Agon

Morpheme

Agon

Type

bound base

Denotation

whetstone, sharpening stone

Etymology

Middle French paragon, paragone; Old Italian paragone, from paragonare; perhaps from Ancient Greek parakonân, from pará- + akónē, from akḗ

Evidence

outparagon, paragon, paragoned, paragoning, paragonize, paragonized, paragonizes, paragonizing, paragonless, paragons, unparagonized

Notes

<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

Homographs

Agon, Agon