Morpheme
Pistol
Type
free base
Denotation
small firearm, small dagger
Etymology
French pistole and/or Middle English pistolet; Middle French pistolet and/or German Pistole; Czech píšťala
Evidence
pistol, pistoled, pistoleer, pistolero, pistoling, pistolled, pistolling, pistols
Notes
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
