Eigen

Morpheme

Eigen

Type

bound base

Denotation

own, mathematical base

Etymology

German eigen; Middle High German eigen; Old High German eigan

Evidence

eigenanalysis, eigenaxis, eigenbasis, eigencentrality, eigendata, eigendecomposition, eigenenergy, eigenequation, eigenface, eigenfunction, eigenmode, eigenproblem, eigenspace, eigenstate, eigentone, eigenvalue, eigenvector

Notes

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