Cay

Morpheme

Cay

Type

bound base

Denotation

fall, subside, die away, happen, occur

Etymology

Middle English decai, decaien; Anglo-Norman decair, decaeir; Old North French decair; Vulgar Latin *decadere; Latin dēcidere, from de- + cadere

Evidence

biodecay, decay, decayability, decayable, decayed, decayer, decaying, decayingly, decayless, decaylessness, decays, nondecaying, photodecay, predecay, semidecay, semidecaying, undecayed, undecaying

See Also

Cade, Case, Cide

Homographs

Cay