Cinnam

Morpheme

Cinnam

Type

bound base

Denotation

cinnamon, small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India

Etymology

from cinnamon, from Middle English synamome; Old French cinnamone; Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum; Ancient Greek kínnamon, kinnámōmon

Evidence

cinnamyl, cinnamic, cinnamate, cinnamene, cinnamone, hydroxycinnamic, cinnamaldehyde,

Notes

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