Codice

Morpheme

Codice

Type

bound base

Denotation

system of law, lawbook, book

Etymology

Latin cōdicis and cōdicēs, from cōdex

Evidence

codical, codices, codicil, codiciled, codiciling, codicillary, codicilled, codicilling, codicils, codicological, codicologically, codicologies, codicologist, codicology

Notes

<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes because of the British spelling convention for unstressed final syllables that end in [əl]/[l̩]

See Also

Code, Caud, Caudice