Ole

Morpheme

Ole

Type

bound base

Denotation

oil

Etymology

Latin oleum; Ancient Greek élaion

Evidence

diolein, monoolein, oleaginous, oleaginousness, olefiant, oleic, olein, oleochemical, oleocystidium, oleodistillate, oleogenic, oleograph, oleogum, oleolysis, oleolytic, oleomancy, oleomargarine, oleometer, oleophilic, oleophobic, oleoresin, oleosome, oleovitamin, oleoyl, oleum, triolein

Notes

pronounced final <e>, oleum and oil are doublets

See Also

Elai, Oil

Homographs

Ol(e) [Ole, Ol], Ole, -ol(e) [-ole, -ol], -ole