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morpheme

[mawr-feem] / ˈmɔr fim /


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For example, the morpheme er-, which qualified most anything having to do with an outer body part, could be stuck to -cho to yield ercho, meaning “head.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Important, too, was the morpheme a-, which referred to the mouth and, more broadly, to origins.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Each of the, say, two hundred and fifty passengers on each flight hanging unwittingly on each morpheme.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 12, 2017




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