Morpheme
M(e)i [Mei, Mi]
Type
bound base
Denotation
less, smaller, lessen, diminish, subtract, worsen, weaken
Etymology
Ancient Greek meióein and meîon, from meíōn,
Evidence
ameiotic, apomeiosis, apomeiotic, intrameiotic, meio-, meiobenthos, Meiocene, meiocyte, meiofauna, meiogenesis, meiogynogenesis, meiogynogenetic, meiome, meiome, meiomes, meiosis, meiosporangium, meiospore, meiotic, meiotic, meiotically, meiotically, mio-, Miocene, miolecithal, nonmeiotic, postmeiosis, postmeiotic, premeiosis, premeiotic, pseudomeiotic, transmeiotic
Notes
Mei more common than Mi
