Brite

Morpheme

Brite

Type

bound base

Denotation

island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe consisting of modern England, Scotland, and Wales

Etymology

Middle English Britayne, Breteyne, Breteyn; Anglo-Norman Bretaigne; Old French Bretaigne; Latin Britannia, from Brittania, from Brittani

Evidence

Britain, British, Britisher, Britishers, Britishman, Britishmen

Notes

third oldest form from Latin Britannia, from Brittania, from Brittani
Britain, Britannia, and Brittany are doublets

See Also

Britann, Brittan, Briton, Britton, Breton, Brython