Morpheme
Cover
Type
bound base
Denotation
assume, take, grasp, hold, contain
Etymology
Middle English -coveren, -keveren; Anglo-Norman -coverer; Old French -covrer; Latin -cuperāre, from -ciperāre, from -cipere, from capere
Evidence
antirecovery, biorecovery, cryorecover, cryorecovery, misrecover, neurorecovery, nonrecovery, osmorecovery, overrecover, overrecovery, photorecovery, precover, precovered, precovering, precovers, precovery, prorecovery, recover, recoverability, recoverable, recoverance, recovered, recoveree, recoverin, recovering, recoveringly, recoverless, recoveror, recovers, recovery, rerecovery, unrecoverable, unrecovered
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
recover and recuperate are doublets
See Also
Cape, Capt, Ceipt, Ceive, Cept, Cipe, Cupe
