Gas

Morpheme

Gas

Type

free base

Denotation

matter in a state between liquid and plasma, chasm, void, empty space

Etymology

Dutch gas, coined 1648 by Dutch chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont; Ancient Greek kháos

Evidence

antigas, biogasoline, degasify, gas, gasbag, gased, gaseous, gases, gasface, gasfitting, gasholder, gashouse, gasiferous, gasifiable, gasification, gasified, gasifier, gasifies, gasiform, gasify, gasifying, gasing, gasless, gaslight, gaslighter, gaslike, gaslit, gasman, gasogen, gasogenous, gasoline, gasolineless, gasolinelike, gasoliner, gasolinic, gasometer, gasometre, gasometric, gasometry, gasoscope, gasotransmitter, gaspipe, gasproof, gassed, gasses, gassier, gassiest, gassing, gassy, gastight, gasworker, gasworks, multigas, nongas, nongasoline, outgas, polygasoline, regas, regasify

Notes

<s> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
gas and chaos are doublets
gassy and chaotic are doublets

See Also

Cha