Morpheme
Abbot
Type
free base
Denotation
father, male superior
Etymology
Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed; Old English abbat, abbad, abbod; Latin abbās; Ancient Greek abbâs; Aramaic ’abbā
Evidence
abbot, abbotcy, abbotess, abbotric, abbotry, abbots, Abbotsbury, Abbotsford, Abbotsham, abbotship, archabbot, subabbot
Notes
<t> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
abbot, abba, abbé, and bwana are doublets
