Morpheme
Litter
Type
free base
Denotation
portable bed, straw used for bedding, offspring at one birth, scattered oddments
Etymology
Middle English litter, littere, litere, liter; Anglo-Norman litere, littere, litiere; Old French litiere, letiere; Late Latin lectuāria; Latin lēctus, from legere
Evidence
antilitter, belitter, interlitter, litter, litterbag, litterbasket, litterbug, littered, litterer, litterfall, littering, litterless, littermate, litters, littery, microlitter, prelitter
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
homophone of <Lit + -er>
