Sulfur

Morpheme

Sulfur

Type

free base

Denotation

chemical element

Etymology

Middle English sulphur; Anglo-Norman sulfre; Latin sulfur, from sulpur

Evidence

biosulfur, monosulfur, sulfurase, sulfurate, sulfured, sulfuring, sulfurless, sulfurlike, sulfurs, sulfury, surfur, surfuric, surfurous, unsulfured

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Sulf, Sulfa, Sul