Morpheme
Hirudine
Type
bound base
Denotation
leech
Etymology
Latin hirūdinis, from hirūdō
Evidence
Euhirudinea, Hirudinaria, Hirudinariinae, Hirudinea, Hirudiniformes, hirudinin
Alternative Base Analysis
<Hirudinari> denoting “Hirudinaria, freshwater leech”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -ariinae
from Hirudinaria (<Hirudine + -aria>), from Latin hirūdinis, from hirūdō
Hirudinariinae
