morpheme_key: paradox

morpheme: paradox

morpheme_head: paradox

affix_form: -paradox-

meaning_definition: contradiction | inconsistency | logical impossibility

example_words_list_1: paradoxical, paradoxically

example_words_corpus: paradoxes | paradoxal | paradoxer | paradoxism | paradoxers | nonparadox

categorical_group_list: Logic, Contradiction, Abstract concept

etymology: Greek paradoxos 'contrary to expectation', from para- 'against' + doxa 'opinion'


morpheme_key: paraffin

morpheme: paraffin

morpheme_head: paraffin

affix_form: -paraffin-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: a flammable hydrocarbon wax

example_words_list_1: paraffin, paraffin wax, paraffinic

example_words_corpus: paraffins | paraffiny | paraffinic | isoparaffin | nonparaffin | paraffinate

categorical_group_list: Substance, Chemical

etymology: French paraffine, from Latin parum 'little' + affinis 'having affinity'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: scientific

attestation: both


morpheme_key: paragon

morpheme: paragon

morpheme_head: paragon

affix_form: -paragon-

meaning_definition: model | exemplar | perfection

example_words_list_1: paragon

example_words_corpus: paragons | paragonless

categorical_group_list: Excellence, Comparison

etymology: Greek παράγων (paragōn) 'companion, attendant', from παρά (para-) 'beside' + ἄγων (agōn) 'a contest/assembly'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical


morpheme_key: parallel

morpheme: parallel

morpheme_head: parallel

affix_form: -parallel-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: side by side | alongside | similar

example_words_list_1: parallelism, parallelogram, parallelism

example_words_corpus: parallels | paralleled | biparallel | parallelism | parallelled | paralleling

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Similarity

etymology: Latin parallelus, from Greek parallelos 'parallel, side by side'


morpheme_key: parapet

morpheme: parapet

morpheme_head: parapet

affix_form: -parapet-

meaning_definition: low protective wall | barrier | edge

example_words_list_1: parapet, parapets

example_words_corpus: parapeted | parapetted | parapetlike | parapetless

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Defense

etymology: Latin parare 'to prepare, make ready'


morpheme_key: parasite

morpheme: parasite

morpheme_head: parasite

affix_form: -parasite-

meaning_definition: living | feeding | at the expense of another

example_words_list_1: parasitic, parasitism, parasitology

example_words_corpus: parasites | nonparasite | zooparasite | epiparasite | ectoparasite | endoparasite

categorical_group_list: Biology, Dependency

etymology: Greek parasitos 'living at the expense of another' (para- 'beside' + sitos 'grain/food')


morpheme_key: parasol

morpheme: parasol

morpheme_head: parasol

affix_form: -parasol-

meaning_definition: sunshade | umbrella

example_words_list_1: parasol, parasolic

example_words_corpus: parasols | parasolette | parasolettes | microparasol

categorical_group_list: Objects, Protection

etymology: Greek parasolē 'protection from the sun'


morpheme_key: parc

morpheme: parc

morpheme_head: parc

affix_form: -parc-

sense_label: partition

meaning_definition: division into parts | separation into segments

example_words_list_1: coparcener, parcel, parcenary

example_words_list_2: coparcener, parcel, parcenary

related_morphemes: part / part

categorical_group_list: Division, Quantity

etymology: Latin partem (nominative pars) 'part, portion'

source: Cognatarium

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: parcel

morpheme: parcel

morpheme_head: parcel

affix_form: -parcel-

meaning_definition: a portion | a piece | a package

example_words_list_1: parcel, parcellation

example_words_corpus: parcels | parceled | parcelled | parceling | parcellate | parcelling

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Division

etymology: Latin parcella 'a small part', diminutive of pars 'part'


morpheme_key: parch

morpheme: parch

morpheme_head: parch

affix_form: -parch-

meaning_definition: to dry | to wither | to shrivel

example_words_list_1: parched, parchment

example_words_corpus: parched | parching | unparched | parchedly | parchingly | parchedness

categorical_group_list: State, Texture, Decay

etymology: Old French 'parchir' (to dry up)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: parchment

morpheme: parchment

morpheme_head: parchment

affix_form: -parchment-

meaning_definition: writing surface | skin-based paper

example_words_list_1: parchment

example_words_corpus: parchments | parchmenty | parchmentize | parchmentlike | parchmentized | parchmentizes

categorical_group_list: Material, Writing

etymology: Latin pergamena 'parchment', from Greek pergamenē (chartē) 'paper made in Pergamum'


morpheme_key: pard

morpheme: pard

morpheme_head: pard

affix_form: -pard-

meaning_definition: a large feline | wildcat

example_words_list_1: camelopard, leopard, pard

example_words_list_2: camelopard, leopard, pard

example_words_corpus: pards | pardine

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: Greek pardaleos 'leopard'


morpheme_key: pardon

morpheme: pardon

morpheme_head: pardon

affix_form: -pardon-

meaning_definition: forgive | excuse | release from obligation

example_words_list_1: pardon, pardoner, pardonable

categorical_group_list: Forgiveness, Legal, Social

etymology: Old French pardoner 'to forgive'


morpheme_key: pare

morpheme: pare

morpheme_head: pare

affix_form: pare-

sense_label: arrange

meaning_definition: arrange | assemble | order | prepare | provide | procure | bearing | beside

example_words_list_1: prepare, reparation, apparatus

example_words_corpus: pared | pares | parer | parers | unpared | cheesepare

categorical_group_list: Preparation, Arrangement

etymology: parare

source: Wikidata


affix_form: -pare-

sense_label: to appear

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: emerge | surface

example_words_list_1: apparent, transparent

example_words_list_2: apparent, transparent

categorical_group_list: Time event

ancestor_etymon: pare

etymology: Latin parēre 'to appear, be visible, obey'


morpheme_key: paregoric

morpheme: paregoric

morpheme_head: paregoric

affix_form: -paregoric-

meaning_definition: soothing | calming | sedative

example_words_list_1: paregoric

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Medical, State of being

etymology: Greek paregoros 'comforter, reliever'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: parent

morpheme: parent

morpheme_head: parent

affix_form: -parent-

meaning_definition: to bear | to bring forth | to produce

example_words_list_1: parent, parenting, parental

example_words_corpus: parents | parental | parented | reparent | parenter | unparent

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Lineage

etymology: Latin pater 'father' (from PIE *ph₂tḗr)


morpheme_key: paresis

morpheme: paresis

morpheme_head: paresis

affix_form: -paresis

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: slight paralysis

example_words_list_1: hemiparesis

example_words_corpus: hemiparesis | paraparesis | monoparesis | tetraparesis | quadriparesis | gastroparesis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Impairment

etymology: Greek πάρεσις (páresis)


morpheme_key: pari

morpheme: pari

morpheme_head: pari

affix_form: pari-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: arrange, assemble, order, prepare, provide, procure, bearing, beside

example_words_list_1: prepare, apparatus, reparation, disparity

example_words_corpus: paripinnate | paripinnately

categorical_group_list: Preparation, Arrangement, Provision


sense_label: in/of equal distribution

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: pertaining to equal sharing | relating to balanced allocation

example_words_list_1: paripinnate | parisyllabic

example_words_list_2: paripinnate, parisyllabic

categorical_group_list: Equality, Proportion

ancestor_etymon: pari-  OED

etymology: Latin pari- (ablative of par 'equal, same')

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: parieto

morpheme: parieto

morpheme_head: pariet

affix_form: parieto-

allomorphs: parieto

meaning_definition: wall | side | lateral

example_words_list_1: parietopsin | parietopsins | parietomastoid | parietoinsular | parietopontine | parietotemporal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Location

etymology: Latin paries (genitive parietis) 'wall, side wall'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: paris

morpheme: paris

morpheme_head: paris

affix_form: -paris-

meaning_definition: Paris (city) | Paris (mythological figure)

example_words_list_1: Parisian, Parisienne

example_words_corpus: parisite

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Mythology, Geography

etymology: From Greek Paris (Πάρις), name of the Trojan prince.


morpheme_key: parish

morpheme: parish

morpheme_head: parish

affix_form: -parish-

meaning_definition: district | area | congregation

example_words_list_1: parishioner, parochial, parish

example_words_corpus: parishes | nonparish | outparish | parishioner | interparish | parishioners

categorical_group_list: Location, Organization, Religion

etymology: Latin parochia 'parish', from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, residence', from paroikos 'dwelling beside'


morpheme_key: park

morpheme: park

morpheme_head: park

affix_form: -park-

meaning_definition: enclosed area | garden | place for recreation

example_words_list_1: park, parking, parkland

example_words_corpus: parks | parkie | parked | parker | unpark | impark

categorical_group_list: Location, Nature

etymology: Old French 'parc'

ancestor_etymon_language: French

register: neutral


morpheme_key: parkin

morpheme: parkin

morpheme_head: parkin

affix_form: -parkin-

meaning_definition: parking | parking lot | place for parking

example_words_list_1: parking lot, parking garage, parking meter, parking space, parking ticket

categorical_group_list: Location, Action, Compound Root

etymology: Derived from the verb 'park' + the agentive/nominalizing suffix '-ing', functioning as a bound root in compound nouns.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: parl

morpheme: parl

morpheme_head: parl

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: verbal exchange | dialogue | spoken communication

example_words_list_1: parlance | parlando | parley | parliament | parlor Variant Spellings: parole unrelated: parlous | par2 / parlay. | parole

related_morphemes: from parable, comb of para1 / para + bol2 / bol

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old French 'parler' (to speak)


morpheme_key: parley

morpheme: parley

morpheme_head: parley

affix_form: -parley-

meaning_definition: to discuss | to negotiate | to confer

example_words_list_1: parley, parleying, parleyed

example_words_corpus: parleys | parleyed | parleyer | parleying | parleyers | parleyings

categorical_group_list: Communication, Interaction

etymology: Middle French 'parler' 'to speak'


morpheme_key: parliament

morpheme: parliament

morpheme_head: parliament

affix_form: -parliament-

meaning_definition: legislative body | assembly | deliberative group

example_words_list_1: ['parliament']

example_words_corpus: parliaments | parliamental | parliamentary | parliamentlike | parliamentarian | unparliamentary

categorical_group_list: Governance, Assembly

etymology: Old French 'parlement', from 'parler' 'to speak'


morpheme_key: parlor

morpheme: parlor

morpheme_head: parlor

affix_form: -parlor-

meaning_definition: a room for sitting | a place for conversation

example_words_list_1: parlor

example_words_corpus: parlors | parlormaid | parlormaids

categorical_group_list: Location, Social space

etymology: Middle French 'parloir' from 'parler' 'to speak'

etymological_family: Romance

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: parlous

morpheme: parlous

morpheme_head: parlous

affix_form: -parlous-

meaning_definition: dangerous | perilous | risky

example_words_list_1: parlous, parlously

example_words_corpus: parlously | parlousness

categorical_group_list: Danger, Risk

etymology: Middle English 'parlous', from 'perilous'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: parmesan

morpheme: parmesan

morpheme_head: parmesan

affix_form: -parmesan-

meaning_definition: a type of hard, aged Italian cheese

example_words_corpus: parmesans | parmesaned

categorical_group_list: Food, Dairy

etymology: from Parma, Italy

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: parochial

morpheme: parochial

morpheme_head: parochial

affix_form: -parochial-

meaning_definition: narrow | limited | local

example_words_list_1: parochialism, parochialist

categorical_group_list: Scope, Limitation

etymology: Latin parochialis 'of a parish', from parochia 'parish', from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, residence'


morpheme_key: parod

morpheme: parod

morpheme_head: parod

affix_form: -parod-

meaning_definition: imitation | mockery | caricature

example_words_list_1: parody, parodic, parodist, parodical

categorical_group_list: Imitation, Mimicry

etymology: Greek parodia 'a new song, improvisation'


morpheme_key: parole

morpheme: parole

morpheme_head: parole

affix_form: -parole-

meaning_definition: speech | spoken | word

example_words_list_1: parole, parley

example_words_corpus: paroles | parolee | paroled | parolees | unparoled

categorical_group_list: Communication, Language

etymology: From Latin 'parabola' meaning 'parable, speech', derived from Greek 'parabole' meaning 'comparison, analogy'.


morpheme_key: parous

morpheme: parous

morpheme_head: parous

affix_form: -parous

allomorphs: -parous

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: organize | gather | sequence | ready | supply | acquire | position | adjacent | childbirth | numerical value from initial component

example_words_list_1: carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous

example_words_corpus: biparous | uniparous | nonparous | multiparous | nulliparous | gemmiparous

categorical_group_list: Production, State, Characteristic

ancestor_etymon: -parus  OED

etymology: From Greek -paros, from tithēmi 'to place, put'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: paroxysm

morpheme: paroxysm

morpheme_head: paroxysm

affix_form: -paroxysm-

meaning_definition: sudden | violent | convulsive

example_words_list_1: paroxysm

example_words_corpus: paroxysms | paroxysmal | paroxysmic | paroxysmally | nonparoxysmal | preparoxysmal

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Emotion, Intensity

etymology: Greek paroxysmos 'a sudden attack', from paroxyssein 'to irritate to the utmost', from para- 'beside' + oxys 'sharp, acute'


morpheme_key: parquet

morpheme: parquet

morpheme_head: parquet

affix_form: -parquet-

meaning_definition: wood flooring | wooden floor

example_words_list_1: parquet

example_words_corpus: parquets | parquetry | parquetries

categorical_group_list: Material, Pattern, Construction

etymology: from Latin parqueter 'to make small squares', from par 'equal, square'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: parr

morpheme: parr

morpheme_head: parr

affix_form: -parr-

meaning_definition: fire

example_words_list_1: pyre, pyromania, pyrotechnics

example_words_corpus: parrs

categorical_group_list: Element, Nature, Core concept

etymology: Greek 'purr' meaning fire


morpheme_key: parrot

morpheme: parrot

morpheme_head: parrot

affix_form: -parrot-

meaning_definition: parrot

example_words_list_1: parrot

example_words_corpus: parrots | parroty | parroter | parroted | parrotry | parroting

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Mimicry

etymology: Greek 'paros' or 'psittakos'


morpheme_key: parry

morpheme: parry

morpheme_head: parry

affix_form: -parry-

meaning_definition: to ward off | to deflect | to stave off

example_words_list_1: parry, parried, parrying

example_words_corpus: malparry | parrying | parryings | unparryable

categorical_group_list: Defense, Combat

etymology: Middle English parien 'to ward off, defend'


morpheme_key: pars

morpheme: pars

morpheme_head: pars

affix_form: pars-

meaning_definition: conserve | protect | refrain from using

example_words_list_1: parcity | parsimonious | parsimony

example_words_list_2: parcity | parsimonious | parsimony

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: parc

etymology: parcere, parsus


morpheme_key: parse

morpheme: parse

morpheme_head: parse

affix_form: -parse-

meaning_definition: part | portion | piece

example_words_list_1: parse, partition, part, partake, parting

example_words_corpus: parser | parses | parsed | parsers | reparse | unparse

categorical_group_list: Analysis, Division, Logic

etymology: Latin pars, partem 'a part'


morpheme_key: parsimony

morpheme: parsimony

morpheme_head: parsimony

affix_form: -parsimony-

meaning_definition: extreme | frugal | stingy | sparing

example_words_list_1: parsimonious, parsimoniously

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Economy, Behavior

etymology: Latin parsimonia, from parsimulus 'frugal', from parceri 'to spare'


morpheme_key: parsley

morpheme: parsley

morpheme_head: parsley

affix_form: -parsley-

meaning_definition: parsley | Petroselinum

example_words_list_1: parsley, Italian parsley, curly parsley

example_words_corpus: parsleys | parsleyed

categorical_group_list: Flora, Herb

etymology: Latin 'persilium' or 'petroselinum', from Greek 'petroselinon' (rock-parsley), from 'petra' (rock) + 'selinon' (celery)


morpheme_key: parsnip

morpheme: parsnip

morpheme_head: parsnip

affix_form: -parsnip-

meaning_definition: a type of edible root vegetable

example_words_list_1: parsnip

example_words_corpus: parsnips | parsnipy | parsnippy | parsniplike

categorical_group_list: Vegetation, Food

etymology: From Old English 'parsnippe', of unknown origin, possibly related to 'parson' due to its cultivation by monasteries.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: parson

morpheme: parson

morpheme_head: parson

affix_form: -parson-

meaning_definition: clergyman | minister | pastor

example_words_list_1: parsonage, parsonic, parsonhood

example_words_corpus: parsons | parsoned | parsonic | parsonage | parsondom | parsonish

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Religion, Person

etymology: Latin persona 'person' + -on, originally 'one who performs a role', later specialized to clergy


morpheme_key: part

morpheme: part

morpheme_head: part

affix_form: part-

allomorphs: parti

sense_label: part

meaning_definition: component | divide | portion | distinct segment | split into sections | segment of | element of

example_words_list_1: partition, partial, participate, compartment, departure

example_words_corpus: parts | partly | parted | parton | parter | partake

categorical_group_list: Grouper | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: part

etymology: Latin pars (genitive partis) 'part, portion, share'

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


morpheme_key: partheno

morpheme: partheno

morpheme_head: partheno

affix_form: partheno-

allomorphs: parthen | parthenon

meaning_definition: virgin|maiden

example_words_list_1: parthenocarpy | parthenogenesis | Parthenon | Parthenope | parthenogenetic | parthenote

example_words_list_2: parthenocarpy, parthenogenesis, Parthenon, Parthenope, parthenogenetic, parthenote

example_words_corpus: parthenogen | parthenogens | parthenocarpic

categorical_group_list: Biological state, Purity

etymology: παρθένος (parthénos)


morpheme_key: parthenogenesis

morpheme: parthenogenesis

morpheme_head: parthenogenesis

affix_form: -parthenogenesis-

meaning_definition: virgin | female

example_words_list_1: parthenogenetic, parthenogenetically

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Reproduction, Origin

etymology: Greek parthenos 'virgin, maiden'


morpheme_key: participant

morpheme: participant

morpheme_head: participant

affix_form: -participant-

meaning_definition: one who takes part | person involved

categorical_group_list: Agent, Personhood

etymology: Latin particip-, past participle stem of participare 'to share in, partake of', from particeps 'sharing, partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'


morpheme_key: participate

morpheme: participate

morpheme_head: participate

affix_form: -participate-

meaning_definition: to take part | to join | to engage

categorical_group_list: Action, Engagement

etymology: Latin participatus, past participle of participare 'to share in, partake of', from particeps 'sharing, partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'


morpheme_key: participle

morpheme: participle

morpheme_head: participle

affix_form: -participle-

meaning_definition: sharing | participating | taking part

categorical_group_list: Participation, Action

etymology: Latin particip-, past participle stem of partiri 'to divide, share'


morpheme_key: partite

morpheme: partite

morpheme_head: partite

affix_form: -partite

meaning_definition: divided into | consisting of | having parts

example_words_list_1: unipartite | twopartite | decapartite | octapartite | monopartite | fourpartite

categorical_group_list: Division, Composition, Quantity

etymology: Latin partitus, past participle of partiri 'to divide, share'


morpheme_key: partner

morpheme: partner

morpheme_head: partner

affix_form: -partner-

meaning_definition: companion | associate | collaborator

example_words_list_1: partnership, partnering, co-partner

example_words_corpus: partners | partnered | copartner | partnering | partnerdom | copartners

categorical_group_list: Relation, Association

etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-Norman French partner, from Old French partir 'part, portion' (from Latin partiri 'to divide')


morpheme_key: partridge

morpheme: partridge

morpheme_head: partridge

affix_form: -partridge-

meaning_definition: partridge

example_words_list_1: partridgeberry, partridge pea

example_words_corpus: partridges | partridgelike | partridgeberries

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Animals

etymology: Old French partriche


morpheme_key: partu

morpheme: partu

morpheme_head: partu

affix_form: -partu-

meaning_definition: to bear offspring

example_words_list_1: parturifacient, parturition, postpartum

example_words_list_2: parturifacient, parturition, postpartum

related_morphemes: par3 / par

categorical_group_list: Birth, Life cycle

etymology: Latin past participle stem of pario 'to bear, bring forth'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: party

morpheme: party

morpheme_head: party

affix_form: -party-

meaning_definition: group | division | faction | social gathering

example_words_list_1: party, bipartisan, multipartite

example_words_corpus: biparty | partying | nonparty | preparty | partyism | partyish

categorical_group_list: Social, Organization, Division

etymology: Latin 'partes' (plural of 'pars') meaning 'part, division, share'


morpheme_key: parv

morpheme: parv

morpheme_head: parv

affix_form: parv-

allomorphs: parvo

sense_label: little

meaning_definition: tiny | diminutive

example_words_list_1: parvovirus | parvoline | parvovirus unrelated: parvenu | parvis

related_morphemes: comparative forms: minor / minor, minu / minu / : superlative form: minim / minim

categorical_group_list: Size, Quantity

etymology: parvus


morpheme_key: pasc

morpheme: pasc

morpheme_head: pasc

affix_form: pasc-

meaning_definition: feed

example_words_list_1: pasture, pastureland, pastureage

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Sustenance

etymology: pāscere | pāstus


morpheme_key: paschal

morpheme: paschal

morpheme_head: paschal

affix_form: -paschal-

meaning_definition: Passover | Pascha

example_words_list_1: paschal, paschal lamb, paschal candle

example_words_corpus: bipaschal | dipaschal | tripaschal | antepaschal | Paschaltime | quadripaschal

categorical_group_list: Time, Religion, Festivity

etymology: From Greek πάσχα (páscha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ) 'Passover'


morpheme_key: pasha

morpheme: pasha

morpheme_head: pasha

affix_form: -pasha-

meaning_definition: commander | lord | high-ranking official

example_words_list_1: pasha

example_words_corpus: pashas | pashadom | pashalike | pashadoms

categorical_group_list: Title, Rank, Authority

etymology: Persian pāshā (commander/governor)

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: paso

morpheme: paso

morpheme_head: paso

affix_form: -paso-

meaning_definition: step | pace | pass

example_words_list_1: passage, pass, passable

categorical_group_list: Motion, Movement

etymology: Latin passus 'step, pace', past participle of pedere 'to step, to go'


morpheme_key: pass

morpheme: pass

morpheme_head: pass

affix_form: pass-

sense_label: pace

meaning_definition: rate of movement | single foot movement | to distribute | to advance by steps | to move | to transfer

example_words_list_1: bandpass | bypass | compass (all senses) | encompass | en passant | impassable | impasse | overpass | pass | passable | passade | passage | passageway | passant | passbook | passé | passenger | passer-by | passim | passkey | Passover | passport | password | surpass | trespass | underpass Variant Spellings: pace | past | pastime | pace

example_words_corpus: passer | bypass | passed | passes | passen | repass

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin 'passus' (step, pace), past participle of 'pedere' (to step, to go).


sense_label: sprinkle

meaning_definition: sprinkle

example_words_list_1: paste

example_words_list_2: paste

categorical_group_list: Action, Texture

etymology: πάσσειν (pássein), παστός (pastós)


allomorphs: passi

sense_label: suffer

meaning_definition: experience hardship | perceive emotions | withstand | allow | with fervor | intensely | bear pain

example_words_list_1: passion, passive, compassion, impassive

related_morphemes: pati / pati

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Endurance, Permission

etymology: Latin passus, past participle of pati 'to suffer, endure'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: passe

morpheme: passe

morpheme_head: passe

affix_form: -passe-

meaning_definition: step | walk | pass

example_words_list_1: bypass, impasse, surpass

example_words_corpus: passant | counterpassant

etymology: Latin passus 'step, pace', past participle of pedere 'to go'


morpheme_key: passenger

morpheme: passenger

morpheme_head: passenger

affix_form: -passenger-

meaning_definition: one who travels | traveler | occupant of a vehicle

example_words_list_1: passenger, passengered, passengership

example_words_corpus: passengers | nonpassenger | nonpassengers | passengerless

categorical_group_list: Agent, Motion, Person

etymology: Latin passus 'step, pace' (past participle of patior 'to walk, go') + -enger (agent suffix derived from Latin -arius or French -ier)


morpheme_key: passer

morpheme: passer

morpheme_head: passer

affix_form: passer-

meaning_definition: sparrow

example_words_list_1: passeriform | passerine

example_words_list_2: passeriform, passerine

example_words_corpus: Passerina | Passeridae | Passerella | Passeroidea

categorical_group_list: Animals, Birds

etymology: passer


morpheme_key: passion

morpheme: passion

morpheme_head: passion

affix_form: -passion-

meaning_definition: suffering | feeling | undergoing

example_words_list_1: passion, passionate, impassioned

example_words_corpus: passions | passional | impassion | empassion | unpassion | passionate

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sensation

etymology: Latin passio (gen. passionis) 'suffering, enduring', from patī 'to suffer, endure'


morpheme_key: passive

morpheme: passive

morpheme_head: passive

affix_form: -passive-

meaning_definition: state of being acted upon | undergoing an action

example_words_list_1: passive, passivity, passiveness

example_words_corpus: passives | impassive | passively | unpassive | nonpassive | exopassive

categorical_group_list: Voice, Aspect


morpheme_key: pasta

morpheme: pasta

morpheme_head: pasta

affix_form: -pasta-

meaning_definition: dough | paste | mass

example_words_list_1: pasta, pastiche

example_words_corpus: pastas | nonpasta | pastalike | pastaless | Pastagate | pastaholic

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: Latin 'pasta' 'dough, paste'


morpheme_key: pastel

morpheme: pastel

morpheme_head: pastel

affix_form: -pastel-

meaning_definition: pastel | chalk | crayon

example_words_list_1: pastel, pastels

example_words_corpus: pastels | pastelly | pastelist | pastellist | pastelists | pastellists

categorical_group_list: Color, Appearance

etymology: Italian 'pastello' (pastel/chalk)


morpheme_key: pasteur

morpheme: pasteur

morpheme_head: pasteur

affix_form: -pasteur-

meaning_definition: pasteurization | heat treatment

example_words_list_1: pasteurize, pasteurization, pasteurized

example_words_corpus: Pasteurism | Pasteurian

categorical_group_list: Science, Process, Proper Name Derivation

etymology: Named after Louis Pasteur, the French chemist and microbiologist who developed the process of pasteurization.


morpheme_key: pastor

morpheme: pastor

morpheme_head: pastor

affix_form: -pastor-

meaning_definition: shepherd | caretaker | minister

example_words_list_1: pastoral, pastorate, pontifical

example_words_corpus: pastors | pastoral | pastorly | copastor | pastorals | pastorate

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Religion

etymology: Latin pastor 'shepherd', from pastus, past participle of pascere 'to feed, graze'


morpheme_key: pastry

morpheme: pastry

morpheme_head: pastry

affix_form: -pastry-

meaning_definition: baked dough | baked goods | sweet or savory dough-based food

example_words_list_1: pastry, pastrychef, pastrywork

etymology: Old French pasteler 'to make pastry', from paste 'paste, dough'


morpheme_key: pasture

morpheme: pasture

morpheme_head: pasture

affix_form: -pasture-

meaning_definition: land covered with grass | grazing land

example_words_list_1: pastureland, pastureless

example_words_corpus: pastures | pastured | pasturer | depasture | pasturers | impasture

categorical_group_list: Nature, Landform

etymology: Old French pasturage, from pastre 'pasture' (from Latin pastus, past participle of pascere 'to feed')


morpheme_key: pasty

morpheme: pasty

morpheme_head: pasty

affix_form: -pasty-

meaning_definition: pasty | resembling paste | having the consistency of paste

example_words_list_1: pasty, pastiness

example_words_corpus: pasties | pastily

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Texture, Food

etymology: Middle English pasty, from paste + -y


morpheme_key: pat

morpheme: pat

morpheme_head: pat

affix_form: pat-

allomorphs: pati

sense_label: be open

meaning_definition: remain open | experience hardship | perceive | withstand | extend | stay open

example_words_list_1: impatent | patefaction | patella | patellar | patelliform | paten | patency | patent | patera | patin | letters patent | patulous

example_words_corpus: pats | Patty | pates | bepat | patly | cowpat

related_morphemes: pass1 / pass

categorical_group_list: State, Perception, Motion

etymology: patere


sense_label: path

meaning_definition: path

example_words_list_1: peripatetic, peripateticism

example_words_list_2: peripatetic, peripateticism

categorical_group_list: Movement, Path

etymology: πάτος (pátos), πατεῖν (pateîn), πατητός, πατητής, πατητήριον


morpheme_key: patch

morpheme: patch

morpheme_head: patch

affix_form: -patch-

meaning_definition: piece | fragment | mend | repair

example_words_list_1: patchwork, patchily, patched

example_words_corpus: patchy | patches | patched | repatch | patcher | patchily

categorical_group_list: Repair, Fragment, Surface

etymology: Middle English 'pacchen' (to piece together)

etymological_family: Germanic


morpheme_key: patella

morpheme: patella

morpheme_head: patella

affix_form: -patella-

meaning_definition: small plate | kneecap

example_words_list_1: patella

example_words_corpus: patellar | patellas | patellate | subpatellar | prepatellar | parapatellar

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape

etymology: Latin patella 'small dish, little pan', diminutive of patina 'flat dish'


morpheme_key: patent

morpheme: patent

morpheme_head: patent

affix_form: -patent-

meaning_definition: open | visible | manifest

example_words_list_1: patent, epiphany, epiphany-like

example_words_corpus: patents | patently | patented | patentee | patenter | patentor

categorical_group_list: Visibility, Openness

etymology: Latin patent- 'lying open, visible', present participle stem of patēre 'to be open, lie open'


morpheme_key: pater

morpheme: pater

morpheme_head: pater

affix_form: pater-

allomorphs: patr

sense_label: father

meaning_definition: male parent | progenitor

example_words_list_1: allopatric | allopatry | eupatrides | patriarch | patriarchy | patriot | patriotic | patriotism | patrology | patronym | patronymic | sympatric | sympatry | patrician | patron | paternal

example_words_corpus: paters

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Core concept

ancestor_etymon: patr

etymology: πατήρ, πατρός (patḗr, patrós), πατριά (patriá), πατριώτης (patriṓtēs)


morpheme_key: path

morpheme: path

morpheme_head: path

affix_form: path-

sense_label: feeling

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | not suffix

meaning_definition: sensation | distress | affect | intensity

example_words_list_1: empathy, apathy, antipathy, pathology

example_words_corpus: paths | bypath | pather | pathway | warpath | towpath

categorical_group_list: Grouper

ancestor_etymon: path | patho

etymology: πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | Greek

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


morpheme_key: pathic

morpheme: pathic

morpheme_head: pathic

affix_form: -pathic

meaning_definition: feeling | suffering | emotion

example_words_list_1: geopathic | myopathic | neopathic | idiopathic | allopathic | monopathic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sensation, Medical

etymology: Greek -pathikos (from pathos 'suffering, feeling')


morpheme_key: patho

morpheme: patho

morpheme_head: patho

affix_form: patho-

sense_label: suffering

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: pain | illness | emotion | fervor

example_words_list_1: pathology, apathy, empathy, psychopath

example_words_list_2: allopath | allopathy | antipathy | apathetic | apathy | empathy | etiopathogenesis | homeopathic | homeopathy | idiopathic | pathetic | pathoclisis | pathogen | pathogenesis | pathogenic | pathologist | pathology | pathos | psychopath | psychopathic | psychopathy | sympathectomy | sympathetic | sympathy | pathophysiology

example_words_corpus: pathogen | pathosis | pathogens | pathogeny | pathotype | pathogenic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disease, Sensation

ancestor_etymon: παθο-  OED | patho

etymology: πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | < Hellenistic Greek παθο- | combining form ... of ancient Greek πάθος  suffering | disease OED | Greek πᾰ́θος (páthos) | pain | suffering | condition

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: pathos

morpheme: pathos

morpheme_head: pathos

affix_form: -pathos-

meaning_definition: emotional experience | mental sensation

example_words_list_1: apathy (no feeling)|empathy (in feeling (from someone else))|sympathy (same feeling)|telepathy (far feeling)

example_words_corpus: pathoses

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sensation

etymology: Greek pathos 'suffering, feeling, emotion'


morpheme_key: pathy

morpheme: pathy

morpheme_head: pathy

affix_form: -pathy

allomorphs: -pathy

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: a condition | a state | an emotion | distress | fervor

example_words_list_1: empathy, apathy, sociopathy, neuropathy, psychopathy

example_words_corpus: eupathy | sympathy | myopathy | dyspathy | uropathy | otopathy

categorical_group_list: Bodily concepts

ancestor_etymon: -πάθεια  OED

etymology: Greek πᾰ́θος (páthos) | suffering | accident | πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | pati | passus | < ancient Greek -πάθεια | combining form... < -παθής  ... + -ία -y suffix3 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: patience

morpheme: patience

morpheme_head: patience

affix_form: -patience-

meaning_definition: endurance | forbearance | tolerance

example_words_list_1: patient, impatient, patience, patiently, patience

example_words_corpus: patiences | impatience | unpatience | impatiences

categorical_group_list: Virtue, State of being

etymology: Latin patientia 'endurance, forbearance', from patiens 'suffering, enduring', present participle of pati 'to suffer, endure'


morpheme_key: patient

morpheme: patient

morpheme_head: patient

affix_form: -patient-

meaning_definition: undergoing | affected | suffering

example_words_list_1: patient, impatiency, compassion

example_words_corpus: patients | patiently | inpatient | unpatient | outpatient | inpatients

categorical_group_list: State, Affectedness

etymology: Latin patiens, present participle of patior 'to suffer, endure'


morpheme_key: patina

morpheme: patina

morpheme_head: patina

affix_form: -patina-

meaning_definition: surface film | oxidation | luster

example_words_list_1: patina

example_words_corpus: patinate | patinaed | patinated | patinates | patinating | patination

categorical_group_list: Surface, Texture, Material

etymology: Latin patina 'shallow dish, surface layer'


morpheme_key: patio

morpheme: patio

morpheme_head: patio

affix_form: -patio-

meaning_definition: courtyard | terrace | open space

example_words_list_1: patio, patioed, patioing, patios

example_words_corpus: patios | patioed | patiolike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Space, Location

etymology: From Spanish patio, from Latin patium 'open space'

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: patois

morpheme: patois

morpheme_head: patois

affix_form: -patois-

meaning_definition: dialect | regional language | vernacular

example_words_list_1: patois, patoisic, patoisification

categorical_group_list: Language, Communication

etymology: French patois 'native dialect'


morpheme_key: patri

morpheme: patri

morpheme_head: patr

affix_form: patri-

allomorphs: patri

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: male parent | homeland | kinship via paternal lineage

example_words_list_1: compadre | compaternity | padre | padrone | paterfamilias | paternal | paternity | paternoster | patriate | patriation | patrician | patriciate | patricidal | patricide | Patrick | patriclinous | patricliny | patrifocal | patrilateral | patrilineage | patrilineal | patrilineality | patrilinear | patrilocal | patrilocality | patrimonial | patrimony | patron | patronage | patronal | patronate | patroness | patroon | repatriate | repatriation | patriarchy | patriarch (father leader) | patriot (lover of the fatherland) | expatriate (person outside the fatherland)

example_words_corpus: patrimony | patriarch | patricide | patriclan | patristic | patriline

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Nationhood

ancestor_etymon: patri-  OED

etymology: From Latin pater 'father', from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: patrol

morpheme: patrol

morpheme_head: patrol

affix_form: -patrol-

meaning_definition: to guard | to watch over | to traverse for security

example_words_list_1: patrol, patrolling, patrolled, patroller

example_words_corpus: patrols | patroled | patrolman | patrolled | patrolmen | patroller

categorical_group_list: Movement, Security, Surveillance

etymology: Middle French 'patrouiller'


morpheme_key: patron

morpheme: patron

morpheme_head: patron

affix_form: -patron-

meaning_definition: father | protector | supporter

example_words_list_1: patron, patronage, patronize

example_words_corpus: patrons | patronly | enpatron | copatron | patronage | patronize

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Support

etymology: Latin patronus 'protector, defender', from pater 'father'


morpheme_key: patter

morpheme: patter

morpheme_head: patter

affix_form: -patter-

meaning_definition: pattern | design | model

example_words_list_1: pattern, patterning, patterns

example_words_corpus: pattereth | patterest

categorical_group_list: Noun, Visual design, Template

etymology: From Old English 'paterne' or 'fatorne', meaning pattern or example, derived from Latin 'patronus'.


morpheme_key: pattern

morpheme: pattern

morpheme_head: pattern

affix_form: -pattern-

meaning_definition: model | template | design | recurring sequence

example_words_list_1: patterning, patterned, patternless

example_words_corpus: patterns | patterned | depattern | repattern | patterner | patterning

categorical_group_list: Structure, Form, Repetition

etymology: Middle English, from Old French 'patron', from Latin 'patronus' (patron, protector), ultimately from 'pater' (father)


morpheme_key: patty

morpheme: patty

morpheme_head: patty

affix_form: -patty-

meaning_definition: cake | pastry

example_words_list_1: cupcake, cuppatty, pattypan

example_words_corpus: patties

categorical_group_list: Food, Baked goods

etymology: Middle English pata, patte, from Old French pate 'dough, cake'


morpheme_key: pau

morpheme: pau

morpheme_head: pau

affix_form: -pau-

meaning_definition: a small number | not many | limited quantity

example_words_list_1: paucity, pauper

example_words_list_2: paucity, pauper

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Scarcity

ancestor_etymon: pau

etymology: Latin paucus 'few, little'


morpheme_key: pauc

morpheme: pauc

morpheme_head: pauc

affix_form: pauc-

allomorphs: pauci

meaning_definition: limited in quantity | minimal in number

example_words_list_1: paucal | pauciloquent | paucity

example_words_list_2: paucal | pauciloquent | paucity

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Number

etymology: Latin paucus 'few'


morpheme_key: paulus

morpheme: paulus

morpheme_head: paulus

affix_form: -paulus-

meaning_definition: small | humble

example_words_list_1: paul, paulin, Pauline

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Latin 'paulus' meaning 'small, little'


morpheme_key: paunch

morpheme: paunch

morpheme_head: paunch

affix_form: -paunch-

meaning_definition: swelling | protrusion | distension

example_words_list_1: paunchy

example_words_corpus: paunchy | unpaunch | paunchily | paunchiness

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical state

etymology: Middle English paunche, related to pouch


morpheme_key: pauper

morpheme: pauper

morpheme_head: pauper

affix_form: -pauper-

meaning_definition: poor | needy | destitute

example_words_list_1: pauper, pauperism, pauperize

example_words_corpus: paupers | pauperize | pauperism | pauperdom | dispauper | pauperess

categorical_group_list: Socioeconomic status, Deprivation

etymology: Latin pauper 'poor, needy'


morpheme_key: pause

morpheme: pause

morpheme_head: pause

affix_form: -pause-

meaning_definition: to halt | to conclude

example_words_list_1: heliopause | menopause | pause | tropopause Variant Spellings: pose | pose

example_words_corpus: paused | pauses | pauser | unpause | pausers | unpaused

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek pausis 'a stopping'


morpheme_key: pave

morpheme: pave

morpheme_head: pav

affix_form: -pave-

allomorphs: pave

meaning_definition: to cover | to lay | to smooth

example_words_list_1: pavement, paving, depave

example_words_corpus: paver | paved | paves | paven | depave | repave

categorical_group_list: Action, Surface, Construction

etymology: Latin 'pavire' meaning 'to beat, stamp, or pave'


morpheme_key: pavilion

morpheme: pavilion

morpheme_head: pavilion

affix_form: -pavilion-

meaning_definition: shelter | structure | hall

example_words_list_1: ['pavilion']

example_words_corpus: pavilions | pavilionlike

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Shelter

etymology: Old French 'pavillon'


morpheme_key: pavlov

morpheme: pavlov

morpheme_head: pavlov

affix_form: -pavlov-

meaning_definition: conditioned | reflexive | stimulus-response

example_words_list_1: pavlovian

categorical_group_list: Psychology, Behaviorism

etymology: Proper name (Ivan Pavlov) used to denote classical conditioning

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: paw

morpheme: paw

morpheme_head: paw

affix_form: -paw-

meaning_definition: foot | limb | extremity

example_words_list_1: pawprint, pawpad, pawless

example_words_corpus: pawed | pawer | pawing | pawful | paweth | pawest

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'pað' (foot, paw)


morpheme_key: pawn

morpheme: pawn

morpheme_head: pawn

affix_form: -pawn-

meaning_definition: a person used by others for their own purposes | a chess piece

example_words_list_1: pawn

example_words_corpus: pawns | impawn | pawned | pawnee | pawner | pawning

categorical_group_list: Agent, Game piece, Subservience

etymology: Old French 'paon' (peacock), from Latin 'pavo', originally referring to the peacock's tail feathers used as a marker in games, later generalized to the chess piece.


morpheme_key: pax

morpheme: pax

morpheme_head: pax

affix_form: -pax-

meaning_definition: tranquility

example_words_list_1: pacify, pacification, pacific

related_morphemes: pac / pac

categorical_group_list: State of being, Social concept

ancestor_etymon: pax

etymology: Latin pax (genitive pacis) 'peace'


morpheme_key: payne

morpheme: payne

morpheme_head: payne

affix_form: -payne-

meaning_definition: pain | suffering | grief

example_words_list_1: pain, painful, painless, painkiller, painless

example_words_corpus: paynes

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Suffering, Abstract Noun

etymology: Latin 'poena' meaning 'penalty' or 'punishment', derived from Greek 'poinē'


morpheme_key: pea

morpheme: pea

morpheme_head: pea

affix_form: -pea-

meaning_definition: pea

example_words_list_1: pea, peas, sweet pea, snow pea, split pea

example_words_corpus: peas | peasy | peanut | peahen | peacock | peafowl

categorical_group_list: Botany, Food, Plant

etymology: Old English pēa, from Proto-Germanic *pēwōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pēh₂w- 'to protect, feed'


morpheme_key: peace

morpheme: peace

morpheme_head: peace

affix_form: -peace-

meaning_definition: tranquility | harmony | absence of conflict

example_words_list_1: peaceful, peacekeeping, peacemaker

example_words_corpus: peaces | peacen | unpeace | peacens | peaceful | peacenik

categorical_group_list: State of being, Emotion

etymology: Latin pax (genitive pacis) 'peace, concord'


morpheme_key: peal

morpheme: peal

morpheme_head: peal

affix_form: -peal-

allomorphs: peale

meaning_definition: to speak to | to implore | to call upon

example_words_list_1: appeal, peal, repeal

example_words_list_2: appeal, peal, repeal

example_words_corpus: peals | pealed | pealing | pealeth | pealest | pealings

related_morphemes: pell / pell

categorical_group_list: Action, Communication, Motion

etymology: Latin 'pellere' (to drive, strike, push)


morpheme_key: pear

morpheme: pear

morpheme_head: pear

affix_form: -pear-

meaning_definition: fruit | pome fruit

example_words_list_1: pear

example_words_corpus: pears | peary | pearwood | pearlike | pearless | pearwoods

categorical_group_list: Food, Nature

etymology: Old French poire, from Latin pirum 'pear'


morpheme_key: pearl

morpheme: pearl

morpheme_head: pearl

affix_form: -pearl-

sense_label: pearl

meaning_definition: pearl | gem-like substance

example_words_list_1: pearl, pearlize, pearlized, pearl-like

example_words_corpus: pearly | pearled | pearlin | pearler | bepearl | impearl

categorical_group_list: Nature, Gemstone

etymology: Latin 'perla' or 'petra', likely of Oriental origin (Arabic 'fara' or Sanskrit 'valaya'), meaning 'pearl' or 'stone'


morpheme_key: peasant

morpheme: peasant

morpheme_head: peasant

affix_form: -peasant-

meaning_definition: low-ranking farmer | laborer | commoner

example_words_list_1: peasantry

example_words_corpus: peasants | peasanty | peasantry | peasantly | nonpeasant | nonpeasants

categorical_group_list: Social Class, Occupation

etymology: Old French 'paisant' from 'pais' 'countryside'


morpheme_key: peat

morpheme: peat

morpheme_head: peat

affix_form: -peat-

meaning_definition: peat

example_words_list_1: peat, peaty, peatland

example_words_corpus: peaty | peats | peated | peating | peatbog | peatman

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance

etymology: Middle Irish 'péit'

ancestor_etymon_language: Gaelic


morpheme_key: pebble

morpheme: pebble

morpheme_head: pebble

affix_form: -pebble-

meaning_definition: small stone | fragment of rock

example_words_list_1: pebble

example_words_corpus: pebbles | pebbled | unpebbled | pebblelike | pebbleless | pebbleware

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material

etymology: Old English pæppel


morpheme_key: pecc

morpheme: pecc

morpheme_head: pecc

affix_form: pecc-

sense_label: sin

meaning_definition: offense | to make a mistake | to commit a transgression

example_words_list_1: impeccable | peccadillo | peccant | peccable | peccavi

categorical_group_list: Morality, Error

etymology: peccatum ~sin | fault | error~ | from peccare ~to miss | mistake~ | Greek pēktos : congealed


morpheme_key: peck

morpheme: peck

morpheme_head: peck

affix_form: peck

meaning_definition: To type by searching for each key individually | To strike with a beak | To be hungry (colloquially)

example_words_list_1: pecks | pecky | pecker | pecked | peckish | pecking

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: pect

morpheme: pect

morpheme_head: pect

affix_form: pect-

sense_label: fixed

meaning_definition: stationary | secure | solidify | brush

example_words_list_1: pectic | pectin | hysteropexy | pagophobia | parapagus | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy | pectase | pectate | pecten | pectinate

categorical_group_list: Structure, Fixation

etymology: Greek pektos, past participle of paktein 'to congeal, clot'


morpheme_key: pector

morpheme: pector

morpheme_head: pector

affix_form: -pector-

sense_label: chest

meaning_definition: upper torso | front of the body

example_words_list_1: pectoral, pectoris, pectoral muscle

example_words_list_2: pectoral | expectorate | pectoralgia | pectoriloquy | pectorophony | angina pectoris | expectorant | pectoral Variant Spellings: parapet | parapet

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances | Anomalous form

etymology: pectus | pectoris | Latin pectus | Latin

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: pecu

morpheme: pecu

morpheme_head: pecu

affix_form: pecu-

sense_label: property

meaning_definition: assets | currency | items owned | personal holdings

example_words_list_1: peculiar | pecuniary | pecunious | impecunious | peculate | peculium

categorical_group_list: Wealth, Property, Livestock

etymology: Latin pecu- 'cattle, property', from pecus 'cattle'


morpheme_key: peculate

morpheme: peculate

morpheme_head: peculate

affix_form: -peculate-

meaning_definition: to embezzle | to misappropriate | to steal funds

example_words_list_1: peculation, peculator

example_words_corpus: peculated | peculates

categorical_group_list: Theft, Finance

etymology: Latin peculatus, past participle of peculari 'to embezzle', from peculium 'private property, savings' (diminutive of pecus 'cattle')


morpheme_key: peculiar

morpheme: peculiar

morpheme_head: peculiar

affix_form: -peculiar-

meaning_definition: strange | unusual | odd

example_words_list_1: peculiarity, peculiarly

example_words_corpus: peculiars | peculiarly | peculiarity | peculiarize | peculiarness | peculiarized

categorical_group_list: Difference, Quality

etymology: Latin peculiaris 'private, personal, one's own', from peculium 'property'


morpheme_key: pecunia

morpheme: pecunia

morpheme_head: pecunia

affix_form: -pecunia-

meaning_definition: currency | financial resources

example_words_list_1: pecuniary, impecunious

example_words_list_2: pecuniary, impecunious

categorical_group_list: Finance, Wealth

ancestor_etymon: pecun

etymology: From Latin pecūnia 'money, property', derived from pecū 'cattle, livestock' (the primary form of wealth in ancient Rome)


morpheme_key: pecuniary

morpheme: pecuniary

morpheme_head: pecuniary

affix_form: -pecuniary-

meaning_definition: money | property | wealth

example_words_list_1: pecuniary

categorical_group_list: Finance, Value

etymology: from Latin pecunia 'money, property', derived from pecu 'cattle'


morpheme_key: pecunious

morpheme: pecunious

morpheme_head: pecunious

affix_form: -pecunious-

meaning_definition: money | wealth | related to money

etymology: Latin pecūnia 'money, property' (from pecūs 'cattle, flock'), referring to cattle as the original form of wealth.


morpheme_key: ped

morpheme: ped

morpheme_head: ped

affix_form: -ped-

sense_label: earth, ground, soil

meaning_definition: land | surface | dirt

example_words_list_1: parallelepiped, pedocal, pedogenesis, pedology

example_words_corpus: peds | biped | bipeds | bipedal | autoped | cheliped

categorical_group_list: Earth, Nature

etymology: Greek


allomorphs: peda | pedi

sense_label: foot

meaning_definition: foot | of or pertaining to the foot | -footed | of or pertaining to the child

example_words_list_1: pedal, pedestrian, pedicure, biped, tripod

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin 'pes, ped-' meaning 'foot'


morpheme_key: pedo

morpheme: ped(o)

morpheme_head: ped(o)

affix_form: ped-

sense_label: soil

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: earth | ground

example_words_list_1: pedogeography, pedology

example_words_list_2: pedogeography, pedology

example_words_corpus: pedon | pedons | pedology | pedogamy | epipedon | neopedon

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Science

ancestor_etymon: πέδον  OED

etymology: pedo- comb. form2 < ancient Greek πέδον ground, earth OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: peda

morpheme: peda

morpheme_head: peda

affix_form: peda-

sense_label: child

meaning_definition: offspring | teaching

example_words_list_1: pedagogy, pedagogue, pediatrics, pediatrician, pediatrics

example_words_corpus: pedas

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Education

ancestor_etymon: pedo

etymology: Greek pais, paidos 'child'


morpheme_key: pedagogue

morpheme: pedagogue

morpheme_head: pedagogue

affix_form: -pedagogue-

meaning_definition: teacher | educator | instructor

example_words_list_1: pedagogy, pedagogical, pedagogics

example_words_corpus: pedagogues | pedagogued | pedagoguette | pedagoguettes

categorical_group_list: Education, Person

etymology: Greek paidagōgos (paidos 'child' + agō 'to lead')


morpheme_key: pedal

morpheme: pedal

morpheme_head: pedal

affix_form: -pedal

meaning_definition: foot

example_words_list_1: pedal, pedicure, pedestal, biped

example_words_corpus: pedalo | pedaled | pedaler | pedaling | pedalled | pedaloes

etymology: pes, pedis

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: pedant

morpheme: pedant

morpheme_head: pedant

affix_form: -pedant-

meaning_definition: teacher | instructor | scholar

example_words_list_1: pedantic, pedantry

example_words_corpus: pedantries | pedanticisms | pedantocrats

etymology: Latin pedes 'foot' (via metaphorical extension from 'foot soldier' to 'schoolmaster' or 'pedagogue')


morpheme_key: peddle

morpheme: peddle

morpheme_head: peddle

affix_form: -peddle-

meaning_definition: to sell | to hawk | to promote

example_words_list_1: peddle, peddler, peddling

example_words_corpus: peddled | peddles | repeddle | repeddled | peddlesome

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Action

etymology: Middle English pedel 'pedlar'


morpheme_key: pedestal

morpheme: pedestal

morpheme_head: pedestal

affix_form: -pedestal-

meaning_definition: base | support | platform

example_words_list_1: pedestal

categorical_group_list: Support, Foundation

etymology: Latin 'pedes' (foot) + '-istula' (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: pedestrian

morpheme: pedestrian

morpheme_head: pedestrian

affix_form: -pedestrian-

meaning_definition: walker | foot | on foot

example_words_list_1: pedal, pedestal, pedicure

categorical_group_list: Motion, Body part

etymology: Latin 'pedes' (foot) from 'pes, ped-'


morpheme_key: pedia

morpheme: pedia

morpheme_head: pedia

affix_form: -pedia

meaning_definition: compendium of information

example_words_list_1: encyclopedia

example_words_list_2: encyclopedia

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Collection

etymology: Greek -paideia (education, instruction)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: pedigree

morpheme: pedigree

morpheme_head: pedigree

affix_form: -pedigree-

meaning_definition: lineage | ancestry | descent

example_words_list_1: ['pedigree']

example_words_corpus: pedigrees | pedigreed | nonpedigree | unpedigreed | subpedigree | pedigreeless

categorical_group_list: Lineage, Origin

etymology: Old French 'pied de grue' (foot of a crane)


morpheme_key: pedlar

morpheme: pedlar

morpheme_head: pedlar

affix_form: -pedlar-

meaning_definition: itinerant trader | street vendor | seller

example_words_list_1: pedlar, peddler, pedlary

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Commerce

etymology: Middle English 'pedlar', related to 'peddle'


morpheme_key: pee

morpheme: pee

morpheme_head: pee

affix_form: pee

meaning_definition: bodily fluid expelled during urination | the act of urinating | to expel urine

example_words_list_1: peer | pees | peeing | peering | peercast

etymology: from Old English 'pēon', meaning to urinate


morpheme_key: peek

morpheme: peek

morpheme_head: peek

affix_form: -peek-

meaning_definition: to look | to glimpse | to spy

example_words_list_1: peek, peeking, peeked

example_words_corpus: peeks | peeked | peeking | peeketh | peekaboo | peekings

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Middle English 'peken', possibly related to 'pique'


morpheme_key: peel

morpheme: peel

morpheme_head: peel

affix_form: -peel-

meaning_definition: to remove an outer layer | skin | strip

example_words_list_1: peel, peeling, peeled

example_words_corpus: peels | peeler | peeled | unpeel | repeel | peelie

categorical_group_list: Action, Removal, Physicality

etymology: Middle English pellen, from Old English pellan 'to strip, pluck'


morpheme_key: peep

morpheme: peep

morpheme_head: peep

affix_form: -peep-

meaning_definition: to look | to glimpse | a quick look

example_words_list_1: peep, peeping, peeper

example_words_corpus: peeps | peepy | peepo | peeper | peeped | peeping

etymology: Middle English pepen, related to peep (to look)


morpheme_key: peeve

morpheme: peeve

morpheme_head: peeve

affix_form: -peeve-

meaning_definition: annoyance | irritation | grievance

example_words_list_1: peeve, peeved, peevish

example_words_corpus: peeved | peeves

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Displeasure

etymology: Middle English peve, likely related to 'pique'


morpheme_key: peg

morpheme: peg

morpheme_head: peg

affix_form: peg-

sense_label: fix

meaning_definition: fix

example_words_list_1: hysteropexy | pagophobia | parapagus | pectic | pectin | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy

example_words_list_2: hysteropexy, pagophobia, parapagus, pectic, pectin, rheopectic, rheopecty, rheopexy

example_words_corpus: pegs | unpeg | PEGyl | repeg | pegged | pegger

categorical_group_list: Fixation, Solidification

etymology: πηγνύναι (pēgnúnai), πηκτός (pēktós), πηκτικός (pēktikós), πῆξις (pêxis), πῆγμα (pêgma), πάγη (págē), πάγος (págos), πάγιος (págios), παγιότης (pagiótēs), πάσσαλος (pássalos)

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: pejorative

morpheme: pejorative

morpheme_head: pejorative

affix_form: -pejorative-

meaning_definition: expressing contempt | disparaging | belittling

example_words_list_1: pejorative, pejoratively, pejoration

categorical_group_list: Evaluation, Sentiment, Attitude

etymology: Latin pejorativus, from pejor 'worse' (comparative of malus 'bad') + -ativus

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: pekinese

morpheme: pekinese

morpheme_head: pekinese

affix_form: -pekinese-

meaning_definition: person or thing from Peking (Beijing)

example_words_list_1: Pekinese dog, Pekinese cat

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Origin, Nationality

etymology: From Peking (Beijing) + -ese (suffix denoting origin)


morpheme_key: pel

morpheme: pel

morpheme_head: pel

affix_form: pel-

sense_label: clay, mud

meaning_definition: clay, mud

example_words_list_1: pelite, pelitic

example_words_corpus: pels

categorical_group_list: Earth, Geology

etymology: πηλός (pēlós)


affix_form: -pel

sense_label: drive

meaning_definition: urge | propel | force forward

example_words_list_1: compel | dispel | expel | impel | propel | propeller | repel | repellant | propellor

related_morphemes: puls / puls

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force, Action

etymology: Latin pellere 'to drive, push'


affix_form: -pel-

sense_label: skin

meaning_definition: outer covering | surface layer

example_words_list_1: pelisse | pellagra | pellicle | pelt | peltry Variant Spellings: surplice | surplice

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin pellis 'hide, skin'


morpheme_key: pelag

morpheme: pelag

morpheme_head: pelag

affix_form: pelag-

meaning_definition: marine expanse | vast water body

example_words_list_1: pelagic, pelagian

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water, Environment

ancestor_etymon: pelag

etymology: Greek pelagios 'of the sea', from pelagos 'sea'


morpheme_key: pelf

morpheme: pelf

morpheme_head: pelf

affix_form: -pelf-

meaning_definition: money | wealth | riches

example_words_list_1: pelf

example_words_corpus: pelfish

categorical_group_list: Wealth, Materialism

etymology: Middle English pelf, possibly from Old French pel (skin/hide)


morpheme_key: pell

morpheme: pell

morpheme_head: pell

affix_form: pell-

meaning_definition: urge forward | force onward | beseech | converse with

example_words_list_1: appulse | compel | compulsory | dispel | expel | expulsion | impel | impulse | propel | propellent | propulsion | propulsive | propulsor | pulsate | pulse | push | repel | repellent | repulsive | appellant | appellate | appellation | appellative | compellation | interpellate Variant Spellings: rappel | rappel

example_words_corpus: pells

related_morphemes: peal / peal


morpheme_key: pellere

morpheme: pellere

morpheme_head: pellere

affix_form: pell

allomorphs: pell

meaning_definition: impelled | drive

example_words_list_1: compel, expel, propellant

example_words_list_2: compel, expel, propellant

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force

etymology: Latin pellere 'to push, drive'


morpheme_key: pellet

morpheme: pellet

morpheme_head: pellet

affix_form: -pellet-

meaning_definition: small compressed mass | grain | ball

example_words_list_1: pellet

example_words_corpus: pellets | pellety | repellet | pelletize | Pelletron | biopellet

categorical_group_list: Shape, Size, Physical Object

etymology: Middle French 'pelote' (ball, small mass)


morpheme_key: pellucid

morpheme: pellucid

morpheme_head: pellucid

affix_form: -pellucid-

meaning_definition: translucent | clear | transparent

example_words_list_1: pellucid, pellucidity

categorical_group_list: Clarity, Light, Perception

etymology: Latin pellucidus, from pellucere 'to shine through', from per- 'through' + lucere 'to shine'


morpheme_key: pelta

morpheme: pelta

morpheme_head: pelt

affix_form: pelta

allomorphs: pelta

meaning_definition: shield. Frequently used for ankylosaurs.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Sauropelta ("lizard shield"); Dracopelta ("dragon shield"); Cedarpelta ("Cedar shield")

example_words_corpus: peltas

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: πέλτη (péltē)

etymology: Greek peltē 'shield'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: pelvi

morpheme: pelv(i)

morpheme_head: pelv(i)

affix_form: pelv-

allomorphs: pelv(o)

sense_label: hip bone

meaning_definition: hip bone

example_words_list_1: Pelvis

example_words_list_2: Pelvis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Skeletal system

etymology: Latin pelvis 'basin, tub'


morpheme_key: pelvic

morpheme: pelvic

morpheme_head: pelvic

affix_form: -pelvic-

meaning_definition: pelvis | hip bone

example_words_list_1: pelvic, pelvic girdle, pelvic bone

example_words_corpus: nonpelvic | midpelvic | subpelvic | endopelvic | parapelvic | fetopelvic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part


morpheme_key: pelvis

morpheme: pelvis

morpheme_head: pelvis

affix_form: -pelvis-

meaning_definition: pelvic bone | hip area

example_words_list_1: pelvic

example_words_corpus: pelvises | hemipelvis | hydropelvis | acanthopelvis


morpheme_key: pemmican

morpheme: pemmican

morpheme_head: pemmican

affix_form: -pemmican-

meaning_definition: dried meat | fat | preserved food

example_words_list_1: pemmican

example_words_corpus: pemmicans | pemmicanized

categorical_group_list: Food, Sustenance

etymology: from Cree 'pimi-kan' (that which can be eaten)

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian


morpheme_key: pen

morpheme: pen

morpheme_head: pen

affix_form: pen-

allomorphs: pens

sense_label: almost

meaning_definition: just short of | barely | on the verge of

example_words_list_1: peninsula | penultimate | penumbra | antepenult | peneplain | penult | penury

example_words_corpus: pent | pens | penup | pened | unpen | impen

categorical_group_list: Approximation, Degree

etymology: Latin 'pene' meaning 'almost, nearly'

word_list_frequency: Wiktionary

source: Cognatarium | Wikipedia | Wikidata


sense_label: inward, internal, to go into or within

meaning_definition: toward the interior | inner, entering or moving inward

example_words_list_1: impenetrable, penetralia, penetrance, penetrate

categorical_group_list: Direction, Motion, Interiority

etymology: Latin penus 'innermost part of the house, storehouse'


affix_form: -pen-

sense_label: pen [writing implement]; orginally, a quill

meaning_definition: writing tool | historically a quill

example_words_list_1: pen, pencil, pennant

related_morphemes: penn / penn

categorical_group_list: Tools, Writing

etymology: Latin 'penna' meaning 'feather, quill'


sense_label: punish

meaning_definition: exact retribution | discomfort | disciplinary measure | act of remorse

example_words_list_1: impune | impunity | pain | penal | penalize | penalty | penance | penitence | penitent | penitentiary | pine | punish | punitive | repent | subpoena | penology Variant Spellings: subpoena

related_morphemes: pine / pine, pun / pun

etymology: Latin pānāre 'to punish' or pœna 'punishment'

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


sense_label: tail

meaning_definition: end | extremity

example_words_list_1: penis, penile, penology

etymology: Latin 'penis' meaning 'tail'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: penal

morpheme: penal

morpheme_head: penal

affix_form: -penal-

meaning_definition: punishment | penalty

example_words_list_1: penal, penalize, penalization

example_words_corpus: penally | penalize | nonpenal | penalism | penalized | penalizes

categorical_group_list: Punishment, Law

etymology: Latin poena 'punishment, penalty'


morpheme_key: penance

morpheme: penance

morpheme_head: penance

affix_form: -penance-

meaning_definition: atonement | reparation | punishment for sin

example_words_list_1: penitent, penitential, penitentiary, impenitent

example_words_corpus: penances | penanced | penanceless

categorical_group_list: Religion, Morality, Suffering

etymology: Latin poenitentia 'repentance, regret', from poenitere 'to make regret'


morpheme_key: pence

morpheme: pence

morpheme_head: pence

affix_form: -pence-

meaning_definition: unit of currency | small amount of money

example_words_list_1: pence, pence-less

example_words_corpus: pences | sixpence | twopence | tenpence | sixpences | twopences

categorical_group_list: Finance, Measurement

etymology: Old English 'pennig', from Proto-Germanic '*panningaz', ultimately from Latin 'denarius'


morpheme_key: penchant

morpheme: penchant

morpheme_head: penchant

affix_form: -penchant-

meaning_definition: inclination | liking | tendency

example_words_list_1: penchant, penchant for, have a penchant

example_words_corpus: penchants

categorical_group_list: Preference, Disposition

etymology: French penchant, from penchant 'leaning, tendency', from penchant 'inclining'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: pend

morpheme: pend

morpheme_head: pend

affix_form: pend-

sense_label: hang

meaning_definition: suspend | assess | compensate | contemplate | dangle | evaluate thoroughly | engage

example_words_list_1: pending, depend, suspend, appendix, expend

example_words_corpus: pends | append | prepend | appends | prepends | appended

related_morphemes: pens / pens / : ponder / ponder

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: pend

etymology: Latin pendere 'to hang, weigh, pay'


morpheme_key: pendere

morpheme: pendere

morpheme_head: pendere

affix_form: -pendere-

meaning_definition: to hang | to suspend | to be suspended

example_words_list_1: depend, suspend, pending, pendulum, appendix

categorical_group_list: Action, State, Hanging

etymology: Latin pendere 'to hang, to weigh'


morpheme_key: penetr

morpheme: penetr

morpheme_head: penetr

affix_form: -penetr-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to enter | to pass through

example_words_list_1: penetrate, penetration, penetrable, penetrator

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Latin penetrare 'to pierce, enter', from penetrus 'inmost'


morpheme_key: penia

morpheme: penia

morpheme_head: penia

affix_form: penia-

sense_label: deficiency

meaning_definition: insufficiency | absence | scarcity

example_words_list_1: leukopenia | cytopenia | neutropenia | osteopenia | panleukopenia

example_words_list_2: leukopenia | cytopenia | neutropenia | panleukopenia

example_words_corpus: cytopenia | basopenia | logopenia | leukopenia | osteopenia | cytopenias

categorical_group_list: Privative, Deficiency

etymology: From Greek penia 'poverty, need, lack', derived from the verb peinein 'to be hungry, to lack'.


morpheme_key: penicillin

morpheme: penicillin

morpheme_head: penicillin

affix_form: -penicillin-

meaning_definition: antibiotic | antibiotic substance

example_words_list_1: penicillin

example_words_corpus: penicillins | penicillinase | nonpenicillin | isopenicillin | penicillinases | aminopenicillin

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Biology

etymology: From Latin penicillium 'brush', diminutive of penis 'tail', referring to the brush-like appearance of the mold.


morpheme_key: peninsula

morpheme: peninsula

morpheme_head: peninsula

affix_form: -peninsula-

meaning_definition: land surrounded by water on three sides | nearly an island

example_words_list_1: peninsular, peninsulate, peninsularly

example_words_corpus: peninsular | peninsulas | peninsulate | peninsulars | peninsulated | peninsulates

categorical_group_list: Geography, Landform

etymology: Latin paeninsula 'almost an island', from paene 'almost' + insula 'island'


morpheme_key: penis

morpheme: penis

morpheme_head: penis

affix_form: penis

meaning_definition: Male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse and urination | tubular part of the male genitalia excluding the scrotum | anatomical structure in humans and some mammals

example_words_list_1: penisy | penises | penised | neopenis | penisless | penislike

etymology: From Latin 'penis', originally meaning 'tail' or 'projection', later applied to the male reproductive organ.


morpheme_key: penit

morpheme: penit

morpheme_head: penit

affix_form: -penit-

meaning_definition: regret | repent | sorrow

example_words_list_1: penitence, penitent, penitential

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Regret

etymology: Latin paenitentia 'remorse, regret', from paenitere 'to regret, repent'


morpheme_key: penn

morpheme: penn

morpheme_head: penn

affix_form: penn-

sense_label: feather

meaning_definition: light, plume-like structure | aquatic limb | flight appendage

example_words_list_1: pennate | pinnacle | pinnate | pinnule | empennage | pennant | penne (pasta) | pennon

example_words_corpus: Pennamite | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian

related_morphemes: pinn / pinn / : pen2 / pen

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Nature

etymology: Latin penna 'feather, wing'


morpheme_key: penna

morpheme: penna

morpheme_head: penna

affix_form: penna-

sense_label: feather, fin, wing

meaning_definition: feather, fin, wing

example_words_list_1: pennate, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnule

example_words_list_2: pennate, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnule

etymology: penna, pinna

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: penny

morpheme: penny

morpheme_head: penny

affix_form: -penny-

meaning_definition: small unit of currency | copper coin

example_words_list_1: penny, penniless, pennilessness

example_words_corpus: sixpenny | twopenny | tenpenny | megapenny | fivepenny | fourpenny

categorical_group_list: Currency, Value, Smallness


morpheme_key: pension

morpheme: pension

morpheme_head: pension

affix_form: -pension-

meaning_definition: payment | allowance | stipend

example_words_list_1: pension, pensioner, pensionary

example_words_corpus: pensions | pensioner | pensioned | pensiones | pensioners | pensioning

categorical_group_list: Finance, Payment

etymology: Latin pensionem (nominative pensio) 'a weighing, payment', from pendere 'to weigh, pay'


morpheme_key: pensive

morpheme: pensive

morpheme_head: pensive

affix_form: -pensive-

meaning_definition: thinking | weighing | pondering

example_words_list_1: pensive, compensive

example_words_corpus: pensived | pensively | pensiveness

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Thought

etymology: Latin -pensus, past participle of pendere 'to hang, weigh'


morpheme_key: penta

morpheme: penta

morpheme_head: penta

affix_form: penta-

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: five | relating to five

example_words_list_1: pentagon | pentate | pentadactyl | pentathlon | pentecontad | pentecontagon | pentecostal

example_words_corpus: pentagon | pentamer | pentaene | pentahex | pentagram | pentagons

categorical_group_list: Number forms

ancestor_etymon: penta | πεντα-  OED

etymology: Greek pente (πέντε) 'five'

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


morpheme_key: pentadeca

morpheme: pentadeca

morpheme_head: pentadeca

affix_form: pentadeca-

meaning_definition: fifteen

example_words_list_1: pentadecagon | pentadecamer | pentadecanes | pentadecagons | pentadecamers | pentadecanoyl

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek penta- 'five' + deka 'ten'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: pentakis

morpheme: pentakis

morpheme_head: pentakis

affix_form: pentakis-

meaning_definition: five-fold | having five

example_words_list_1: pentakisphosphate | pentakisphosphates

example_words_corpus: pentakisphosphate | pentakisphosphates

etymology: Greek penta- 'five' + -akis (diminutive/formative suffix)


morpheme_key: pentaprismo

morpheme: pentaprismo

morpheme_head: pentaprismo

affix_form: pentaprismo-

meaning_definition: five | pentagonal

example_words_list_1: pentagram, pentagon, pentathlon, pentameter, pentarchy

categorical_group_list: Number, Shape

etymology: Greek penta- 'five' + prism 'solid with polygonal faces'


morpheme_key: pentecost

morpheme: pentecost

morpheme_head: pentecost

affix_form: pentecost-

sense_label: fiftieth

meaning_definition: fiftieth

example_words_list_1: Pentecost, pentecostalism

example_words_list_2: Pentecost, pentecostalism

example_words_corpus: Pentecostal | Pentecostally | Pentecostalism | Pentecostalist

categorical_group_list: Number, Ordinal

etymology: πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós)


morpheme_key: penumbra

morpheme: penumbra

morpheme_head: penumbra

affix_form: -penumbra-

meaning_definition: partial shadow | fringe | margin

example_words_list_1: penumbra

example_words_corpus: penumbras | penumbral

categorical_group_list: Light, Shadow, Boundary

etymology: Latin penumbra, from paene 'almost' + umbra 'shadow'


morpheme_key: people

morpheme: people

morpheme_head: people

affix_form: -people-

meaning_definition: human | persons | group of humans

example_words_list_1: people, peoples

example_words_corpus: peoples | peopled | peopler | unpeople | repeople | peoplers

categorical_group_list: Humanity, Social group

etymology: Old English 'pēopl' (group of persons)


morpheme_key: peper

morpheme: peper

morpheme_head: peper

affix_form: peper-

meaning_definition: pepper

example_words_list_1: paprika | pepper

example_words_list_2: paprika | pepper

categorical_group_list: Food, Spice

etymology: πέπερι | πεπέρεως


morpheme_key: pepon

morpheme: pepon

morpheme_head: pepon

affix_form: pepon-

meaning_definition: ripe

example_words_list_1: pumpkin

example_words_list_2: pumpkin

categorical_group_list: State, Maturity

etymology: πέπων | πέπονος (pépōn | péponos)


morpheme_key: pepper

morpheme: pepper

morpheme_head: pepper

affix_form: -pepper-

meaning_definition: pepper | pungent spice

example_words_list_1: peppery, peppercorn, peppercress

example_words_corpus: peppers | peppery | peppered | pepperer | pepperbox | peppering

categorical_group_list: Food, Sensory, Plant

etymology: Latin piper 'pepper'


morpheme_key: pepperoni

morpheme: pepperoni

morpheme_head: pepperoni

affix_form: -pepperoni-

example_words_list_1: ['pepperoni']

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Italian 'peperoni' (plural of peperone, from 'pepere' meaning 'pepper')


morpheme_key: peps

morpheme: peps

morpheme_head: peps

affix_form: peps

allomorphs: pept

meaning_definition: process of breaking down food | enzymatic nutrient decomposition

example_words_list_1: dyspepsia, eupeptic, Pepsi Cola™, pepsin, pepsinogen, peptic, peptide, Pepto-Bismol™, peptone

categorical_group_list: Biology, Physiology

etymology: Greek peptein 'to digest'


morpheme_key: pepsia

morpheme: pepsia

morpheme_head: pepsia

affix_form: -pepsia-

meaning_definition: digestion | digestion process

example_words_list_1: dyspepsia

categorical_group_list: Bodily concepts

etymology: Greek πεπτός (peptós), cooked, digested < πέσσω (péssō), I boil, cook; digest


morpheme_key: pepsin

morpheme: pepsin

morpheme_head: pepsin

affix_form: -pepsin-

meaning_definition: digestive enzyme

example_words_list_1: pepsin, pepsinogen

example_words_corpus: pepsins | isopepsin | propepsin | pepsinogen | propepsins | pepsinated

categorical_group_list: Biology, Biochemistry

etymology: Greek pepsinē 'digestion'


morpheme_key: pept

morpheme: pept

morpheme_head: pept

affix_form: pept-

meaning_definition: digest

example_words_list_1: peptic, peptic ulcer, peptic enzyme

categorical_group_list: Metabolism, Transformation

etymology: πέσσειν (péssein) | πεπτός (peptós) | πεπτικός (peptikós) | πέψις (pépsis) | πεπτικός(peptikós)


morpheme_key: per

morpheme: per

morpheme_head: per

affix_form: pel-

allomorphs: pel

sense_label: thoroughly, through

meaning_definition: thoroughly, through

example_words_list_1: expel, compel, repel, dispel

example_words_corpus: pers | peruse | permix | perfix | perhaps | perusal

categorical_group_list: Movement, Intensity

etymology: per


affix_form: -per-

sense_label: to give birth, to produce

meaning_definition: to bear offspring | to generate

example_words_list_1: parent, parturition, parous, parity

related_morphemes: par3 / par, partu / partu

categorical_group_list: Birth, Production, Creation

etymology: Latin root 'parere' meaning 'to bring forth, give birth, produce'


sense_label: to try, to learn by trying

meaning_definition: to attempt | to acquire understanding through effort

example_words_list_1: experience, experiment, expert, expertise

related_morphemes: pir / pir

categorical_group_list: Trial, Experience, Mastery

etymology: Greek peri : around


affix_form: per-

sense_label: wallet

meaning_definition: wallet

example_words_list_1: peridium

example_words_list_2: peridium

categorical_group_list: Container, Anatomy

etymology: πήρα (pḗra), πηρίδιον (pērídion)


morpheme_key: percent

morpheme: percent

morpheme_head: percent

affix_form: -percent-

meaning_definition: part | portion | fraction

example_words_list_1: percent, percentage, percentiles

example_words_corpus: percents | percenter | percental | percentile | percentual | percenters

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Proportion

etymology: Latin per centum 'by the hundred'


morpheme_key: perch

morpheme: perch

morpheme_head: perch

affix_form: perch

meaning_definition: a type of fish in the Perciformes order | a group of related fish species

example_words_list_1: perched | percher | perches | deperch | reperch | sunperch


morpheme_key: percipience

morpheme: percipience

morpheme_head: percipience

affix_form: -percipience-

meaning_definition: perception | awareness | discernment

example_words_list_1: perceive, perceptible, perception

categorical_group_list: Perception, Cognition

etymology: Latin percipient- 'perceiving', present participle stem of percipere 'to seize, perceive'


morpheme_key: percipient

morpheme: percipient

morpheme_head: percipient

affix_form: -percipient-

meaning_definition: perceiving | sensing | observing

example_words_list_1: percipient, perceptible, perception

etymology: Latin percipiens, present participle of percipere 'to perceive, grasp, take hold of', from per- 'through' + capere 'to take'


morpheme_key: percolate

morpheme: percolate

morpheme_head: percolate

affix_form: -percolate-

meaning_definition: filter | seep | pass through

example_words_list_1: percolation, percolator

example_words_corpus: percolates | percolated | unpercolated

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluidity

etymology: Latin per- 'through' + collare 'to drip' (from collare, frequentative of collare 'to drip')


morpheme_key: percuss

morpheme: percuss

morpheme_head: percuss

affix_form: -percuss-

meaning_definition: to strike | to beat | to tap

example_words_list_1: percussion, percussive, percussionist

example_words_corpus: percussed | percussive | percussing | percussively | unpercussive | nonpercussive

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical impact

etymology: Latin percussus, past participle of percutere 'to strike through, beat down', from per- 'through' + cūtĕre 'to strike'


morpheme_key: perdic

morpheme: perdic

morpheme_head: perdic

affix_form: perdic-

meaning_definition: partridge

example_words_list_1: Melanoperdix | partridge

example_words_list_2: Melanoperdix | partridge

categorical_group_list: Animals, Birds

etymology: πέρδιξ | πέρδικος (pérdix | pérdikos)


morpheme_key: perdition

morpheme: perdition

morpheme_head: perdition

affix_form: -perdition-

meaning_definition: destruction | ruin | damnation

example_words_list_1: perdition

example_words_corpus: perditions | perditionable

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Negation

etymology: Latin perditio (gen. -onis) 'a ruining, destruction', from past participle stem of perdere 'to destroy, lose'


morpheme_key: peregrine

morpheme: peregrine

morpheme_head: peregrin

affix_form: -peregrine-

allomorphs: peregrine

meaning_definition: traveler | pilgrim | foreigner

example_words_list_1: peregrine

categorical_group_list: Movement, Foreignness

etymology: Latin peregrinus 'foreign, traveling', from peregrus 'foreign', from per- 'through' + ager 'field, land'


morpheme_key: peremptory

morpheme: peremptory

morpheme_head: peremptory

affix_form: -peremptory-

meaning_definition: decisive | final | leaving no room for debate

example_words_list_1: peremptory

categorical_group_list: Finality, Authority

etymology: Latin peremptorius 'fatal, decisive', from perimere 'to kill, destroy'


morpheme_key: perfect

morpheme: perfect

morpheme_head: perfect

affix_form: -perfect

example_words_list_1: perfect, perfection, perfected

example_words_corpus: perfects | imperfect | perfectly | perfected | perfector | perfecter

categorical_group_list: Completion, Intensity


morpheme_key: perfid

morpheme: perfid

morpheme_head: perfid

affix_form: -perfid-

meaning_definition: disloyalty | double-crossing | deception

example_words_list_1: perfidy, perfidious

example_words_list_2: perfidy, perfidious

categorical_group_list: Deception, Morality

ancestor_etymon: perfid

etymology: Latin perfidus 'faithless, treacherous', from per- 'through, thoroughly' + fides 'faith'


morpheme_key: perfidy

morpheme: perfidy

morpheme_head: perfidy

affix_form: -perfidy-

meaning_definition: deceit | untrustworthiness | betrayal

example_words_list_1: perfidious, perfidiously, perfidiously

example_words_corpus: perfidies

categorical_group_list: Betrayal, Deception

etymology: Latin perfidia 'faithlessness, treachery', from perfidus 'treacherous'


morpheme_key: perforate

morpheme: perforate

morpheme_head: perforate

affix_form: -perforate-

meaning_definition: to pierce | to bore through | to make holes

example_words_list_1: perforation, perforated

example_words_corpus: perforated | perforates | imperforate | reperforate | biperforate | imperforates

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

etymology: Latin perforatus, past participle of perforare 'to pierce through', from per- 'through' + forare 'to bore'


morpheme_key: perform

morpheme: perform

morpheme_head: perform

affix_form: -perform-

meaning_definition: to do | to act | to execute

example_words_list_1: performer, performance, performing

example_words_corpus: performs | performer | performed | reperform | performant | outperform

categorical_group_list: Action, Execution

etymology: Latin 'per-' (thoroughly) + 'agere' (to do, act)


morpheme_key: perfume

morpheme: perfume

morpheme_head: perfume

affix_form: -perfume-

meaning_definition: scent | fragrance | aroma

example_words_list_1: perfumer, perfumery

example_words_corpus: perfumers | beperfumed | perfumeries | nonperfumed | perfumelessness

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Olfactory

etymology: Latin 'perfumare' meaning 'to smoke through' (per- 'through' + fumare 'to smoke')


morpheme_key: perfungi

morpheme: perfungi

morpheme_head: perfungi

affix_form: -perfungi-

meaning_definition: eliminate | expel

example_words_list_1: perfunctory

example_words_list_2: perfunctory

categorical_group_list: Action, Completion

etymology: Latin perfungi 'to perform, complete, discharge', from per- 'through, thoroughly' + fungi 'to perform, do'


morpheme_key: perfusion

morpheme: perfusion

morpheme_head: perfusion

affix_form: -perfusion-

meaning_definition: flow | pouring | infusion

example_words_list_1: perfusion, perfuse

etymology: Latin perfusio(n-), from perfundere 'to pour over'


morpheme_key: pergamon

morpheme: pergamon

morpheme_head: pergamon

affix_form: -pergamon-

meaning_definition: a scroll | a book | a library

example_words_list_1: pergament, pergaminous

categorical_group_list: Writing, Literature, Objects

etymology: From Greek 'pēgama' meaning 'that which is fixed' or 'a scroll', derived from 'pēgnynai' (to fix).


morpheme_key: peri

morpheme: peri

morpheme_head: peri

affix_form: peri-

sense_label: around

morpheme_subtype: targeting

meaning_definition: encircling | regarding | relating to | encompassing

example_words_list_1: perimeter, periphery, periscope, perihelion

example_words_corpus: perisex | periderm | perianth | pericarp | perianal | pericyte

categorical_group_list: Position indicator | Positional | Spatial | position in space | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: peri

etymology: Greek περῐ́ (perí) | around | about | concerning | περί (perí) | Greek perissos : uneven | irregular

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


sense_label: trial

meaning_definition: trial | test | try

example_words_list_1: peril | imperiled | experience

example_words_list_2: peril | imperiled | experience

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Proximity

etymology: Greek peri "around, about, near"


morpheme_key: pericles

morpheme: pericles

morpheme_head: pericles

affix_form: -pericles-

meaning_definition: surrounded by glory | prominent | famous

example_words_list_1: Periclean, Pericles

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Historical Figure, Glory

etymology: Greek 'Perikles' (perikléēs) 'surrounded by glory'


morpheme_key: perihelion

morpheme: perihelion

morpheme_head: perihelion

affix_form: -perihelion-

meaning_definition: around | sun

example_words_list_1: perihelion, perihelia

categorical_group_list: Astronomy, Motion

etymology: Greek peri- 'around' + helios 'sun'


morpheme_key: peril

morpheme: peril

morpheme_head: peril

affix_form: -peril-

meaning_definition: danger | risk | hazard

example_words_list_1: peril, perilous, perilously

example_words_corpus: perils | imperil | periled | perilous | imperils | periling

categorical_group_list: Danger, Threat

etymology: Old French 'peril' (danger)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: period

morpheme: period

morpheme_head: period

affix_form: period

meaning_definition: a distinct time span | end point | a segment or phase

example_words_list_1: periods | midperiod | nonperiod | periodize | subperiod | periodical

etymology: from Greek 'periodos' via Latin, meaning a circuit or journey, later extended to time spans


morpheme_key: peripatetic

morpheme: peripatetic

morpheme_head: peripatetic

affix_form: -peripatetic-

meaning_definition: wandering | walking about | traveling from place to place

example_words_list_1: peripateticism, peripatetics

categorical_group_list: Motion, Movement

etymology: Greek peripatētikos 'walking about', from peripatein 'to walk around'


morpheme_key: perish

morpheme: perish

morpheme_head: perish

affix_form: -perish-

meaning_definition: die | decay | pass away

example_words_list_1: perishable, perishability, unperishable

example_words_corpus: perished | perisher | perishing | perisheth | perishers | perishably

categorical_group_list: Mortality, Destruction

etymology: Old French perir 'to perish'


morpheme_key: peritonitis

morpheme: peritonitis

morpheme_head: peritonitis

affix_form: -peritonitis-

meaning_definition: inflammation of the peritoneum

example_words_list_1: appendicitis, bronchitis, cystitis, dermatitis, gastritis

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology, Anatomy

etymology: Greek peritoneum (peritoneum) + -itis (inflammation)


morpheme_key: perk

morpheme: perk

morpheme_head: perk

affix_form: -perk-

meaning_definition: advantage | benefit | advantageous feature

example_words_list_1: perk, perquisite

example_words_corpus: perky | perks | perked | unperk | perkily | perking

categorical_group_list: Benefit, Advantage

etymology: Middle English 'perk' (short for perquisite)

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: perma

morpheme: perma

morpheme_head: perma

affix_form: perma-

meaning_definition: everlasting, unchanging

example_words_list_1: permaban | permatan | permabans | permalink | permatans | permabull

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Duration

ancestor_etymon: perma

etymology: Latin 'per-' (through, thoroughly) + 'manere' (to remain)


morpheme_key: permafrost

morpheme: permafrost

morpheme_head: permafrost

affix_form: -permafrost-

meaning_definition: permanently | frozen | ground

example_words_list_1: permafrost, permafrost layer, permafrost region

categorical_group_list: Environment, Temperature, Geology

etymology: from perma- (from Latin permanens 'remaining') + frost (from Old English frōst)


morpheme_key: perman

morpheme: perman

morpheme_head: perman

affix_form: -perman-

meaning_definition: lasting | stable | enduring

example_words_list_1: permanent, permanence, permanency

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Stability

etymology: Latin permanens, present participle of permanere 'to remain, stay, endure'


morpheme_key: permanganate

morpheme: permanganate

morpheme_head: permanganate

affix_form: -permanganate-

meaning_definition: per- (through/thoroughly) | mangan (manganese) | -ate (salt/ester)

example_words_list_1: permanganic acid, potassium permanganate, sodium permanganate

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Ions

etymology: From French permanganate, from per- + manganate


morpheme_key: perme

morpheme: perme

morpheme_head: perme

affix_form: -perme-

allomorphs: perm

meaning_definition: through | throughout | penetrating

example_words_list_1: permeate, permeable, permeability

categorical_group_list: Motion, Penetration

etymology: Latin 'permeare' meaning 'to pass through', derived from 'per-' (through) + 'meare' (to go)


morpheme_key: permit

morpheme: permit

morpheme_head: permit

affix_form: -permit-

meaning_definition: allow | let | authorize

example_words_list_1: permissive, permit, permissible

example_words_corpus: permits | permitted | permittee | permitter | permiting | permitting

categorical_group_list: Permission, Agency, Action

etymology: Latin 'per' (through, thoroughly) + 'mittere' (to send)


morpheme_key: pernicious

morpheme: pernicious

morpheme_head: pernicious

affix_form: -pernicious-

meaning_definition: harmful | destructive | mischievous

example_words_list_1: perniciousness, perniciously

example_words_corpus: perniciously | perniciousness | antipernicious

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Harm, Destruction

etymology: Latin perniciosus, from pernicies 'destruction'


morpheme_key: pernickety

morpheme: pernickety

morpheme_head: pernickety

affix_form: -pernickety-

meaning_definition: fussy | fastidious | nitpicking

example_words_list_1: pernickety, pernicketyness

categorical_group_list: Personality, Mannerism

etymology: From Scottish 'pernicketie' (fussiness), possibly from 'pernicious' or dialectal 'pernicket' (to fuss), first recorded in the 18th century.

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish


morpheme_key: peroration

morpheme: peroration

morpheme_head: peroration

affix_form: -peroration-

meaning_definition: conclusion | summary | closing part of a speech

example_words_list_1: perorate, perorator

example_words_corpus: perorations | perorational

categorical_group_list: Conclusion, Speech, Finality

etymology: Latin peroratio, from perorare 'to speak through, conclude a speech', from per- 'through' + orare 'to speak'


morpheme_key: perpetrate

morpheme: perpetrate

morpheme_head: perpetrate

affix_form: -perpetrate-

meaning_definition: to carry through | to do | to commit

example_words_list_1: perpetrate, perpetration

example_words_corpus: perpetrated | perpetrates | reperpetrate | unperpetrated | reperpetrated | reperpetrates

categorical_group_list: Action, Completion

etymology: Latin perpetrare 'to do thoroughly, accomplish', from per- 'through' + agere 'to do, drive'


morpheme_key: perpetu

morpheme: perpetu

morpheme_head: perpetu

affix_form: -perpetu-

meaning_definition: continuous | everlasting | uninterrupted

example_words_list_1: perpetual, perpetuity, perpetuate

etymology: Latin perpetuus 'continuous, unbroken', from per- 'through' + petere 'to seek, aim at'


morpheme_key: perplex

morpheme: perplex

morpheme_head: perplex

affix_form: -perplex-

meaning_definition: confuse | bewilder | complicate

example_words_list_1: perplex, perplexing, perplexity

example_words_corpus: perplexed | unperplex | perplexly | perplexer | perplexity | perplexing

categorical_group_list: Confusion, Complexity

etymology: Latin perplexus 'entangled, confused', from per- 'thoroughly' + plexus 'plaited, woven' (past participle of plectere)


morpheme_key: persevere

morpheme: persevere

morpheme_head: persevere

affix_form: -persevere-

meaning_definition: continue | persist | endure

example_words_corpus: perseveres

categorical_group_list: Persistence, Endurance, Continuity

etymology: Latin perseverare 'to persist, continue steadfastly', from per- 'through' + severus 'strict, severe'


morpheme_key: persia

morpheme: persia

morpheme_head: persia

affix_form: -persia-

meaning_definition: Persia | Persian

example_words_list_1: Persian, Persiana

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun

etymology: Greek Persikos, from Old Persian pairsa-


morpheme_key: persic

morpheme: persic

morpheme_head: persic

affix_form: persic-

meaning_definition: peach

example_words_list_1: Persian, Persia, Persian Gulf

categorical_group_list: Fruit, Nature

etymology: περσικός (persikós)


morpheme_key: persiflage

morpheme: persiflage

morpheme_head: persiflage

affix_form: -persiflage-

meaning_definition: mockery | ridicule | lighthearted derision

example_words_list_1: ['persiflage']

example_words_corpus: persiflages | persiflageous

categorical_group_list: Communication, Mockery

etymology: French 'persifler' 'to mock, to jest'


morpheme_key: person

morpheme: person

morpheme_head: person

affix_form: -person-

sense_label: person, traits or attributes of a person

meaning_definition: individual | characteristics or qualities of an individual

example_words_list_1: impersonate | person | persona | personable | personage | personal | personality | personalize | personally | persona non grata | personify | personnel Variant Spellings: parson | parson

example_words_corpus: persons | personal | unperson | adperson | personly | deperson

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin persona 'person, character in a play, mask'


morpheme_key: personnel

morpheme: personnel

morpheme_head: personnel

affix_form: -personnel-

meaning_definition: person | individual

example_words_list_1: personal, personality, personalize

example_words_corpus: personnels | nonpersonnel | antipersonnel

categorical_group_list: Humanity, Agency

etymology: Latin persona 'mask, character, person'


morpheme_key: perspex

morpheme: perspex

morpheme_head: perspex

affix_form: -perspex-

meaning_definition: transparent plastic | perspex

example_words_list_1: perspex, perspex sheet, perspex case

categorical_group_list: Material, Plastic, Brand Name

etymology: German 'Perspex' (brand name derived from 'Perspex' or 'Perspex' material, from 'Perspex' resin, ultimately from 'Perspex' + '-ex' suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: perspic

morpheme: perspic

morpheme_head: perspic

affix_form: -perspic-

meaning_definition: see | perceive | clear

example_words_list_1: perspicacious, perspicuity, perspicuous

categorical_group_list: Perception, Vision

etymology: Latin perspicere 'to see through, examine closely', from per- 'through' + specere 'to look'