Morpheme
Pete
Type
bound base
Denotation
ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, entreat, seek, aim at, desire, beseech, implore
Etymology
Latin petere
Evidence
appetence, appetite, appetizer, appetizing, basipetal, centripetal, compete, competed, competence, competency, competent, competes, competing, competition, competitor, counterpetition, geopetal, impetuous, impetus, inappetence, incompetence, incompetent, nonrepetition, nonrepetitious, nonrepetitive, overrepetition, perpetual, perpetuity, petition, petitionable, petitional, petitionary, petitioned, petitionee, petitioner, petitioning, petitionist, petitions, petulant, polyrepetitive, preappetizer, prepetition, pseudorepetitive, repetition, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitionless, repetitions, repetitious, repetitiously, repetitiousness, repetitive, repetitively, repetitiveness, sociopetal, unappetizing, unrepetitious, unrepetitive
