morpheme_key: caryatides

morpheme: caryatides

morpheme_head: caryatides

affix_form: -caryatides-

example_words_list_1: caryatid

etymology: Greek 'karyatides', plural of 'karyatid', from 'karyatēs' (woman of Karyai)


morpheme_key: caryo

morpheme: caryo

morpheme_head: caryo

affix_form: caryo-

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: nucleus | core | center

example_words_list_1: caryopsis

example_words_corpus: caryopsis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Core concept

etymology: From Greek karyon 'nut, kernel', from karyon 'walnut', diminutive of karyon 'nut'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: cas

morpheme: cas

morpheme_head: cas

affix_form: -cas-

sense_label: to contain

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: to hold | to enclose

example_words_list_1: case, casing, casemate

related_morphemes: chas / chas / : cap1 / cap

categorical_group_list: Containment, Enclosure

etymology: Latin 'casus' meaning 'fall, chance, event', from 'cadere' 'to fall'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: casa

morpheme: casa

morpheme_head: casa

affix_form: -casa-

meaning_definition: house | home | dwelling

example_words_list_1: casita, casemate

categorical_group_list: Shelter, Location

etymology: Latin casa 'hut, cottage'

attestation: both


morpheme_key: casbah

morpheme: casbah

morpheme_head: casbah

affix_form: -casbah-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: fortified area | citadel | marketplace

example_words_list_1: Casbah, Casbah of Algiers

example_words_corpus: casbahs

categorical_group_list: Location, Architecture

etymology: Arabic qasbah (قَصْبَة) 'fortified place, citadel', from qasaba 'to capture, seize'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

etymological_family: other

register: neutral


morpheme_key: casc

morpheme: casc

morpheme_head: casc

affix_form: -casc-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: to descend | to occur by accident

example_words_list_1: cascade

example_words_list_2: cascade

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: casc

etymology: Latin 'cadere' (to fall)


morpheme_key: cascade

morpheme: cascade

morpheme_head: cascade

affix_form: -cascade-

meaning_definition: to fall | to pour | a series of events

example_words_list_1: cascade, cascading, cascaded

example_words_corpus: cascaders | uncascaded | subcascades

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sequence, Nature

etymology: Latin cascāre 'to fall, tumble' (of imitative origin), from cascus 'a fall'


morpheme_key: casein

morpheme: casein

morpheme_head: casein

affix_form: -casein-

meaning_definition: milk protein

example_words_list_1: casein, caseinogen, caseinogenate

example_words_corpus: caseins | caseinate | noncasein | azocasein | caseinase | caseinates

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Biology

etymology: Latin caseus 'cheese'

register: scientific


morpheme_key: caseo

morpheme: caseo

morpheme_head: caseo

affix_form: caseo-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: milk protein | dairy product

example_words_list_1: caseiform | caseous

example_words_list_2: caseiform, caseous

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

ancestor_etymon: cāseus  OED

etymology: From Latin caseus meaning 'cheese'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: cash

morpheme: cash

morpheme_head: cash

affix_form: -cash-

meaning_definition: money | currency | liquid assets

example_words_list_1: cashier, cashless, cashflow

example_words_corpus: cashed | cashes | encash | casher | cashing | noncash

categorical_group_list: Finance, Economy

etymology: Old French 'caisse' (box, chest)

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: Romance

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: cashew

morpheme: cashew

morpheme_head: cashew

affix_form: -cashew-

meaning_definition: cashew nut | cashew tree

example_words_list_1: cashew, cashews

example_words_corpus: cashews | cashewlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Portuguese 'caju' from Tupi 'kaju'

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: cashmere

morpheme: cashmere

morpheme_head: cashmere

affix_form: -cashmere-

meaning_definition: soft fine wool | fabric made from goat hair

example_words_list_1: cashmere

example_words_corpus: cashmerettes

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: From Persian 'kāšmīr' (referring to the Kashmir region)

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: casino

morpheme: casino

morpheme_head: casino

affix_form: -casino-

meaning_definition: gambling house | place of gaming

example_words_list_1: casino

example_words_corpus: casinos | noncasino | subcasino | megacasino | anticasino | casinolike

categorical_group_list: Place, Gambling

etymology: Italian 'casino' (small house), diminutive of 'casa'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian

etymological_family: Italian


morpheme_key: cask

morpheme: cask

morpheme_head: cask

affix_form: -cask-

meaning_definition: large wooden vessel | barrel

example_words_list_1: cask, caskette

example_words_corpus: casks | casket | incask | uncask | caskets | incasks

categorical_group_list: Container, Vessel

etymology: Middle English caske

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: casket

morpheme: casket

morpheme_head: casket

affix_form: -casket-

meaning_definition: small box | container | coffin

example_words_list_1: casket, casketry

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Old French 'casse' (box, chest)

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: cassava

morpheme: cassava

morpheme_head: cassava

affix_form: -cassava-

meaning_definition: cassava | manioc

example_words_list_1: cassava

etymology: From Tupi 'masava'

ancestor_etymon_language: Tupi


morpheme_key: cassette

morpheme: cassette

morpheme_head: cassette

affix_form: -cassette-

meaning_definition: small box | container

example_words_list_1: cassette, microcassette

example_words_corpus: cassettes | cassetted | noncassette | neocassette | musicassette | cassetteless

categorical_group_list: Container, Object

etymology: French 'cassette', diminutive of 'caisse' (box/chest)


morpheme_key: cassiopeia

morpheme: cassiopeia

morpheme_head: cassiopeia

affix_form: -cassiopeia-

meaning_definition: Cassiopeia (mythological figure) | constellation

example_words_list_1: Cassiopeia, Cassiopeian

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Proper Noun, Astronomy

etymology: From Greek Kassiopeia, name of the vain queen and mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology.


morpheme_key: cassock

morpheme: cassock

morpheme_head: cassock

affix_form: -cassock-

meaning_definition: long | clerical | garment

example_words_list_1: cassock, cassocks

example_words_corpus: cassocks | cassocked | uncassocked

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Clerical

etymology: Middle French 'cassocke' or 'cassocque'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: cast

morpheme: cast

morpheme_head: cast

affix_form: -cast

sense_label: cast

meaning_definition: to hurl | to disperse | to propel

example_words_list_1: cast, castaway, castoff, castor, castigate, castling, castling

example_words_list_2: die-cast | downcast | opencast | outcast | overcast | precast | broadcast | cast | castaway | caster | castoff | forecast | miscast | simulcast | telecast

example_words_corpus: casts | recast | upcast | caster | castor | casted

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Middle English casten Old Norse kasta : to throw

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse

etymological_family: Germanic

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: castanet

morpheme: castanet

morpheme_head: castanet

affix_form: -castanet-

meaning_definition: percussion instrument | clicking sound

example_words_list_1: castanets

example_words_corpus: castanetist | castanetists

categorical_group_list: Music, Sound, Object

etymology: Spanish castañuela

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: caste

morpheme: caste

morpheme_head: caste

affix_form: -caste-

meaning_definition: social class | rank | division

example_words_list_1: caste, casteless

example_words_corpus: castes | casted | outcaste | noncaste | subcaste | casteism

categorical_group_list: Social Hierarchy, Classification

etymology: Portuguese 'casta' (lineage, breed)


morpheme_key: casti

morpheme: casti

morpheme_head: casti

affix_form: -casti-

meaning_definition: cleanse | reprimand

example_words_list_1: castigate

example_words_list_2: castigate

ancestor_etymon: casti

etymology: Latin castus 'pure, clean'


morpheme_key: castigate

morpheme: castigate

morpheme_head: castigate

affix_form: -castigate-

meaning_definition: reprimand | criticize | punish

example_words_list_1: castigation, castigating

example_words_corpus: castigated | castigates | castigateth | castigatest | uncastigated

categorical_group_list: Criticism, Punishment

etymology: Latin castigare 'to chastise, correct, punish', from castus 'pure' + agere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: castillo

morpheme: castillo

morpheme_head: castillo

affix_form: -castillo-

meaning_definition: castle | fortress

example_words_list_1: castle, castellan, castellation

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Defense

etymology: Latin castellum 'small fortress', diminutive of castrum 'fort, camp'


morpheme_key: castle

morpheme: castle

morpheme_head: castle

affix_form: -castle-

meaning_definition: fortified building | stronghold | fortress

example_words_list_1: castle, castellan, castlekeep

example_words_corpus: castles | castled | castlet | castlets | uncastle | castlers

etymology: Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum 'fort, camp'


morpheme_key: castor

morpheme: castor

morpheme_head: castor

affix_form: -castor-

meaning_definition: beaver

example_words_list_1: castor, castoridae, castoreum

example_words_corpus: castorin | castorite | Castoridae | Castorimorpha

categorical_group_list: Animal, Mammal, Zoology

etymology: Latin 'castor' meaning 'beaver'


morpheme_key: castrate

morpheme: castrate

morpheme_head: castrate

affix_form: -castrate-

meaning_definition: to remove | to deprive | to cut off

example_words_list_1: castrate, castration

example_words_corpus: castrated | castrates | castratee | castratees | uncastrate | uncastrated

categorical_group_list: Action, Biological, Reduction

etymology: Latin castratus, past participle of castrare 'to castrate', from castrum 'testicle' (cf. Greek khestēn)


morpheme_key: castro

morpheme: castro

morpheme_head: castro

affix_form: -castro-

meaning_definition: fort | castle | fortified settlement

example_words_list_1: castrum, castro, castellum, castellan, castle

example_words_corpus: Castroite | Castroist | Castrophile

categorical_group_list: Defense, Architecture, Settlement

etymology: Latin castrum 'fort, fortress'


morpheme_key: casual

morpheme: casual

morpheme_head: casual

affix_form: -casual-

meaning_definition: informal | relaxed | non-formal

example_words_list_1: casualty, casualty, casualness

example_words_corpus: casuals | casually | uncasual | casualize | noncasual | casualism

categorical_group_list: Register, Manner

etymology: Latin casualis 'of or belonging to a day' (dies casualis), from casus 'chance, fall'


morpheme_key: casuist

morpheme: casuist

morpheme_head: casuist

affix_form: -casuist-

meaning_definition: case | instance | particular

example_words_list_1: casuistry, casuistic

example_words_corpus: casuists | casuistry | casuistic | casuistics | casuistries

categorical_group_list: Instance, Specificity

etymology: Latin casus 'case, fall, chance'


morpheme_key: cat

morpheme: cat

morpheme_head: cat

affix_form: -cat-

sense_label: cat

meaning_definition: a small domesticated feline animal | to gaze at something intently | to move with a feline-like gait | a person who is fond of cats

example_words_list_1: cat, kitten, catnip, catwalk

example_words_corpus: catty | cates | catly | catio | tomcat | catnap

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: From Old English 'catt', likely from Late Latin 'cattus', possibly of African origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


affix_form: cat-

allomorphs: cat(a) | cato

sense_label: down

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: lower direction | movement from above to below | opposing | returning

example_words_list_1: catacomb | catapult | catastrophe | catabolic | catalyst | catarrhine | catatonia | cathode | cation

categorical_group_list: Direction designator

ancestor_etymon: cat

etymology: κατά (katá) ~down, against, back~

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: cataclysm

morpheme: cataclysm

morpheme_head: cataclysm

affix_form: -cataclysm-

meaning_definition: sudden upheaval | violent destruction | disaster

example_words_list_1: cataclysm, cataclysmic, cataclysmically

example_words_corpus: cataclysms | cataclysmic | cataclysmal | cataclysmist | cataclysmists | uncataclysmic

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Event, Chaos

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + klyzein 'to strike/wash'


morpheme_key: cataclysmic

morpheme: cataclysmic

morpheme_head: cataclysmic

affix_form: -cataclysmic-

meaning_definition: disastrous | destructive | overwhelming

example_words_list_1: cataclysm, cataclysmically

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Disaster, Magnitude


morpheme_key: catacomb

morpheme: catacomb

morpheme_head: catacomb

affix_form: -catacomb-

meaning_definition: underground chamber | burial place

example_words_list_1: catacomb, catacombs

example_words_corpus: catacombs | catacombic

categorical_group_list: Death, Architecture, Underground

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + kombē 'chamber'


morpheme_key: cataleptic

morpheme: cataleptic

morpheme_head: cataleptic

affix_form: -cataleptic-

meaning_definition: seizure | trance | paralysis

example_words_list_1: cataleptic

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physical state

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + lepsis 'a seizing'


morpheme_key: catalog

morpheme: catalog

morpheme_head: catalog

affix_form: -catalog-

meaning_definition: list | register | systematic collection

example_words_list_1: catalog, cataloging, cataloger

categorical_group_list: Organization, Collection

etymology: Greek katalogos 'list, register' from kata- 'down' + legein 'to say/choose'


morpheme_key: catalogue

morpheme: catalogue

morpheme_head: catalogue

affix_form: -catalogue-

meaning_definition: list | register | systematic record

example_words_list_1: cataloguing, catalogues

example_words_corpus: catalogues | cataloguer | catalogued | cataloguers | uncatalogued | subcatalogue

categorical_group_list: Organization, Information

etymology: Greek katalogos 'list, register'


morpheme_key: catalonia

morpheme: catalonia

morpheme_head: catalonia

affix_form: -catalonia-

meaning_definition: Catalonia | region in Spain

example_words_list_1: Catalan, Catalanese

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: Latin Catalānia, from Catalanus (of Catalonia)


morpheme_key: catalysis

morpheme: catalysis

morpheme_head: catalysis

affix_form: -catalysis-

meaning_definition: dissolution | loosening | breaking down

example_words_list_1: catalysis, catalytic, autocatalysis

categorical_group_list: Process, Change, Chemistry

etymology: Greek katalysis 'dissolution, loosening' from kata- 'down' + luein 'to loosen'


morpheme_key: catalyst

morpheme: catalyst

morpheme_head: catalyst

affix_form: -catalyst-

meaning_definition: catalysis | catalytic action | loosening | dissolution

categorical_group_list: Change, Action, Process

etymology: Greek katalysis 'dissolution, loosening'


morpheme_key: catalytic

morpheme: catalytic

morpheme_head: catalytic

affix_form: -catalytic-

meaning_definition: causing | accelerating | acting as a catalyst

example_words_list_1: catalysis, catalyst, autocatalytic

categorical_group_list: Action, Change, Process

etymology: Greek katalytikos 'dissolving, releasing'


morpheme_key: catapult

morpheme: catapult

morpheme_head: catapult

affix_form: -catapult-

meaning_definition: to hurl | to launch | to throw with force

example_words_list_1: catapult

example_words_corpus: catapults | catapulted | catapulter | catapultic | catapulting | catapulters

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Projectile

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + pallo 'to brandish/move to and fro'


morpheme_key: cataract

morpheme: cataract

morpheme_head: cataract

affix_form: -cataract-

meaning_definition: downward | flowing | waterfall

example_words_list_1: cataract

example_words_corpus: cataracts | cataracted | cataractous | anticataract | postcataract | aftercataract

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water, Motion

etymology: Greek kata- "down" + rhaein "to flow"


morpheme_key: catarrh

morpheme: catarrh

morpheme_head: catarrh

affix_form: -catarrh-

meaning_definition: excessive mucus secretion | inflammation of the mucous membranes

example_words_list_1: catarrhal, catarrhus

example_words_corpus: catarrhs | catarrhy | catarrhal | catarrhous

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biological process

etymology: Greek kata- "down" + rhēgos "discharge"


morpheme_key: catastrophe

morpheme: catastrophe

morpheme_head: catastrophe

affix_form: -catastrophe-

meaning_definition: sudden disaster | ruin | downfall

categorical_group_list: Disaster, Event, Destruction

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + strephein 'to turn'


morpheme_key: catatonia

morpheme: catatonia

morpheme_head: catatonia

affix_form: -catatonia-

meaning_definition: unresponsiveness | stupor | lack of movement

example_words_list_1: catatonic

categorical_group_list: Medical, State of being, Physical condition

etymology: Greek kata- 'down' + tonos 'tension/tone'


morpheme_key: catatonic

morpheme: catatonic

morpheme_head: catatonic

affix_form: -catatonic-

meaning_definition: unresponsive | stupor | lack of movement

example_words_list_1: catatonic, catatonically, catatonies

categorical_group_list: State of being, Medical, Motionlessness


morpheme_key: catch

morpheme: catch

morpheme_head: catch

affix_form: -catch-

meaning_definition: to seize | to capture | to intercept

example_words_list_1: catch, catcher, catchy, catchment, catchphrase

example_words_corpus: catchy | catcht | catcher | catches | bycatch | recatch

categorical_group_list: Action, Capture

etymology: Old French 'cachier' (to hunt, pursue)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: cate

morpheme: cate

morpheme_head: cate

affix_form: -cate-

meaning_definition: to make | to cause to be | to treat

example_words_list_1: duplicate, implicate, educate

example_words_corpus: cater | caters | catery | caterer | catered | catering

categorical_group_list: Action, Causative

etymology: Latin -catus, past participle suffix of verbs in -care (e.g., vacare, vacatus)


morpheme_key: catech

morpheme: catech

morpheme_head: catech

affix_form: -catech-

meaning_definition: to teach | to instruct | to question

example_words_list_1: catechism, catechize, catechumen

categorical_group_list: Instruction, Education

etymology: From Greek katechō 'to teach orally, instruct', from kata- 'down' + echein 'to have, hold'.


morpheme_key: categor

morpheme: categor

morpheme_head: categor

affix_form: -categor-

meaning_definition: to classify | to sort | to divide

example_words_list_1: category, categorical, categorization

categorical_group_list: Quality, Shape

etymology: Greek kategoros 'definite, precise'


morpheme_key: caten

morpheme: caten

morpheme_head: caten

affix_form: caten-

meaning_definition: series | connect sequentially

example_words_list_1: catenary | concatenation | catena | catenate | catenulate | concatenate

categorical_group_list: Connection, Sequence

etymology: Latin catena 'chain'


morpheme_key: cater

morpheme: cater

morpheme_head: cater

affix_form: -cater-

meaning_definition: to provide | to supply | to serve

example_words_list_1: cater, catering, uncatered

example_words_corpus: caters

categorical_group_list: Provision, Service

etymology: Middle French 'catérer' (to hire, to engage)


morpheme_key: cath

morpheme: cath

morpheme_head: cath

affix_form: cath-

meaning_definition: down, back, under, against, degenerative

example_words_list_1: catharsis, cathartic, catatonia, catatonic, catoptric, catoptrophobia

example_words_corpus: caths | angiocath | angiocaths

categorical_group_list: Direction, Opposition, Negation

etymology: Greek kata- "down, against, thoroughly"


morpheme_key: cathar

morpheme: cathar

morpheme_head: cathar

affix_form: cathar-

sense_label: pure

meaning_definition: unadulterated | to cleanse

example_words_list_1: catharsis | cathartic | cathartic Variant Spellings: Catherine | Karen | Catherine

example_words_corpus: Catharist | Catharism

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek katharos 'pure, clean'


morpheme_key: catharses

morpheme: catharses

morpheme_head: catharses

affix_form: -catharses-

meaning_definition: purification | cleansing | release of emotions

example_words_list_1: catharsis, cathartic

categorical_group_list: Purification, Emotion, Release

etymology: Greek katharsis 'purification'


morpheme_key: catharsis

morpheme: catharsis

morpheme_head: catharsis

affix_form: -catharsis-

example_words_list_1: cathartic, catharsis, cathartically

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Purification


morpheme_key: cathartic

morpheme: cathartic

morpheme_head: cathartic

affix_form: -cathartic-

meaning_definition: purging | cleansing | releasing

example_words_corpus: cathartics | uncathartic | anticathartic | anticathartics


morpheme_key: cathedral

morpheme: cathedral

morpheme_head: cathedral

affix_form: -cathedral-

meaning_definition: cathedral | seat of a bishop | ecclesiastical building

example_words_corpus: cathedrals | cathedralic | cathedraled | procathedral | cathedrallike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Religion

etymology: Latin ecclesia 'church' + cathedralis 'of a bishop's seat'


morpheme_key: catherine

morpheme: catherine

morpheme_head: catherine

affix_form: -catherine-

meaning_definition: pure | clean

categorical_group_list: Purity, Quality

etymology: Greek katharos 'pure'


morpheme_key: cathode

morpheme: cathode

morpheme_head: cathode

affix_form: -cathode-

meaning_definition: path | way | route

example_words_list_1: cathode, anode, erythrocyte

example_words_corpus: cathodes | biocathode | anticathode | biocathodes | photocathode | anticathodes

categorical_group_list: Motion, Path

etymology: Greek kathos 'down' + hodos 'way'


morpheme_key: catholic

morpheme: catholic

morpheme_head: catholic

affix_form: catholic

meaning_definition: Relating to all people and diverse tastes | Characterized by liberalism and inclusiveness

example_words_list_1: acatholic | catholicly | catholicity | Catholicise | Catholicize | catholicise

etymology: Derived from Greek 'katholikos' meaning 'universal' or 'general'

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: catsup

morpheme: catsup

morpheme_head: catsup

affix_form: -catsup-

meaning_definition: condiment | sauce

example_words_list_1: ['catsup']

example_words_corpus: catsups

categorical_group_list: Food, Condiment

etymology: from Hokkien kôe-chiap

ancestor_etymon_language: Hokkien


morpheme_key: caucasia

morpheme: caucasia

morpheme_head: caucasia

affix_form: -caucasia-

meaning_definition: the Caucasus region

example_words_list_1: caucasia

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun

etymology: Greek 'Kaukasos' (name of a mountain range)


morpheme_key: caucasus

morpheme: caucasus

morpheme_head: caucasus

affix_form: -caucasus-

meaning_definition: the Caucasus mountain region

example_words_list_1: Caucasian, Caucasoid

example_words_corpus: Caucasian | Caucasoid | Transcaucasia | Caucasianness

categorical_group_list: Geography, Location

etymology: Greek 'Kaukasos'


morpheme_key: caucus

morpheme: caucus

morpheme_head: caucus

affix_form: -caucus-

meaning_definition: meeting | assembly | group

example_words_list_1: caucus

example_words_corpus: caucuses | caucused | caucusing | precaucus | caucusdom | caucusgoer

categorical_group_list: Social organization, Assembly

etymology: from Massachusett caucau "assembly"

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian


morpheme_key: cauda

morpheme: cauda

morpheme_head: cauda

affix_form: cauda-

allomorphs: caud | caudo

sense_label: tail

meaning_definition: the rear appendage of an animal | an appendage at the rear end of an animal

example_words_list_1: caudal | coda

example_words_list_2: caudal | coda

example_words_corpus: caudate | acaudate | ecaudate | caudated | caudates | excaudate

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: cauda

etymology: cauda


morpheme_key: caught

morpheme: caught

morpheme_head: caught

affix_form: -caught-

meaning_definition: to capture | to seize | to entrap

example_words_list_1: caught

example_words_corpus: ycaught | upcaught | uncaught | caughten

categorical_group_list: Action, Capture

etymology: Old English cācian 'to catch, seize'


morpheme_key: caul

morpheme: caul

morpheme_head: caul

affix_form: -caul-

meaning_definition: main shaft | supporting stalk

example_words_list_1: amplexicaul, caulescent, caulicle, cauliflower, cauline, caulis

related_morphemes: col4 / col

categorical_group_list: Botany

etymology: Latin caulis 'cabbage, stalk'


morpheme_key: cauldron

morpheme: cauldron

morpheme_head: cauldron

affix_form: -cauldron-

meaning_definition: large metal pot | vessel for cooking

example_words_list_1: cauldron

example_words_corpus: cauldrons | cauldronful | cauldronlike

categorical_group_list: Container, Cooking, Vessel

etymology: Old French chaudron, from Vulgar Latin *calidarium, from Latin calidus 'hot'


morpheme_key: cause

morpheme: cause

morpheme_head: caus

affix_form: cause-

allomorphs: causa

meaning_definition: cause, motive, reason, sake, case

example_words_list_1: accuse, accusation, because, causal, causative, cause, excuse

example_words_corpus: causer | causes | caused | causee | causet | causeth

categorical_group_list: Causality, Logic

etymology: causa

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: caustic

morpheme: caustic

morpheme_head: caustic

affix_form: -caustic-

meaning_definition: burning | corrosive | biting

example_words_list_1: caustic, causticity

example_words_corpus: caustics | diacaustic | causticity | noncaustic | causticize | catacaustic

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Chemical, Sensation

etymology: Greek kaustikos 'burning'


morpheme_key: caut

morpheme: caut

morpheme_head: caut

affix_form: caut-

sense_label: guard against

meaning_definition: guard against

example_words_list_1: cauter, cauterize, cautery, precaution, cautious, caution

categorical_group_list: Protection, Care, Prevention

etymology: Latin cautus, past participle of cavere 'to take care, beware'


morpheme_key: cauterize

morpheme: cauterize

morpheme_head: cauterize

affix_form: -cauterize-

meaning_definition: to burn | to sear | to cauterize

example_words_list_1: cauterization, cauterized

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Heat, Injury

etymology: Latin cauterium "cautery" from Greek kaustikos "burning"


morpheme_key: cautio

morpheme: cautio

morpheme_head: cautio

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: to remain vigilant | to stay alert

example_words_list_1: caution | cautious | precaution Variant Spellings: caveat | caveat

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin cautus 'wary, careful', past participle of cavere 'to take care, be on guard'


morpheme_key: cav

morpheme: cav

morpheme_head: cav

affix_form: cav-

allomorphs: cav(i)

meaning_definition: empty | cause to be empty

example_words_list_1: cave | cavity | excavation | biconcave | concave | concavo-concave | convexo-concave | planoconcave | cavern | cavernous | cavicorn | cavitate | excavate | vena cava

example_words_list_2: cave | cavity | excavation | biconcave | concave | concavo-concave | convexo-concave | planoconcave | cavern | cavicorn | cavitate | excavate | vena cava | cavernous

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: cav

etymology: cavus


morpheme_key: caval

morpheme: caval

morpheme_head: caval

affix_form: -caval-

meaning_definition: equine animal | beast of burden

example_words_list_1: cavalry, cavalcade, cavalletto

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: From Latin caballus 'horse, packhorse'


morpheme_key: caveat

morpheme: caveat

morpheme_head: caveat

affix_form: -caveat-

meaning_definition: warning | caution | let him beware

example_words_list_1: caveat

example_words_corpus: caveats | caveator | caveators

categorical_group_list: Warning, Caution

etymology: Latin caveo 'to beware, take care'


morpheme_key: cavern

morpheme: cavern

morpheme_head: cavern

affix_form: -cavern-

meaning_definition: cave | hollow | underground chamber

example_words_list_1: cavernous, cavern

example_words_corpus: caverns | caverned | cavernous | cavernlike | incaverned | cavernously

categorical_group_list: Location, Nature, Physical Space

etymology: Latin 'caverna' meaning 'cave, hollow'


morpheme_key: caviar

morpheme: caviar

morpheme_head: caviar

affix_form: -caviar-

meaning_definition: fish eggs | delicacy

example_words_list_1: caviar

example_words_corpus: caviars | caviarlike

categorical_group_list: Food, Luxury

etymology: Russian kaviar

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: cavil

morpheme: cavil

morpheme_head: cavil

affix_form: -cavil-

meaning_definition: to find fault | to complain | to nitpick

example_words_list_1: cavil, caviller, caviling

example_words_corpus: cavils | caviler | caviled | cavilers | cavilled | caviling

categorical_group_list: Criticism, Speech

etymology: Latin cavillus 'fine thread, hair' (originally 'hair-splitting' argument)


morpheme_key: cavity

morpheme: cavity

morpheme_head: cavity

affix_form: -cavity-

meaning_definition: hollow | cavity | hollowed out

example_words_list_1: cavity, cavitation, cavum

example_words_corpus: nanocavity | cavityless | anticavity | endocavity | microcavity | intracavity

categorical_group_list: Space, Anatomy, Void

etymology: Latin cavus 'hollow, empty'


morpheme_key: caw

morpheme: caw

morpheme_head: caw

affix_form: -caw-

meaning_definition: the sound of a crow or raven

example_words_list_1: caw

example_words_corpus: caws | cawed | cawing | cawings

categorical_group_list: Onomatopoeia, Animal sound

etymology: imitative/onomatopoeic

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: cayenne

morpheme: cayenne

morpheme_head: cayenne

affix_form: -cayenne-

meaning_definition: cayenne pepper | Capsicum annuum | hot chili pepper

example_words_list_1: cayenne, cayenne pepper

example_words_corpus: cayennes | cayenned

categorical_group_list: Food, Spice, Heat

etymology: from Carib word 'koyenne'

ancestor_etymon_language: Carib


morpheme_key: ce

morpheme: ce

morpheme_head: ce

affix_form: -ce

meaning_definition: place | location | position

example_words_list_1: Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia

categorical_group_list: Nominalizer, Location, Abstract Noun Formation

etymology: Latin suffix -cia, -tia, from -icus/-icus + -ia, forming abstract nouns or place names

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: cease

morpheme: cease

morpheme_head: cease

affix_form: -cease-

allomorphs: ceas

meaning_definition: stop | end | discontinue

example_words_list_1: cease, cessation, ceaseless

example_words_corpus: ceased | ceases | ceaseth | ceasest | unceased | ceaseless

categorical_group_list: Termination, Motion

etymology: Latin caedere 'to cut, strike, kill'


morpheme_key: cedar

morpheme: cedar

morpheme_head: cedar

affix_form: -cedar-

meaning_definition: cedar tree

example_words_list_1: cedar, cedarwood, red cedar

example_words_corpus: cedarn | cedary | cedared | cedarwood | cedarlike | cedarwoods

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Greek kedros 'cedar'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: cede

morpheme: cede

morpheme_head: cede

affix_form: -cede

allomorphs: ced

sense_label: move, yield, go, surrender, let go

meaning_definition: move, yield, go, surrender, let go

example_words_list_1: accede, cede, concede, intercede, precede, procedure, proceed, procession, recede, secede, succeed, success, abscess

example_words_corpus: cedes | ceded | retrocede | retroceded | retrocedes

categorical_group_list: Motion, Change of state

etymology: cedere, cessus


affix_form: -cede-

sense_label: position within an ordered set

meaning_definition: rank in a sequence | place within an ordered group

example_words_list_1: precedence, unprecedented

example_words_list_2: precedence, unprecedented

categorical_group_list: Location

ancestor_etymon: cede

etymology: Latin cedere 'to go, move'


morpheme_key: cedr

morpheme: cedr

morpheme_head: cedr

affix_form: cedr-

meaning_definition: wood | forest

example_words_list_1: cedar, cedrela, cedrol

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material, Wood

etymology: Latin 'cedrus' meaning cedar or cedar wood


morpheme_key: cef

morpheme: cef

morpheme_head: cef

affix_form: cef-

meaning_definition: head

example_words_list_1: cefixime | cefteram | ceftiofur | cefotetan | cefazolin | ceftezole

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Greek kephalē 'head'


morpheme_key: ceil

morpheme: ceil

morpheme_head: ceil

affix_form: -ceil-

meaning_definition: elevated | celestial expanse | celestial bodies | room's upper boundary | celestial dome

example_words_list_1: ceil | ceiling | ceilometer Variant Spellings: conceal | conceal

example_words_corpus: ceils | ceiler | ceilers

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin caelum 'sky, heaven'


morpheme_key: ceiling

morpheme: ceiling

morpheme_head: ceiling

affix_form: -ceiling-

meaning_definition: upper interior surface | top | overhead

example_words_list_1: ceiling

example_words_corpus: ceilings | ceilinged | subceiling | ceilingless | unceilinged | ceilinglike

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Structure, Upper boundary

etymology: Old French ciel 'sky, heaven'


morpheme_key: ceive

morpheme: ceive

morpheme_head: ceive

affix_form: -ceive-

sense_label: take

meaning_definition: take | receive | capture

example_words_list_1: receive, perceive, deceive, conceive

categorical_group_list: Action, Perception

etymology: Latin -cipere, past participle stem of capere 'to take, seize'


morpheme_key: cel

morpheme: cel

morpheme_head: coel

affix_form: -cel

sense_label: heaven, the heavens

meaning_definition: sky | celestial realm

example_words_list_1: Celeste | celestial Variant Spellings: coelostat | coelostat

example_words_corpus: cels


morpheme_head: cel

affix_form: cel-

sense_label: hide

meaning_definition: hide

example_words_list_1: ceiling | clandestine | conceal | occult

categorical_group_list: Secrecy, Obscurity

etymology: celare ~to hide~ | celare "to hide"


allomorphs: onc(o)

sense_label: tumour

meaning_definition: tumour

example_words_list_1: celiac, celiac disease, celioma, celiopathy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek kēlōn "tumor, swelling"

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: cele

morpheme: cele

morpheme_head: cele

affix_form: -cele

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: localized enlargement | tissue protrusion | abnormal growth

example_words_list_1: cele, encephalocele, meningocele, encephalocele

example_words_corpus: urocele | merocele | mucocele | uroceles | entocele | cystocele

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Pathology, Morphology

etymology: Greek κήλη (kḗlē) | Greek kēlē : tumor | swelling | hernia


morpheme_key: celebr

morpheme: celebr

morpheme_head: celebr

affix_form: celebr-

sense_label: crowd

meaning_definition: assemble in groups | bestow respect | perform with ceremony | esteemed

example_words_list_1: celebrate | celebrity | celebration | celebrant

categorical_group_list: Creature grouper

ancestor_etymon: celebr

etymology: Latin celebris 'numerous, famous, celebrated'


morpheme_key: celer

morpheme: celer

morpheme_head: celer

affix_form: celer-

sense_label: swift

meaning_definition: rapid | prompt | brisk

example_words_list_1: acceleration | celerity | accelerando | accelerate | decelerate

categorical_group_list: Descriptives

etymology: Latin celer 'swift, quick'

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: celestial

morpheme: celestial

morpheme_head: celestial

affix_form: -celestial-

meaning_definition: heavenly | celestial | of the sky

example_words_list_1: celestials, celestialism

example_words_corpus: celestials | celestially | celestiality | noncelestial | celestialize | subcelestial

categorical_group_list: Cosmos, Nature

etymology: Latin caelestis 'of the sky, heavenly', from caelum 'sky, heaven'


morpheme_key: celib

morpheme: celib

morpheme_head: celib

affix_form: -celib-

meaning_definition: abstaining from marriage | unmarried | single

example_words_list_1: celibacy, celibate

categorical_group_list: State of being, Social status

etymology: Latin caelibatus, from caelebs 'unmarried'


morpheme_key: cell

morpheme: cell

morpheme_head: cell

affix_form: cell-

sense_label: cellular

meaning_definition: relating to cells | a storage compartment

example_words_list_1: cellar | cellarage | cellblock | acellular | cellular | extracellular | intercellular | intracellular | multicellular | noncellular | unicellular | cell

example_words_corpus: cells | celly | celled | subcell | unicell | precell

ancestor_etymon: cell

etymology: Latin cella 'small room, storeroom'


morpheme_key: cellar

morpheme: cellar

morpheme_head: cellar

affix_form: -cellar-

meaning_definition: underground room | storage space

example_words_list_1: cellarage, cellarman

example_words_corpus: cellars | cellary | cellarer | cellaret | cellarage | cellarers

categorical_group_list: Location, Architecture

etymology: Old French cellier, from Latin cella 'small room, storeroom'


morpheme_key: celli

morpheme: celli

morpheme_head: celli

affix_form: -celli

meaning_definition: little

example_words_list_1: vermicelli, monticello

example_words_list_2: vermicelli, monticello

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Size

etymology: From Latin -cellus, diminutive suffix derived from celsus 'high' or possibly from a diminutive form of cella 'small room'.


morpheme_key: cellist

morpheme: cellist

morpheme_head: cellist

affix_form: -cellist-

meaning_definition: one who plays the cello

example_words_list_1: cellist, cellists

example_words_corpus: cellists

categorical_group_list: Agent, Music

etymology: from cello, from Italian violoncello


morpheme_key: cello

morpheme: cello

morpheme_head: cello

affix_form: -cello-

sense_label: violoncello

meaning_definition: violoncello | large stringed instrument

example_words_list_1: cello

example_words_corpus: celloist | cellolike | celloists

categorical_group_list: Musical Instrument, Stringed Instrument

etymology: Italian 'violoncello', diminutive of 'violone'


morpheme_key: cellophane

morpheme: cellophane

morpheme_head: cellophane

affix_form: -cellophane-

meaning_definition: transparent | thin | plastic-like

example_words_list_1: cellophane

categorical_group_list: Material, Appearance

etymology: Greek 'kallos' (beautiful) + 'phanos' (bright/visible)


morpheme_key: celsius

morpheme: celsius

morpheme_head: celsius

affix_form: -celsius-

meaning_definition: degree of temperature

example_words_list_1: ['celsius']

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Temperature

etymology: Eponymous for Anders Celsius


morpheme_key: celt

morpheme: celt

morpheme_head: celt

affix_form: -celt-

meaning_definition: pertaining to the Celts | Celtic

example_words_list_1: Celtic

example_words_corpus: celts | Celtic | Celtist | Celticist | Celticize | Celticism

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Culture

etymology: Latin 'Celtae' (the Celts), from Gaulish *Keltā


morpheme_key: cement

morpheme: cement

morpheme_head: cement

affix_form: -cement-

meaning_definition: bind | unite | solidify

example_words_list_1: cement, cemented, cementation

example_words_corpus: cements | cementy | cementer | cemented | cemental | recement

categorical_group_list: Connection, Solidity, Construction

etymology: Latin cementum 'lime mortar, rubble', from cementus, past participle of cernere 'to sift, separate'


morpheme_key: cen

morpheme: cen

morpheme_head: cen

affix_form: cen-

allomorphs: cene | ceno

sense_label: new

meaning_definition: novel | youthful | unspoiled | lately

example_words_list_1: caenogastropod | caenogenesis | Cenozoic | cenogenesis | Eocene | Holocene | Miocene | Oligocene | Paleocene | Pleistocene | Pliocene | recent

example_words_corpus: cenogamy | cenancestor | cenancestors

categorical_group_list: Time, Age, Novelty

etymology: καινός (kainós) | Greek kainos : recent


morpheme_key: cenestho

morpheme: cenestho

morpheme_head: cenestho

affix_form: cenestho-

meaning_definition: late | recent

example_words_list_1: cenesthopathic

example_words_corpus: cenesthopathic

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal

etymology: Greek kainos 'new, recent'


morpheme_key: cenotaph

morpheme: cenotaph

morpheme_head: cenotaph

affix_form: -cenotaph-

meaning_definition: empty | tomb | monument

example_words_list_1: cenotaph, cenotaphic

example_words_corpus: cenotaphs | cenotaphic

categorical_group_list: Death, Monument, Void

etymology: Greek kenos "empty" + taphe "burial"


morpheme_key: cens

morpheme: cens

morpheme_head: cens

affix_form: False

sense_label: incense

meaning_definition: to emit fragrant smoke | to scent with fragrance

example_words_list_1: censer, incense

example_words_list_2: censer, incense

related_morphemes: cand / cand

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Fire, Ritual

etymology: Latin 'censere' meaning 'to assess, rate, or decree', which evolved in Late Latin to 'to burn incense' (via the sense of 'to judge/decree' offerings or 'to rate' the quality of the smoke).


affix_form: cens-

sense_label: judge

meaning_definition: assess | appraise | examine

example_words_list_1: censure | census | censor | recension unrelated: cand / incense.

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: cens

etymology: Latin cens- 'to assess, judge, rate'

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


morpheme_key: cense

morpheme: cense

morpheme_head: cense

affix_form: -cense-

meaning_definition: to feel | to perceive | to sense

example_words_list_1: conscience, censure, incense, rescind

example_words_corpus: censes | censed

categorical_group_list: Perception, Sensation

etymology: Latin -cens-, present participle stem of 'censēre' meaning 'to assess, declare, feel, perceive'


morpheme_key: census

morpheme: census

morpheme_head: census

affix_form: -census-

meaning_definition: count | enumeration | population survey

example_words_list_1: census, decensus

example_words_corpus: censuses | censused | recensus | censusing | noncensus | anticensus

categorical_group_list: Number, Measurement, Administration

etymology: Latin census 'valuation, tax assessment', from censere 'to assess, decree'


morpheme_key: cent

morpheme: cent

morpheme_head: cent

affix_form: cent-

meaning_definition: The numerical value of one hundred | A collection of one hundred items | The ordinal position for one hundredth | The ordinal position for one tenth | The numerical value of ten

example_words_list_1: centipede | century | centennial | cent | centurion | centimeter | percent | centavo | centenarian | centigrade | cent (1/100th of a dollar) | century (100 years)

example_words_corpus: cents | bitcent | Eurocent | bitcents | centages | centennial

categorical_group_list: Number format | quantity

ancestor_etymon: cent

etymology: From Latin 'centum' meaning 'one hundred'

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


affix_form: -cent-

sense_label: sing

meaning_definition: vocalize | melody | act of vocalizing

example_words_list_1: accent | accentual | accentuate | accentuation | canción | canorous | cant | cantabile | cantata | cantation | cantatory | cantatrice | canticle | canticum | cantiga | cantilena | cantillate | cantillation | cantion | canto | cantor | cantus | canzona | canzone | Carmen | chanson | chansonnier | chant | chanteur | chanteuse | chanticleer | charm | concent | descant | discant | discantus | disenchant | disenchantment | disencharm | disincentive | enchant | enchanting | enchantment | enchantress | incantation | incantational | incentive | plainchant | precentor | recant | recantation | succentor | vaticinate | vaticination | vaticinator

related_morphemes: cant2 / cant, chant / chant

categorical_group_list: Sound, Music, Expression

etymology: Latin cant- 'to sing', from canere


morpheme_key: centaur

morpheme: centaur

morpheme_head: centaur

affix_form: -centaur-

meaning_definition: half-man | half-horse | mythological creature

example_words_list_1: centaur, centauromachy, centauromorph

example_words_corpus: centaurs | centauroid | centauress | centaurette | centauroids | centaurettes

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Creature

etymology: Greek kentaouros (Kentauros)


morpheme_key: centen

morpheme: centen

morpheme_head: centen

affix_form: centen-

meaning_definition: hundred each

example_words_list_1: centenarian | centenary

example_words_list_2: centenarian | centenary

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: centeni


morpheme_key: center

morpheme: center

morpheme_head: center

affix_form: -center-

meaning_definition: middle | midpoint | focal point

example_words_list_1: central, centric, eccentricity

example_words_corpus: centers | centered | incenter | recenter | decenter | uncenter

categorical_group_list: Location, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'centrum' 'center', from Greek 'kentron' 'sharp point, goad'


morpheme_key: centesim

morpheme: centesim

morpheme_head: centesim

affix_form: centesim-

sense_label: hundredth

meaning_definition: hundredth

example_words_list_1: centesimal | centesimation

example_words_list_2: centesimal, centesimation

categorical_group_list: Number, Ordinal

etymology: centesimus


morpheme_key: centesis

morpheme: centesis

morpheme_head: centesis

affix_form: -centesis

meaning_definition: surgical puncture for aspiration | puncture

example_words_list_1: amniocentesis | abdominocentesis | arthrocentesis | celiocentesis | enterocentesis | paracentesis | pericardiocentesis | thoracentesis | thoracocentesis

example_words_list_2: abdominocentesis, amniocentesis, arthrocentesis, celiocentesis, enterocentesis, paracentesis, pericardiocentesis, thoracentesis, thoracocentesis

example_words_corpus: paracentesis | amniocentesis | cordocentesis | culdocentesis | cystocentesis | cardiocentesis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Procedure, Action

etymology: Greek κέντησις (kéntēsis)


morpheme_key: centimes

morpheme: centimes

morpheme_head: centimes

affix_form: -centimes-

meaning_definition: hundredth | subunit of currency

example_words_list_1: centime, centesimal, percentile

categorical_group_list: Number, Currency, Measurement

etymology: Latin centum 'hundred'


morpheme_key: centre

morpheme: centre

morpheme_head: centro

affix_form: -centre-

allomorphs: centre

meaning_definition: middle | central | core

example_words_list_1: central, centrality, decentralize

example_words_corpus: centres | centred | decentre | recentre | uncentre | epicentre

etymology: Latin 'centrum' 'middle, center', from Greek 'kentron' 'sharp point, goad'


morpheme_key: centric

morpheme: centric

morpheme_head: centric

affix_form: -centric

allomorphs: -centric

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective | adjective/adverb

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | derivational

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: central | possessing a specific central point | oriented toward

example_words_list_1: acentric | acrocentric | amniocentesis | anthropocentric | anthropocentrism | barycenter | biocentric | biocentrism | centaur | centauromachy | centesis | centre | centric | centrism | centrist | centroid | centromere | centromeric | centrosphere | centrosymmetric | centrosymmetry | centrum | eccentric | eccentrism | eccentrist | ecocentric | ecocentrism | ecocentrist | egocentric | egocentrism | enterocentesis | epicentre | holocentric | metacentric | monocentric | neocentromere | orthocenter | orthocentric | paracentesis | pericardiocentesis | technocentric | technocentrism | telocentric | thoracentesis | thoracocentesis | allocentric | concentric

example_words_corpus: acentric | eccentric | centrical | excentric | bicentric | dicentric

categorical_group_list: Focus, Position, Relation

ancestor_etymon: κεντρικός  OED

etymology: Greek -κεντρικός (kentrikos) from κέντρον (kentron) 'center'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek OED

source: OED


morpheme_key: centrism

morpheme: centrism

morpheme_head: centrism

affix_form: -centrism

meaning_definition: state of | doctrine of | focus on

example_words_list_1: geocentrism | ecocentrism | zoocentrism | biocentrism | ciscentrism | gynocentrism

categorical_group_list: Ideology, Doctrine, Position

etymology: Greek -ism (suffix) + -centr- (from centrum 'center')


morpheme_key: century

morpheme: century

morpheme_head: century

affix_form: -century-

meaning_definition: one hundred | period of one hundred years

example_words_list_1: century, bicentenary, bicentennial

example_words_corpus: uncentury | midcentury | microcentury

categorical_group_list: Time, Quantity

etymology: Latin centum "hundred" + -annus "year"


morpheme_key: cep

morpheme: cep

morpheme_head: cep

affix_form: -cep-

meaning_definition: hold, take, contain

example_words_list_1: capable, capacious, captive, caption, captivate, capture, conception, except, forceps, incipient, intercept, recipient, captain, captor, capture, caption, captive

example_words_corpus: ceps

categorical_group_list: Action, Possession, Containment

etymology: capere, captus ~take or hold~ (vowel changes from a to i in compounds)


morpheme_key: cephal

morpheme: cephal

morpheme_head: cephal

affix_form: cephal-

allomorphs: cephalo | cephalon | cephalus

sense_label: head

meaning_definition: head | brain

example_words_list_1: cephalic, cephalopod, encephalitis, cephalalgia

example_words_corpus: cephalin | cephalins | cephalism | cephalalgy | Ctenocephalides

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: cephal

etymology: Greek kephalē 'head'

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


morpheme_key: cephalic

morpheme: cephalic

morpheme_head: cephalic

affix_form: -cephalic

meaning_definition: head

example_words_corpus: acephalic | bicephalic | dicephalic | procephalic | zoocephalic | tricephalic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: κεφαλή (kephalḗ)


morpheme_key: cephalous

morpheme: cephalous

morpheme_head: cephalous

affix_form: -cephalous

example_words_corpus: acephalous | bicephalous | dicephalous | acephalously | tricephalous | autocephalous


morpheme_key: cephaly

morpheme: cephaly

morpheme_head: cephaly

affix_form: -cephaly

example_words_list_1: microcephaly, hydrocephalus, encephalo

example_words_corpus: acephaly | bicephaly | dicephaly | oxycephaly | otocephaly | acrocephaly


morpheme_key: ceps

morpheme: ceps

morpheme_head: ceps

affix_form: -ceps-

meaning_definition: the upper portion of the body

example_words_list_1: biceps, quadriceps, triceps unrelated: cept / forceps.

related_morphemes: cap2 / cap, capit / capit, cipit / cipit

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Number

etymology: From Latin -ceps, from capere 'to take, seize'


morpheme_key: cept

morpheme: cept

morpheme_head: cept

affix_form: -cept-

meaning_definition: retain | acquire | enclose | capture | apprehend

example_words_list_1: capable | capacious | captive | caption | captivate | capture | conception | except | forceps | incipient | intercept | recipient | captain | captor | accept | apperception | concept | contraceptive | deception | exceptional | exteroceptor | imperceptible | inception | perception | perceptive | precept | preconception | receptacle | reception | receptive | susceptible Variant Spellings: forceps | susceptible

related_morphemes: cap1 / cap, ceit / ceit, ceiv / ceiv, cip / cip, cup1 / cup

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: cap

etymology: From Latin capere 'to take, seize'


morpheme_key: ception

morpheme: ception

morpheme_head: ception

affix_form: -ception

meaning_definition: act of taking | process of grasping | state of being caught

example_words_list_1: bookception | neuroception | visceroception

categorical_group_list: Action, Perception, Process

etymology: From Latin -capere 'to take, seize' (past participle stem -cept-), via French -ception


morpheme_key: ceram

morpheme: ceram

morpheme_head: ceram

affix_form: ceram-

sense_label: clay

meaning_definition: clay

example_words_list_1: ceramic

example_words_list_2: ceramic

categorical_group_list: Material, Earth

etymology: κέραμος (kéramos)


morpheme_key: ceramic

morpheme: ceramic

morpheme_head: ceramic

affix_form: -ceramic-

meaning_definition: clay | pottery | fired earth

example_words_list_1: ceramics, ceramicist, bioceramics

example_words_corpus: ceramics | aceramic | bioceramic | ceramicist | nonceramic | preceramic

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Greek keramos 'potter's clay'


morpheme_key: ceramics

morpheme: ceramics

morpheme_head: ceramics

affix_form: -ceramics-

meaning_definition: pottery | clay-based | earthenware

example_words_list_1: ceramic, ceramics

categorical_group_list: Material, Craft


morpheme_key: cerat

morpheme: cerat

morpheme_head: cerat

affix_form: cerat

allomorphs: cerato

meaning_definition: projecting growth | keratinous appendage

example_words_list_1: rhinoceros, ceratops, ceratoid

example_words_list_2: Examples: Stegoceras ("roof horn") | Triceratops ("three-horned face") | Orthoceras ("straight horn") Megaloceras ("big horn") Ceratosaurus ("horned lizard") | Microceratus ("small horned") | rhinoceros("nose horn") | Albertoceras ("Alberta horn") | keratin | triceratops | cervid | cervine | cytokeratin | keratoplasty | keratotomy | keratose | rhinoceros | triceratops Variant Spellings: carat | karat

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: κέρας (kéras)

etymology: κέρας (kéras) | κέρατος (kératos) | κέρατος(kératos) | Greek keratos | genitive of keras : horn

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek

pronunciation: /sɛrəs/, /sɛrət/, /sɛrətəs/

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: cerauno

morpheme: cerauno

morpheme_head: cerauno

affix_form: cerauno-

meaning_definition: thunder | lightning

example_words_list_1: ceraunoscopy | ceraunoscope | ceraunoscopes

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Electricity

etymology: Greek keraunos (κεραυνός) 'thunderbolt'


morpheme_key: cerc

morpheme: cerc

morpheme_head: cerc

affix_form: -cerc-

meaning_definition: rear part | posterior extension

example_words_list_1: cercaria, Cercopithecidae, cercus, cysticercus, diphycercal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Zoology

etymology: Greek kerkos : tail


morpheme_key: cercal

morpheme: cercal

morpheme_head: cercal

affix_form: -cercal

meaning_definition: pertaining to a cercus | having a cercus

example_words_list_1: cercal

example_words_corpus: homocercal | hypocercal | protocercal | heterocercal | hemiheterocercal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological structure

etymology: From Latin cercus (tail, appendage) + -alis (adjectival suffix)


morpheme_key: cereal

morpheme: cereal

morpheme_head: cereal

affix_form: -cereal-

meaning_definition: grain | seed

example_words_list_1: cereal, cereals

example_words_corpus: cereals | cerealin | cerealogy | noncereal | cerealist | cerealists

categorical_group_list: Food, Botany

etymology: Latin 'cerealis' (of Ceres, grain goddess), from 'Ceres' (grain)


morpheme_key: cerebello

morpheme: cerebell(o)

morpheme_head: cerebell(o)

affix_form: cerebell-

allomorphs: cerebella | cerebello

sense_label: of or pertaining to the cerebellum

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to the cerebellum

example_words_list_1: cerebellum

example_words_list_2: cerebellum

example_words_corpus: cerebellofugal | cerebellolental | cerebellorubral | cerebellospinal | cerebellopontine | cerebellopontile

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Neurology

etymology: Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum 'brain'


morpheme_key: cerebr

morpheme: cerebr

morpheme_head: cerebr

affix_form: cerebr-

allomorphs: cerebra | cerebro

sense_label: brain

meaning_definition: organ of thought | central nervous system component

example_words_list_1: cerebral | cerebration | cerebrospinal | cerebrum Variant Spellings: cerebellum | cerebellum

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin cerebrum "brain"


morpheme_key: cerebral

morpheme: cerebral

morpheme_head: cerebral

affix_form: -cerebral-

meaning_definition: brain

example_words_list_1: cerebrum, cerebral cortex

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Cognition

etymology: Latin cerebrum 'brain'


morpheme_key: cerebrate

morpheme: cerebrate

morpheme_head: cerebrate

affix_form: -cerebrate-

meaning_definition: brain | intellect | mental

example_words_list_1: cerebrate, cerebral, cerebration

example_words_corpus: cerebrated | cerebrates | decerebrate | decerebrated | decerebrates


morpheme_key: cerebrum

morpheme: cerebrum

morpheme_head: cerebrum

affix_form: -cerebrum-

meaning_definition: brain | cerebrum

example_words_list_1: cerebrum, cerebrum-related

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Cognition

etymology: Latin cerebrum "brain, skull"


morpheme_key: cern

morpheme: cern

morpheme_head: cern

affix_form: cern-

sense_label: sift

meaning_definition: filter | divide | assess | perceive | partition | discern | determine

example_words_list_1: discern, discrete, discretion, secrete, discernibly

related_morphemes: cert / cert, crem2 / crem, cret2 / cret, crimin2 / crimin, crin2 / crin, cris / cris, crit / crit

categorical_group_list: Separation, Perception, Judgment

ancestor_etymon: cern

etymology: cernere ~to sift | separate~ | cernere "to sift | separate"


morpheme_key: cero

morpheme: cero

morpheme_head: cero

affix_form: cero-

allomorphs: cer

meaning_definition: a substance used for polishing | a material that hardens when cooled

example_words_list_1: cerography | ceromancy

example_words_list_2: cerography, ceromancy

example_words_corpus: cerotype | cerograph | cerotypes | cerography | cerographs | ceroplasty

ancestor_etymon: κηρός  OED

etymology: Greek κέρα (kera) 'wax'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED


morpheme_key: cert

morpheme: cert

morpheme_head: cert

affix_form: cert-

allomorphs: certa

sense_label: sure

meaning_definition: certain | fixed | determine | differentiate | divide | decide

example_words_list_1: ascertain | certain | certainty | certify | certificate | certiorari | certitude Variant Spellings: decree | discern | certitude | discernment | decree

example_words_corpus: certs

etymology: Latin certus 'settled, sure, firm', past participle of cernere 'to sift, decide, distinguish'

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


morpheme_key: certain

morpheme: certain

morpheme_head: certain

affix_form: -certain-

meaning_definition: sure | fixed | decided

example_words_list_1: uncertain, certainty, ascertain

example_words_corpus: certainly | uncertain | incertain | noncertain | certainness | uncertainly

categorical_group_list: Certainty, Stability

etymology: Latin certus 'settled, decided, sure', past participle of cernere 'to sift, decide'


morpheme_key: certiorari

morpheme: certiorari

morpheme_head: certiorari

affix_form: -certiorari-

meaning_definition: to be informed | to be made certain

example_words_list_1: certiorari

categorical_group_list: Certainty, Knowledge

etymology: Latin certiorari, deponent verb from certus 'certain' + -ari passive infinitive marker


morpheme_key: cerule

morpheme: cerule

morpheme_head: cerule

affix_form: cerule-

meaning_definition: blue

example_words_list_1: cerulean

categorical_group_list: Colors

etymology: From Latin caeruleus 'dark blue, greenish-blue', possibly from caesius 'bluish-gray'.


morpheme_key: cervi

morpheme: cervi

morpheme_head: cervi

affix_form: cervi-

meaning_definition: neck | cervical

example_words_list_1: cervix | cervical | cervicofacial | cervicitis

example_words_list_2: cervix, cervical, cervicofacial, cervicitis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: cervix, cervicis ~neck~


morpheme_key: cervic

morpheme: cervic

morpheme_head: cervic

affix_form: cervic-

allomorphs: cervici | cervico

sense_label: neck

meaning_definition: throat | back of the head

example_words_list_1: cervix | cervical | cervicofacial | cervicitis | cervical vertebrae | cervicodorsal

etymology: Latin cervix 'neck'


morpheme_key: cervical

morpheme: cervical

morpheme_head: cervical

affix_form: -cervical-

meaning_definition: neck | pertaining to the neck

example_words_list_1: cervical spine, cervical vertebrae, cervical vertebrae

example_words_corpus: orocervical | buccocervical | faciocervical | spinocervical | craniocervical | linguocervical

etymology: Latin cervix, cervic- 'neck'


morpheme_key: cervix

morpheme: cervix

morpheme_head: cervix

affix_form: -cervix-

meaning_definition: neck | nape

example_words_list_1: cervical, cervix

example_words_corpus: cervixes | exocervix | neocervix | endocervix | ectocervix | retrocervix

etymology: Latin cervix "neck, nape"


morpheme_key: cess

morpheme: cess

morpheme_head: cess

affix_form: cess-

sense_label: move

meaning_definition: move | yield | surrender | relinquish | cease

example_words_list_1: accede | cede | concede | intercede | precede | procedure | proceed | procession | recede | secede | succeed | success | abscess | succession | excess | concession | incessant | access | accession | accessory | cessation | cession | necessary | precession | predecessor | process | recess | recession | recessive | successive Variant Spellings: ancestor | ancestor

example_words_corpus: cesser | cessers | cessment | cessments

related_morphemes: ceas / ceas, ced / ced, ced / ced

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: cess

etymology: Latin -cessus, past participle of cedere 'to go, yield'


morpheme_key: cession

morpheme: cession

morpheme_head: cession

affix_form: -cession-

meaning_definition: act of yielding | giving up | surrendering

example_words_list_1: concession, recession, secession

categorical_group_list: Action, Transfer, Relinquishment

etymology: From Latin cessionem (nominative cessio), a noun of action from the past participle stem of cedere 'to go, yield, give way'.


morpheme_key: cester

morpheme: cester

morpheme_head: cester

affix_form: -cester-

meaning_definition: camp | fort | settlement

example_words_list_1: Gloucester, Leicester, Worcester

categorical_group_list: Location, Military, Settlement

etymology: Latin castra 'camp, fortified camp'


morpheme_key: cet

morpheme: cet

morpheme_head: cet

affix_form: -cet-

meaning_definition: large marine mammal | aquatic creature

example_words_list_1: cetology, cetacean, megacete

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: Greek chaitē : hair


morpheme_key: cetacean

morpheme: cetacean

morpheme_head: cetacean

affix_form: -cetacean-

meaning_definition: whale | marine mammal

example_words_list_1: cetacean, cetaceanology

example_words_corpus: cetaceans

categorical_group_list: Biology, Animals

etymology: Latin cetaceus, from cetus 'sea monster, whale'


morpheme_key: cetera

morpheme: cetera

morpheme_head: cetera

affix_form: -cetera-

allomorphs: ceter

meaning_definition: the rest | remaining | others

example_words_list_1: etcetera

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Remainder

etymology: Latin cetera, neuter plural of ceterus 'remaining, left over'


morpheme_key: ch

morpheme: ch

morpheme_head: ch

affix_form: -ch

sense_label: like, of, pertaining to

meaning_definition: like, of, pertaining to

example_words_list_1: mechanic, rhythmic, lithic, trophic

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Relation

etymology: Greek -ich (suffix derived from -ikos)


morpheme_key: chaconne

morpheme: chaconne

morpheme_head: chaconne

affix_form: -chaconne-

meaning_definition: a dance in triple meter | a musical form

example_words_list_1: chaconne

example_words_corpus: chaconnes

categorical_group_list: Music, Dance

etymology: French chaconne, likely from Spanish chacona

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: chafe

morpheme: chafe

morpheme_head: chafe

affix_form: -chafe-

meaning_definition: to rub | to irritate | to annoy

example_words_list_1: chafe, chafing

example_words_corpus: chafed | chafes | chafer | chafen | chafers | chafeth

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Emotion, Friction

etymology: Old French chaf


morpheme_key: chaff

morpheme: chaff

morpheme_head: chaff

affix_form: -chaff-

meaning_definition: husk | chaff | worthless grain

example_words_list_1: chaff

example_words_corpus: chaffy | chaffs | chaffer | chaffed | chaffing | chaffinch

categorical_group_list: Nature, Waste, Substance

etymology: Old English ceaf 'husk, chaff', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaf and German Schaff.


morpheme_key: chagrin

morpheme: chagrin

morpheme_head: chagrin

affix_form: -chagrin-

meaning_definition: distress | frustration | annoyance

example_words_list_1: chagrin

example_words_corpus: chagrins | chagrined | chagrining | unchagrined

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Negative affect

etymology: Old French 'chagrin' (distress, sorrow)


morpheme_key: chain

morpheme: chain

morpheme_head: chain

affix_form: -chain-

meaning_definition: series | sequence | interconnected | linked

example_words_list_1: unchained, keychain, chainmail

example_words_corpus: unchain | chained | enchain | rechain | chainer | chainsaw

categorical_group_list: Connection, Sequence, Physical Object

etymology: Old French 'chain' (modern 'chaîne'), from Latin 'catena' meaning 'chain, shackle'


morpheme_key: chair

morpheme: chair

morpheme_head: chair

affix_form: -chair-

meaning_definition: seat | place to sit

example_words_list_1: chairman, wheelchair, armchair, deckchair, rocking chair

example_words_corpus: chairs | chaired | cochair | chairman | armchair | chairing

categorical_group_list: Furniture, Objects

etymology: Old French 'chaire' (seat, throne)


morpheme_key: chaise

morpheme: chaise

morpheme_head: chaise

affix_form: -chaise-

meaning_definition: chair | seat

example_words_list_1: chaise longue, chaise vide, chaise haute

example_words_corpus: chaises | chaisemaker | chaisemakers

categorical_group_list: Furniture, Object

etymology: Old French 'chaize', from Latin 'cathedra' 'seat'


morpheme_key: chal

morpheme: chal

morpheme_head: chal

affix_form: -chal-

meaning_definition: care | heed | concern

example_words_list_1: nonchalant

example_words_list_2: nonchalant

example_words_corpus: chals

categorical_group_list: State of being, Emotion

etymology: Latin 'calere' (to be hot, warm) via past participle stem 'cal-', originally referring to heat or warmth, metaphorically extended to mental state or concern.


morpheme_key: chalco

morpheme: chalco

morpheme_head: chalc

affix_form: chalco-

allomorphs: chalco

meaning_definition: copper | bronze

example_words_list_1: chalcogen | chalcosis | chalcogens | chalcophile | Chalcophaps | chalcograph

categorical_group_list: Material, Element

etymology: Greek chalkos 'copper, bronze'


morpheme_key: chalice

morpheme: chalice

morpheme_head: chalice

affix_form: -chalice-

meaning_definition: cup | vessel | goblet

example_words_list_1: chalice, chaliced, chalices

example_words_corpus: chalices | chaliced | chalicelike

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Latin calix, calic- 'cup, goblet'


morpheme_key: chalk

morpheme: chalk

morpheme_head: chalk

affix_form: -chalk-

meaning_definition: chalk | white chalk

example_words_list_1: chalk, chalky, chalkline

example_words_corpus: chalky | chalks | chalked | rechalk | bechalk | chalken

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: From Greek chalkos (χαλκός) meaning 'copper, bronze', later extended to 'chalk' due to color similarity.


morpheme_key: challenge

morpheme: challenge

morpheme_head: challenge

affix_form: -challenge-

meaning_definition: to test | to defy | to call into question

example_words_list_1: challenge, challenging, challenged

example_words_corpus: challenged | challenger | challenges | challengee | challengers | rechallenge

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Testing, Adversity

etymology: Old French 'chalenge' (to accuse, dispute)


morpheme_key: cham

morpheme: cham

morpheme_head: cham

affix_form: cham-

meaning_definition: lying on the surface | situated on the earth

example_words_list_1: chameleon, chamomile

example_words_list_2: chameleon, chamomile

example_words_corpus: chams

categorical_group_list: Location, Position

etymology: Greek chamai : on the ground


morpheme_key: chamae

morpheme: chamae

morpheme_head: chamae

affix_form: chamae-

meaning_definition: together | in a group | alongside

example_words_list_1: chamaephyte | chamaephytes

example_words_corpus: chamaephyte | chamaephytes

categorical_group_list: Comitative, Spatial

etymology: Greek chamai- 'on the ground' or chama- 'joy/delight' (often used as a combining form from chamai-)


morpheme_key: chamber

morpheme: chamber

morpheme_head: chamber

affix_form: -chamber-

meaning_definition: enclosed space | room | compartment

example_words_list_1: chamberlain, chambermaid, chamberpot

example_words_corpus: chambers | chambered | unchamber | chamberer | rechamber | chambering

categorical_group_list: Space, Container

etymology: Old French chambre, from Latin camera 'vaulted room'


morpheme_key: chamberlain

morpheme: chamberlain

morpheme_head: chamberlain

affix_form: -chamberlain-

meaning_definition: officer in charge of a chamber | attendant

example_words_list_1: ['chamberlain']

example_words_corpus: chamberlains | chamberlainship | archchamberlain | underchamberlain | chamberlainships | archchamberlains

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Person

etymology: Old English 'tumbere' (chamber) + 'hlaford' (lord)


morpheme_key: chamfer

morpheme: chamfer

morpheme_head: chamfer

affix_form: -chamfer-

meaning_definition: beveled edge | angled edge | sloping edge

example_words_list_1: chamfered

example_words_corpus: chamfers | chamfered | chamfering | unchamfered | chamferings

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry, Carpentry

etymology: From French 'chanfrein' (horse's forehead/muzzle), from Old French 'chan' + 'frein', ultimately from Germanic roots related to 'forehead' or 'front'.


morpheme_key: champ

morpheme: champ

morpheme_head: champ

affix_form: -champ-

sense_label: victor, winner

meaning_definition: victor, winner

example_words_list_1: champion, championship, championed

example_words_corpus: champs | champed | champer | champers | champing | champings

categorical_group_list: Victory, Combat, Success

ancestor_etymon: champ

etymology: Latin campus 'field' (via Old French champ)


morpheme_key: champagne

morpheme: champagne

morpheme_head: champagne

affix_form: -champagne-

meaning_definition: sparkling wine | wine from the Champagne region

example_words_list_1: champagne

example_words_corpus: champagnes | champagned | champagney | champagnelike | champagneless

categorical_group_list: Food, Beverage, Proper Noun

etymology: Proper noun referring to the Champagne region of France


morpheme_key: champion

morpheme: champion

morpheme_head: champion

affix_form: -champion-

meaning_definition: leader | winner | defender | combatant

example_words_list_1: champion, championship, championing

categorical_group_list: Agency, Combat, Leadership

etymology: Latin 'campio' (champion, fighter) from 'campus' (field, battlefield)


morpheme_key: chan

morpheme: chan

morpheme_head: chan

affix_form: -chan

meaning_definition: diminutive | affectionate | familiar

example_words_list_1: Nobu-chan, Sakura-chan, Kuma-chan

example_words_corpus: chans | chanop | mischan | chanops

categorical_group_list: Honorific, Diminutive

etymology: Derived from the Japanese word 'chan' (ちゃん), a phonetic reduction of 'chama' (ちゃんま) or 'sama' (さま), used as an affectionate suffix.

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese (native)

register: honorific


morpheme_key: chance

morpheme: chance

morpheme_head: chance

affix_form: -chance-

meaning_definition: luck | fortune | possibility | risk

example_words_list_1: chance, chanced, chances

example_words_corpus: chancer | chances | chanced | bechance | chancers | chanceth

categorical_group_list: Probability, Fate, Uncertainty

etymology: From Old French 'chance' (event, fortune, luck), derived from the past participle of 'cheoir' (to fall), ultimately from Latin 'cadere' (to fall).


morpheme_key: chancel

morpheme: chancel

morpheme_head: chancel

affix_form: -chancel-

meaning_definition: possibility | luck | opening

example_words_list_1: chancel | chancellor Variant Spellings: cancel | chancery | cancel

example_words_corpus: chancels

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin 'cansus' (past participle of 'cascere' to fall, happen), via Old French 'chance'.


morpheme_key: chancery

morpheme: chancery

morpheme_head: chancery

affix_form: -chancery-

meaning_definition: court | office | administrative | legal

example_words_list_1: chancery

example_words_corpus: chanceries

categorical_group_list: Administration, Law, Governance

etymology: From Old French 'chancellerie', derived from Late Latin 'cancellaria' (office of a clerk), from Latin 'cancellus' (lattice, partition, or gate), referring to the lattice screens used in early Roman and medieval offices.


morpheme_key: chand

morpheme: chand

morpheme_head: chand

affix_form: chand-

meaning_definition: shine | bright | white

example_words_list_1: chandelier

example_words_list_2: chandelier

categorical_group_list: Light, Heat

etymology: Latin candere "to shine, be white"


morpheme_key: chandelier

morpheme: chandelier

morpheme_head: chandelier

affix_form: -chandelier-

meaning_definition: ornamental light fixture

example_words_corpus: chandeliers | chandeliered | chandelierlike

categorical_group_list: Object, Light, Decoration

etymology: Old French chandelier, from Medieval Latin candelārius, from Latin candelā 'candle'


morpheme_key: change

morpheme: change

morpheme_head: change

affix_form: -change-

meaning_definition: to alter | to transform

example_words_list_1: change, changeable, changeling, changeover, exchange, interchange

example_words_corpus: changed | changer | changes | changers | changest | rechange

related_morphemes: cambi / cambi

categorical_group_list: Transformation, Motion

etymology: From Old French 'change' (alteration, exchange), derived from Vulgar Latin *cambiāre 'to exchange', from Latin 'cambius' (exchange).


morpheme_key: channel

morpheme: channel

morpheme_head: channel

affix_form: -channel-

meaning_definition: conduit | path | course | medium

example_words_corpus: channels | channeled | channeler | rechannel | cochannel | enchannel

categorical_group_list: Path, Flow, Communication

etymology: Latin 'canalis' (water channel) from 'cavus' (hollow)


morpheme_key: chanson

morpheme: chanson

morpheme_head: chanson

affix_form: -chanson-

meaning_definition: song | chant

example_words_list_1: chansonette, chansonnier

example_words_corpus: chansons

categorical_group_list: Art, Sound, Music

etymology: Old French chançon, diminutive of chan 'song', from Latin cantio 'a singing'


morpheme_key: chant

morpheme: chant

morpheme_head: chant

affix_form: chant-

meaning_definition: vocalize rhythmically | a melodic composition | the act of vocalizing rhythmically

example_words_list_1: accent | accentual | accentuate | accentuation | canción | canorous | cant | cantabile | cantata | cantation | cantatory | cantatrice | canticle | canticum | cantiga | cantilena | cantillate | cantillation | cantion | canto | cantor | cantus | canzona | canzone | Carmen | chanson | chansonnier | chant | chanteur | chanteuse | chanticleer | charm | concent | descant | discant | discantus | disenchant | disenchantment | disencharm | disincentive | enchant | enchanting | enchantment | enchantress | incantation | incantational | incentive | plainchant | precentor | recant | recantation | succentor | vaticinate | vaticination | vaticinator | chantey | chantry

example_words_corpus: chants | chanter | chanted | chanting | chanters | chantest

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: cant

etymology: Latin cantus 'song, singing', past participle of canere 'to sing'


morpheme_key: chantry

morpheme: chantry

morpheme_head: chantry

affix_form: -chantry-

meaning_definition: a place of worship | a religious community | a chapter of canons

example_words_list_1: chantry, chantries, chantry's

example_words_corpus: chantries

categorical_group_list: Religion, Architecture, Community

etymology: From Latin 'cantoria' (singing place) or 'canonia' (community of canons), derived from 'canon' (rule/law) via ecclesiastical Latin.


morpheme_key: chaos

morpheme: chaos

morpheme_head: chaos

affix_form: -chaos-

meaning_definition: disorder | confusion | void

example_words_list_1: chaotic, chaotically, chaos

example_words_corpus: chaoses | nonchaos | chaosmos | chaoslike | antichaos | hyperchaos

categorical_group_list: State, Disorder

etymology: Greek khaos "void, abyss"


morpheme_key: chaotic

morpheme: chaotic

morpheme_head: chaotic

affix_form: -chaotic-

meaning_definition: disorder | confusion | lack of pattern

example_words_list_1: chaos, chaotic, chaotically

categorical_group_list: Disorder, State of being

etymology: Greek chaos 'void, abyss'


morpheme_key: chap

morpheme: chap

morpheme_head: chap

affix_form: -chap-

meaning_definition: skull | headgear | safeguarding | impetuous rush

example_words_list_1: chape | chapeau | chaperon | chapiter | chaplet | cape | chapter | capital | principle

example_words_corpus: chaps | chapt | chappy | chappo | chapped | chappie

related_morphemes: more at chapl / chapl / : cap2 / cap, cap3 / cap, capit / capit, chief / chief

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Leadership, Covering

ancestor_etymon: capit

etymology: Latin 'caput' (gen. 'capitis') meaning 'head'


morpheme_key: chapel

morpheme: chapel

morpheme_head: chapel

affix_form: -chapel-

meaning_definition: small chapel | place of worship

example_words_list_1: chapel

example_words_corpus: chapels | chapelry | chapelman | antechapel | chapelless | minichapel

categorical_group_list: Religion, Architecture

etymology: Old French chapelle, diminutive of Late Latin capella 'little shrine, relic container', from Latin caput 'head' (originally referring to the relic of Christ's head kept in the shrine)


morpheme_key: chaperon

morpheme: chaperon

morpheme_head: chaperon

affix_form: -chaperon-

meaning_definition: to accompany | to guard | to protect

example_words_list_1: chaperone, chaperoned, chaperoning

example_words_corpus: chaperons | chaperonage | chaperonages

categorical_group_list: Protection, Supervision

etymology: Old French chaperon 'hood, cap'


morpheme_key: chaperone

morpheme: chaperone

morpheme_head: chaperone

affix_form: -chaperone-

meaning_definition: chaperone | guardian | supervisor

categorical_group_list: Supervision, Protection

etymology: Old French 'chaperon' (hood/cap)


morpheme_key: chapl

morpheme: chapl

morpheme_head: chapl

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: originally a refuge for the cape of St. Martin, thereby denoting a sanctuary

example_words_list_1: chapel | chaplain Variant Spellings: a cappella | a cappella

related_morphemes: part of chap / chap

etymology: From Latin capella 'little cape, relic case', diminutive of capa 'cape, cloak'


morpheme_key: chaplain

morpheme: chaplain

morpheme_head: chaplain

affix_form: -chaplain-

meaning_definition: cleric | priest | religious official

example_words_list_1: chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplains

example_words_corpus: chaplains | chaplaincy | chaplaincies | chaplainship | archchaplain | unchaplained

categorical_group_list: Religion, Occupation

etymology: Old French chapelain, from capela 'chapel'


morpheme_key: chapman

morpheme: chapman

morpheme_head: chapman

affix_form: -chapman-

meaning_definition: person | trader | merchant

example_words_list_1: chapman, chapmanship, chaplet

categorical_group_list: Person, Commerce, Occupation

etymology: From Old English ceapman, from ceap 'trade' + man 'person'


morpheme_key: chapter

morpheme: chapter

morpheme_head: chapter

affix_form: -chapter-

meaning_definition: division | section | part

example_words_list_1: chapterless

example_words_corpus: chapters | subchapter | midchapter | subchapters | chapterlike | chapterplay

categorical_group_list: Division, Structure

etymology: Latin caput 'head'


morpheme_key: char

morpheme: char

morpheme_head: char

affix_form: char-

sense_label: wagon, load

meaning_definition: wagon, load

example_words_list_1: chariot, discharge

example_words_list_2: chariot, discharge

example_words_corpus: chars | charry | chared | charred | biochar | charlady

categorical_group_list: Transport, Movement

etymology: Greek chariot/wagon root


morpheme_key: character

morpheme: character

morpheme_head: character

affix_form: -character-

meaning_definition: person | symbol | letter | mark

example_words_corpus: characters | charactered | characterize | characterful | noncharacter | characterism

categorical_group_list: Identity, Symbolism, Representation

etymology: Greek charaktēr 'engraved mark, symbol'


morpheme_key: charcoal

morpheme: charcoal

morpheme_head: charcoal

affix_form: -charcoal-

meaning_definition: coal | burnt wood | carbonaceous material

example_words_list_1: charcoal

example_words_corpus: charcoals | charcoaly | charcoaled | charcoaling | uncharcoaled | microcharcoal

categorical_group_list: Material, Combustion

etymology: Old French charbon 'coal'


morpheme_key: charge

morpheme: charge

morpheme_head: charge

affix_form: -charge-

meaning_definition: to fill | to apply | to place on

example_words_list_1: charge, chargé d'affaires, discharge, recharge

example_words_corpus: charges | charged | charger | chargee | chargers | chargeth

categorical_group_list: Action, Loading, Energy

etymology: Latin 'caricare' (to load, burden) < 'carrus' (cart, wagon)


morpheme_key: chariot

morpheme: chariot

morpheme_head: chariot

affix_form: -chariot-

meaning_definition: two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

example_words_list_1: chariot

example_words_corpus: chariots | charioted | unchariot | charioter | charioteer | unchariots

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Vehicle

etymology: Latin 'carrus' (wheeled vehicle) + '-iotus' (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: charisma

morpheme: charisma

morpheme_head: charisma

affix_form: -charisma-

meaning_definition: charm | allure | personal magnetism

example_words_list_1: charismatic, charismaticity

example_words_corpus: charismania | charismaless

categorical_group_list: Personality, Attribute, Social

etymology: Greek charisma "divine gift" from kharisma


morpheme_key: charit

morpheme: charit

morpheme_head: charit

affix_form: -charit-

meaning_definition: grace | kindness | favor

example_words_list_1: charitable, charity, charitableness

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Positive affect

etymology: Greek charis 'grace, beauty'


morpheme_key: charlatan

morpheme: charlatan

morpheme_head: charlatan

affix_form: -charlatan-

meaning_definition: charlatan | quack | fraud | impostor

example_words_list_1: charlatanry, charlatanism

categorical_group_list: Deception, Person

etymology: Middle French charlatan, originally referring to a street hawker or quack

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: charlock

morpheme: charlock

morpheme_head: charlock

affix_form: -charlock-

meaning_definition: a wild mustard plant | a type of weed

example_words_list_1: charlock mustard, wild charlock

categorical_group_list: Botany, Plant, Weed

etymology: Old English ceorl + loc 'field of a ceorl (free peasant)'


morpheme_key: charm

morpheme: charm

morpheme_head: charm

affix_form: -charm-

meaning_definition: spell | incantation | enchantment

example_words_list_1: charming, charmer, charmless

example_words_corpus: charmed | charmer | becharm | decharm | uncharm | charming

categorical_group_list: Magic, Enchantment

etymology: Latin 'carus' (dear, beloved) + '-mentum' (action, result)


morpheme_key: charnel

morpheme: charnel

morpheme_head: charnel

affix_form: -charnel-

meaning_definition: flesh | body | corpse

example_words_list_1: charnelhouse

example_words_corpus: charnels | uncharnel

categorical_group_list: Death, Anatomy, Mortality

etymology: Latin carnem 'flesh' (ablative of caro)


morpheme_key: chart

morpheme: chart

morpheme_head: chart

affix_form: chart-

sense_label: diagram

meaning_definition: visual representation | cartographic depiction | document | single page | flat sheet

example_words_list_1: charter | charter_member | charter_school | chartered | chartered_accountant | charterhouse | chartist | chartless | uncharted | chart | Magna Charta

example_words_corpus: charts | charted | rechart | charting | chartism | chartist

related_morphemes: cart / cart

categorical_group_list: Representation, Documentation

etymology: Latin charta 'leaf of a tree, paper' (from Greek khartēs 'papyrus')


morpheme_key: charter

morpheme: charter

morpheme_head: charter

affix_form: -charter-

meaning_definition: written | document | paper

example_words_list_1: charter, uncharted

example_words_corpus: charters | charterer | recharter | chartered | charterers | recharters

categorical_group_list: Writing, Documentation

etymology: Latin charta 'paper, leaf of a tree' (from Greek khartēs)


morpheme_key: chartreuse

morpheme: chartreuse

morpheme_head: chartreuse

affix_form: -chartreuse-

meaning_definition: yellow-green | yellowish-green

example_words_list_1: chartreuse, chartreuse pepper, chartreuse liqueur

example_words_corpus: chartreuses

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: French chartreux (referring to the Chartreuse monks and their green liqueur), from Chartreuse (the mountain range and monastery in France)


morpheme_key: chary

morpheme: chary

morpheme_head: chary

affix_form: -chary-

meaning_definition: careful | cautious | wary

example_words_list_1: chary

categorical_group_list: Caution, Vigilance

etymology: Old French 'charier' (to care, to heed)


morpheme_key: charybdis

morpheme: charybdis

morpheme_head: charybdis

affix_form: -charybdis-

meaning_definition: whirlpool | destructive vortex

example_words_list_1: Charybdis

example_words_corpus: charybdotoxin

categorical_group_list: Nature, Destruction, Mythological

etymology: Greek Charybdis (a mythical sea monster)


morpheme_key: chase

morpheme: chase

morpheme_head: chase

affix_form: -chase-

allomorphs: chas

meaning_definition: pursue | follow | run after

example_words_list_1: chase, chaser, chasing

example_words_corpus: chaser | chased | chases | chasey | chasee | chasers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Old French 'chacier'


morpheme_key: chasm

morpheme: chasm

morpheme_head: chasm

affix_form: -chasm-

meaning_definition: deep fissure | gap | abyss

example_words_list_1: chasm

example_words_corpus: chasms | chasmy | chasmic | chasmed | chasmal | chasmlike

categorical_group_list: Space, Void, Physical feature

etymology: Greek chasma "yawning gap"


morpheme_key: chassis

morpheme: chassis

morpheme_head: chassis

affix_form: -chassis-

meaning_definition: framework | structural frame | base

example_words_list_1: chassis

example_words_corpus: chassised | chassisless

categorical_group_list: Structure, Physicality

etymology: French châssis 'frame, casing'


morpheme_key: chaste

morpheme: chaste

morpheme_head: chaste

affix_form: -chaste-

allomorphs: chast

meaning_definition: pure | virtuous | abstinent

example_words_list_1: chaste, chastity, chastise

example_words_corpus: chasted | unchaste | chastely | unchastely | chasteness | unchasteness

categorical_group_list: Purity, Morality

etymology: Latin castus 'pure, untainted'


morpheme_key: chastise

morpheme: chastise

morpheme_head: chastise

affix_form: -chastise-

meaning_definition: to punish | to reprimand | to discipline

example_words_list_1: chastise, chastised, chastising

example_words_corpus: chastiser | chastised | chastises | chastisers | chastiseth | chastisest

categorical_group_list: Criticism, Punishment

etymology: Old French chastier 'to punish, discipline'


morpheme_key: chat

morpheme: chat

morpheme_head: chat

affix_form: -chat-

meaning_definition: fortress | stronghold

example_words_list_1: chateau, chatelaine

example_words_list_2: chateau, chatelaine

example_words_corpus: chats | chatty | bechat | chated | chatter | chatted

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Fortification

etymology: Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum 'fortified place'


morpheme_key: chateau

morpheme: chateau

morpheme_head: chateau

affix_form: -chateau-

meaning_definition: castle | manor | large country house

example_words_list_1: chateaux, chateau-like

example_words_corpus: chateaulike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Estate


morpheme_key: chattel

morpheme: chattel

morpheme_head: chattel

affix_form: -chattel-

meaning_definition: property | movable goods | personal property

example_words_list_1: chattel, chattel slavery, chattel mortgage

example_words_corpus: chattels | chattelism | chattelship | chattelhood

categorical_group_list: Possession, Materiality

etymology: Old French chatel 'property, movable goods'


morpheme_key: chatter

morpheme: chatter

morpheme_head: chatter

affix_form: -chatter-

meaning_definition: rapid | continuous | trivial | sound

example_words_list_1: chatter, chattering, chatterbox

example_words_corpus: chatters | chattery | achatter | chattered | chatterer | chattering

categorical_group_list: Communication, Sound, Motion

etymology: imitative of the sound of rapid speech

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: chauffeur

morpheme: chauffeur

morpheme_head: chauffeur

affix_form: -chauffeur-

meaning_definition: driver | person who drives a vehicle

example_words_list_1: chauffeur, chauffeurs

example_words_corpus: chauffeurs | chauffeured | chauffeuring | chauffeuress | chauffeurless | unchauffeured

categorical_group_list: Agent, Occupation

etymology: French chauffeur 'driver', from Old French chauffeur 'heater'


morpheme_key: chautauqua

morpheme: chautauqua

morpheme_head: chautauqua

affix_form: -chautauqua-

meaning_definition: educational | learning | study

example_words_list_1: chautauqua

categorical_group_list: Education, Learning

etymology: Iroquoian (Seneca) 'chautauqua' referring to a place of fishing/gathering

ancestor_etymon_language: Iroquoian


morpheme_key: chauvin

morpheme: chauvin

morpheme_head: chauvin

affix_form: -chauvin-

meaning_definition: excessive | prejudiced | biased

example_words_list_1: chauvinism, chauvinistic

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Emotion

etymology: Proper name 'Chauvin' (referring to Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary soldier)


morpheme_key: cheap

morpheme: cheap

morpheme_head: cheap

affix_form: cheap

meaning_definition: Stingy | mean in spending | excessively frugal

example_words_list_1: cheapo | cheaps | cheaply | cheapen | cheapie | cheapens


morpheme_key: cheddar

morpheme: cheddar

morpheme_head: cheddar

affix_form: -cheddar-

meaning_definition: a type of hard cheese

example_words_list_1: cheddar

categorical_group_list: Food, Dairy

etymology: Derived from the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England


morpheme_key: cheek

morpheme: cheek

morpheme_head: cheek

affix_form: -cheek-

meaning_definition: side of the face | part of the anatomy

example_words_list_1: cheekbone, cheekily, cheekless

example_words_corpus: cheeks | cheeky | cheeked | cheeker | cheeking | cheekily

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'cece'


morpheme_key: cheep

morpheme: cheep

morpheme_head: cheep

affix_form: -cheep-

meaning_definition: to make a short, high-pitched sound | to chirp

example_words_list_1: cheep, cheeping

example_words_corpus: cheeps | cheeped | cheeper | cheeping | cheepers | cheepings

categorical_group_list: Sound, Value

etymology: imitative of the sound made by young birds


morpheme_key: cheerio

morpheme: cheerio

morpheme_head: cheerio

affix_form: -cheerio-

meaning_definition: cheer | joy | happiness

example_words_list_1: cheer, cheerful, cheerfulness, uncheerful

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Greeting, Interjection

etymology: From Middle English chere 'manner, disposition' + -io (diminutive or augmentative suffix), originally meaning 'good cheer' or 'good spirits'.


morpheme_key: chef

morpheme: chef

morpheme_head: chef

affix_form: -chef-

meaning_definition: cook | professional cook

example_words_list_1: chef

example_words_corpus: chefs | chefly | nonchef | chefdom | chefess | cheffing

categorical_group_list: Profession, Agent

etymology: French chef 'head, chief', from Old French chef, from Latin caput 'head'


morpheme_key: cheilo

morpheme: cheilo

morpheme_head: cheilo

affix_form: cheilo-

allomorphs: cheil

meaning_definition: lip

example_words_list_1: cheilosis | cheilotomy | cheiloscopy | cheilophagia | cheiloschisis | cheilorrhaphy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek cheilos (χεῖλος) 'lip'


morpheme_key: chel

morpheme: chel

morpheme_head: chel

affix_form: chel-

allomorphs: cheli

meaning_definition: sharp digit | grasping appendage | talons

example_words_list_1: chela | chelicera | chelate | cheliform unrelated: Chelonia

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek chēlē : claw


morpheme_key: chem

morpheme: chem

morpheme_head: chem

affix_form: chem-

allomorphs: chem(o) | chemo

sense_label: chemical

meaning_definition: pertaining to chemistry | material entity | ancient chemical philosophy

example_words_list_1: chemistry | chemist | alchemy | alchemist | biochemistry | chemical | chemotherapy | chemurgy | photochemical

example_words_corpus: chemsex

categorical_group_list: Transformation, Substance, Science

etymology: Greek khemeia (alchemy) or khumeia (infusion)


morpheme_key: chemi

morpheme: chemi

morpheme_head: chemi

affix_form: chemi-

allomorphs: chemo

meaning_definition: pour out, mix

example_words_list_1: chemistry | chemist | alchemy | alchemist

example_words_list_2: chemistry, chemist, alchemy, alchemist

example_words_corpus: chemiflux | chemitype | chemigram | chemitypes | chemigrams | chemigraphy

categorical_group_list: Transformation, Substance, Process

etymology: Greek khemeia (alchemy), from khemeia (art of alloying), from khuma (liquid, infusion)


morpheme_key: chemico

morpheme: chemico

morpheme_head: chemico

affix_form: chemico-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: relating to chemistry or chemical substances

example_words_list_1: chemico-electric | chemico-physical

example_words_list_2: chemico-electric, chemico-physical

example_words_corpus: chemicovital | chemicotherapy

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Science

ancestor_etymon: chemico-  OED

etymology: From Latin 'chemicus' (chemical) + combining form suffix '-o'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: chemise

morpheme: chemise

morpheme_head: chemise

affix_form: -chemise-

meaning_definition: shirt | garment

example_words_list_1: chemise, chemisette, chemisier

example_words_corpus: chemises

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Old French 'chemise'


morpheme_key: cheque

morpheme: cheque

morpheme_head: cheque

affix_form: -cheque-

meaning_definition: written order for payment | voucher

example_words_list_1: cheque

example_words_corpus: cheques | chequebook | Eurocheque | chequeless | girocheque | chequebooks

categorical_group_list: Finance, Document

etymology: Old French 'cheque' (a voucher or note)


morpheme_key: cherche

morpheme: cherche

morpheme_head: cherche

affix_form: -cherche-

meaning_definition: to seek | to look for

example_words_list_1: cherchez la femme, recherché

example_words_list_2: cherchez la femme, recherché

related_morphemes: Eng search

categorical_group_list: Action, Inquiry

etymology: Latin 'quaerere' (to seek, ask)


morpheme_key: cherish

morpheme: cherish

morpheme_head: cherish

affix_form: -cherish-

meaning_definition: to hold dear | to value highly | to protect with care

example_words_list_1: cherish

example_words_corpus: cherished | cherishes | cherisher | cherishing | cherishers | cherisheth

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Value, Affection

etymology: Old French cherir 'to hold dear', from chier 'dear, costly'


morpheme_key: cherokee

morpheme: cherokee

morpheme_head: cherokee

affix_form: -cherokee-

meaning_definition: the Cherokee people | Cherokee language

example_words_list_1: Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee syllabary

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Ethnonym

etymology: From the endonym 'Tsalagi' (ᏣᎳᎩ), referring to the Cherokee people and their language.

ancestor_etymon_language: Cherokee


morpheme_key: cherry

morpheme: cherry

morpheme_head: cherry

affix_form: -cherry-

meaning_definition: cherry | fruit of the genus Prunus

example_words_list_1: cherry, cherrywood, cherryblossom

example_words_corpus: cherryade | cherrying | cherrytop | cherryades | cherrylike | cherrywood

categorical_group_list: Food, Nature, Botany

etymology: Old French cerise, from Latin cerasum 'cherry', from Greek kerasos

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: cherub

morpheme: cherub

morpheme_head: cherub

affix_form: -cherub-

meaning_definition: angelic being | winged child

example_words_list_1: cherub

example_words_corpus: cherubs | cherubic | cherubism | cherublike | uncherubic | cherubical

categorical_group_list: Celestial, Being

etymology: Hebrew kerub (plural kerubim)


morpheme_key: cherubim

morpheme: cherubim

morpheme_head: cherubim

affix_form: -cherubim-

meaning_definition: angelic beings | celestial messengers

example_words_list_1: cherubim

categorical_group_list: Celestial, Divinity, Entity

etymology: Hebrew kerubim (plural of kerub)

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew