Morpheme
Tongu(e) [Tongue, Tongu]
Type
free base
Denotation
speech organ, speech, language
Etymology
Middle English tongue, from tonge, tunge, tong, tung; Old English tunge
Evidence
betongue, birthtongue, blabtongue, bluetongue, bonytongue, goosetongue, outtongue, oxtongue, subtongue, tonguage, tongue, tonguectomy, tongued, tonguedness, tonguefish, tongueful, tongueless, tonguelet, tonguelike, tonguely, tonguer, tongues, tonguester, tonguetip, tongueworm, tonguey, tonguing, tonguy, untongue
Notes
tongue, langue, and lingua, are doublets