Morpheme
Pry
Type
free base
Denotation
look closely, peer into, spy, snoop
Etymology
Middle English prien, pryen; unattested Old English *prīwan, *prēowian (beprīwan, beprēwan)
Evidence
pried, prier, pries, pry, pryer, prying, pryingly
Notes
<y> need not toggle (but can) with suffixes, especially in monosyllabic bases ending in <y>
