Leather

Morpheme

Leather

Type

free base

Denotation

tanned animal skin

Etymology

Middle English lether; Old English leþer

Evidence

antileather, leather, leatherback, leatherboard, leatherbound, leathercloth, leathercrafter, leathercrafting, leathered, leatherer, leatherette, leathergoods, leatherine, leathering, leatherize, leatherized, leatherizes, leatherizing, leatherless, leatherlike, leathermaker, leatherneck, leatheroid, leathers, leatherseller, Leatherstocking, leatherware, leatherwear, leatherwing, leatherwood, leatherworker, leathery, nonleather, overleather, pseudoleather, whitleather

Notes

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

See Also

Leder