Dish

Morpheme

Dish

Type

free base

Denotation

plate, bowl, platter, vessel for serving food, flat circular surface

Etymology

Middle English dissh, disch; Old English disċ; Latin discus; Ancient Greek dískos, from dikeîn

Evidence

dish, dishboard, dishcloth, dishclout, dished, dishes, dishier, dishiest, dishing, dishless, dishlicker, dishlike, dishmaker, dishmop, dishowner, dishpan, dishrack, dishrag, dishtowel, dishware, dishwasher, dishwashing, dishwater, dishy, fluorodish, hotdish, lickdish, microdish, minidish, multidish, piedish, saucedish, soapdish, tolldish, tundish, washdish

Notes

dish, desk, dais, disc, discus, disk, and diskos are doublets

See Also

Dais, Desk, Disc, Disk