Cane

Morpheme

Cane

Type

bound base

Denotation

dog

Etymology

Latin canis

Evidence

canaries, canary, canarylike, canicide, canicross, Canicula, canicular, canicule, caniculture, canid, Canidae, caniform, Caniformia, caninal, canine, caninekind, caninelike, caninely, canineness, canini, caniniform, caninity, caninity, caninize, caninophile, caninus, canitrail, cano-, canophile, canophilia, canophilist, canophobia, condylocanine, intercanine, noncanine, postcanine, precanine, pretercanine, pseudocanine, supercanine, uncanine, urocanate, urocanic

Notes

canicule and chenille are doublets
canary named after the Canary Islands from Latin Insula Canaria “Island of Dogs”

See Also

Chenille

Homographs

Cane