus, lacteal

example_words_corpus: lactometer | lactometers | lactivorous

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin lac (genitive lact-) 'milk'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: lactate

morpheme: lactate

morpheme_head: lactate

affix_form: lactate

meaning_definition: to secrete milk | to produce milk | to relate to milk secretion

example_words_list_1: lactates | lactated | dilactate | dilactates | homolactate

etymology: Derived from Latin 'lac-' meaning 'milk'


morpheme_key: lactic

morpheme: lactic

morpheme_head: lactic

affix_form: -lactic-

meaning_definition: milk

example_words_list_1: lactic acid, lactobacillus, lacteal

example_words_corpus: alactic | homolactic | polylactic | malolactic | lacticaemia | saccholactic

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Biology

etymology: Latin lac (genitive lactis) meaning 'milk'


morpheme_key: lactose

morpheme: lactose

morpheme_head: lactose

affix_form: -lactose-

example_words_list_1: lactose, lactase, lactose-intolerant

example_words_corpus: lactoses | allolactose

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Chemistry

etymology: Greek 'laktos' (milk) + '-ose' (chemical suffix)


morpheme_key: lacu

morpheme: lacu

morpheme_head: lacu

affix_form: -lacu-

meaning_definition: opening | cavity | pool

example_words_list_1: lacuna | lacunose | lacustrine Variant Spellings: lagoon | lagoon

etymology: Latin lacus "lake, pond"


morpheme_key: lacuna

morpheme: lacuna

morpheme_head: lacuna

affix_form: -lacuna-

allomorphs: lacunae

sense_label: gap

meaning_definition: gap | void | missing part

example_words_list_1: lacuna

example_words_corpus: lacunal | lacunary

categorical_group_list: Absence, Void, Space

etymology: Latin lacuna 'gap, pit, hollow', from lacus 'lake, pool'


morpheme_key: lad

morpheme: lad

morpheme_head: lade

affix_form: -lad-

allomorphs: lad

meaning_definition: to fill with | to carry

example_words_list_1: lade, laden, ladle

example_words_list_2: lade, laden, ladle

example_words_corpus: lads | laddy | ladsy | laddie | ladkin | merlad

categorical_group_list: Action, Loading

etymology: Middle English laden Old English hladan : to lade, to load


morpheme_key: ladd

morpheme: ladd

morpheme_head: ladd

affix_form: -ladd-

meaning_definition: ladder | climb | scale

example_words_list_1: ladder, ladder-like, ladderwork

categorical_group_list: Noun, Object, Vertical movement

etymology: From Old English 'lædder', related to 'lædan' (to lead) and 'hladan' (to load), originally referring to a device for leading or climbing up.


morpheme_key: ladder

morpheme: ladder

morpheme_head: ladder

affix_form: -ladder-

meaning_definition: a structure of steps for climbing | a series of successive stages

example_words_list_1: ladder

example_words_corpus: ladderanes | ladderings | unladdered | ladderways | laddergrams | ladderbacks

categorical_group_list: Tool, Structure, Progression

etymology: Old English ladde 'ladder, scale'


morpheme_key: laden

morpheme: laden

morpheme_head: laden

affix_form: -laden-

meaning_definition: burdened | weighed down | loaded

example_words_list_1: laden, overladen, unladen

categorical_group_list: Weight, Burden, Mass

etymology: Old English 'geladen' (past participle of 'geladen' 'to load')


morpheme_key: lady

morpheme: lady

morpheme_head: lady

affix_form: -lady-

meaning_definition: woman | noblewoman | female

example_words_list_1: ladybird, ladybug, ladylike, ladyship, mylady

example_words_corpus: milady | ladyfy | belady | ladybug | ladyboy | ladyish

categorical_group_list: Animate, Person, Social Status

etymology: Old English 'lædige' (wife, lady, mistress of the house), from Proto-Germanic '*ladijō', from '*ladaz' (way, path, manner, condition)


morpheme_key: lag

morpheme: lag

morpheme_head: lag

affix_form: -lag-

sense_label: to lay, to lie

meaning_definition: to place | to recline

example_words_list_1: anlage, lager, vorlage

example_words_list_2: anlage, lager, vorlage

example_words_corpus: lags | laggy | lagged | lagger | netlag | lagging

categorical_group_list: Position, State

etymology: Proto-Germanic *lagaz "layer, deposit" (from PIE *legh- "to lie down")


morpheme_key: lager

morpheme: lager

morpheme_head: lager

affix_form: -lager-

meaning_definition: large | big

example_words_list_1: lager, lagering

example_words_corpus: lagers | lagery | lagerphones

categorical_group_list: Size, Adjective

etymology: German 'groß' (big) + '-er' (comparative suffix), literally 'larger'

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: lagnia

morpheme: lagnia

morpheme_head: lagnia

affix_form: -lagnia

meaning_definition: bonus | extra | addition

example_words_list_1: zoolagnia | algolagnia | pyrolagnia | osmolagnia | anililagnia | algolagniac

categorical_group_list: Addition, Bonus

etymology: Spanish 'la ñapa' (the addition/extra)

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: lagoon

morpheme: lagoon

morpheme_head: lagoon

affix_form: -lagoon-

meaning_definition: shallow body of water | coastal lagoon

example_words_list_1: lagoon

example_words_corpus: lagoons | lagoonal | lagoonside

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water, Geography

etymology: Italian laguna

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: lai

morpheme: lai

morpheme_head: lai

affix_form: -lai-

meaning_definition: ordinary individuals | the general populace

example_words_list_1: laity, laic, liturgy

example_words_list_2: laity, laic, liturgy

categorical_group_list: Grouper

ancestor_etymon: lai

etymology: Greek laos 'people'


morpheme_key: lain

morpheme: lain

morpheme_head: lain

affix_form: -lain-

meaning_definition: server | overseer | guardian

example_words_list_1: chamberlain, chaplain, chatelaine

example_words_list_2: chamberlain, chaplain, chatelaine

example_words_corpus: lains

categorical_group_list: Agency, Person

etymology: Greek lalia : speech lalein : to talk, to prattle


morpheme_key: lair

morpheme: lair

morpheme_head: lair

affix_form: -lair-

meaning_definition: den | hiding place | refuge

example_words_list_1: lair

example_words_corpus: lairs | laired | lairless | lairlike

categorical_group_list: Location, Shelter

etymology: Old English 'leger' (bed, resting place)