Lake

Morpheme

Lake

Type

free base

Denotation

stream, pool, pond

Etymology

conflation of (1) Middle English lake; Old English lacu and (2) Middle English lac; Old French lac; Latin lacus

Evidence

Eastlake, Eastlakes, interlake, intralake, lake, lakebed, Lakefield, Lakefield, lakefill, lakefill, lakehead, lakehouse, lakeland, Lakelands, lakeless, lakelet, lakelike, lakelore, lakeness, lakeport, Laker, lakes, lakescape, lakeshore, lakeside, Lakesland, Laketown, lakeview, Lakeville, lakeward, lakewards, lakewater, lakeweed, lakish, Lakism, Lakist, laky, nonlake, palaeolake, paleolake, Westlake

See Also

Lacune, Lagune, Lagoon, Lacustr