Morpheme
Anchor
Type
free base
Denotation
tool to keep a vessel from drifting, refuge, support
Etymology
Middle English anker; Old English ancor, ancra; Latin ancora; Ancient Greek ánkura
Evidence
anchor, anchorable, anchorage, anchored, anchorer, anchorhold, anchoring, anchorless, anchorlike, anchorman, anchorperson, anchors, anchorsmith, coanchor, disanchor, reanchor, unanchor, unanchored
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
<ch> spelling from Medieval Latin anchora
anchor, ancore, and anker are doublets
