Morpheme
Caramel
Type
free base
Denotation
burnt sugar
Etymology
French caramel; Old Spanish caramelo; of unknown origin but possibly from (1) Latin calamellus, from calamus; Ancient Greek kálamos or (2) Medieval Latin cannamellis, from canna + mellis; ; Ancient Greek kánna; Akkadian qanû; Sumerian gi.na
Evidence
caramel, carameled, caramelesque, carameling, caramelise, caramelization, caramelize, caramelized, caramelizer, caramelizes, caramelizing, caramelled, caramellike, caramelling, caramelly, caramels, uncaramelized
Notes
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
