Cave

Morpheme

Cave

Type

bound base

Denotation

hollow place, hole

Etymology

Latin cavea, from cavus + -ea

Evidence

caveogenesis, caveola, caveolae, caveolar, caveolin, caveolinopathy, extracaveolar, multicaveolar, noncaveolar

Notes

pronounced final <e>

See Also

Cave, Cage, Jail, Gaol

Homographs

Cave

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