Mirror

Morpheme

Mirror

Type

free base

Denotation

look at, admire, marvel at, wonder at

Etymology

Middle English mirour; Old French mireor, from mirer; Latin mīrārī, from mīrus

Evidence

antimirror, bemirror, handmirror, metamirror, micromirror, mirror, mirrorable, mirrored, mirrorful, mirroring, mirrorize, mirrorized, mirrorizes, mirrorizing, mirrorless, mirrorlike, mirrors, mirrorscope, mirrorshades, mirrortree, Mirrorverse, mirrorwise, mirrorwork, mirrory, mismirror, multimirror, nanomirror, pentamirror, remirror, submirror, supermirror, unmirrored

Notes

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

See Also

Mire