Chive

Morpheme

Chive

Type

free base

Denotation

piece, sliver, shoot, chit, sprout, germ, sprig

Etymology

Middle English chive, chyve, variant of chith, chyth; Old English ċīþ, ċȳþ

Evidence

chive, chives

Doublet

Chit, Scion

See Also

Chit, Scion

Homographs

C(h)ive [Chive, Cive], Chiv(e) [Chive, Chiv]

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