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Where does “morpheme” come from?

Morpheme comes from French morphème, derived from Ancient Greek μορφή meaning "form" or "shape."

morpheme (English): The smallest linguistic unit within a word that...

Definitions

  1. The smallest linguistic unit within a word that...

Ancestry of “morpheme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmorphèmemorpheme
2Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

Words derived from “morpheme”

  • morphemic
  • monomorphemic
  • polymorphemic
  • bimorphemic
  • multimorphemic
  • tautomorphemic
  • morphemically
  • morphemics
  • heteromorphemic
  • dimorphemic
  • trimorphemic
  • morphemehood
  • tautomorphemically
  • tonomorpheme
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