Pledge

Morpheme

Pledge

Type

free base

Denotation

surety, bail, security, guarantee, promise

Etymology

Middle English pleggen, plegge, plege; Anglo-Norman plege, pleige; Old French plegier, plege, pleige; probably from Medieval Latin plebium, plevium, plibium, from plebere

Evidence

antipledging, antipledging, depledge, frankpledge, impledge, interpledge, mispledge
pledgable, pledge, pledgeability, pledged, pledgee, pledgeless, pledgeling, pledgemaster, pledger, pledges, pledgeship, pledging, pledgor, propledge, repledge, unpledged