Feder

Morpheme

Feder

Type

bound base

Denotation

covenant, league, treaty, alliance

Etymology

Latin foederāre

Evidence

antifederalist, confederacy, confederate, confederately, confederateship, confederation, confederatism, confederative, defederate, federal, federalese, federalism, federalist, federalization, federalize, federally, federalness, federalwide, federate, federated, federates, federating, federation, federator, nonconfederate, nonfederal, postfederal, prefederal, quasifederal, refederate, unconfederated, unfederal

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable, historically spelled foeder and fœder