Morpheme
Pol(e) [Pole, Pol]
Type
free base
Denotation
pivot, hinge, axis
Etymology
Middle French pole, pôle; Latin polus; Ancient Greek pólos
Evidence
ambipolar, antipolar, apolarity, bipolar, circumpolar, dipole, electropolar, epipolar, equipolar, extrapolar, frontopolar, heteropolar, hexadecapole, hexapole, homopolar, interpolar, intrapolar, isopolar, micropolar, monopolar, monopole, multipolar, multipole, nonpolar, octapolar, octopolar, octupole, omnipolar, peripolar, polar, polariton, polaritonics, polaritons, polarity, polarization, polarize, polarly, polaron, polaroplast, polarward, pole, poles, polhode, quadripolar, quadrupole, semipolar, subpolar, temporopolar, transpolar, tripole, unipolar
Notes
classical base analysis
homophone of Poll
Modern Base Analysis
<Polarite> denoting “polarity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -iton
from polarity (<Pole + -ar + -i- + -ty>)
polariton, polaritonics, polaritons
