Morpheme
Lobster
Type
free base
Denotation
edible crustacean with large front claws
Etymology
Middle English lobstere, lopster, loppestere; Old English loppestre, loppestre, lopustre, lopystre; of unknown origin but possibly from Latin locusta, lucusta and influenced by Old English loppe + -estre
Evidence
lobster, lobsterback, lobsterboat, lobstered, lobsterer, lobsterette, lobstering, lobsterish, lobsterlike, lobsterling, lobsterman, lobsters, lobstery
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
