Morpheme
Peal
Type
bound base
Denotation
push, drive, hurl, thrust out, beat, strike
Etymology
Middle English -pelen; Anglo-Norman -peler; Old French -peler; Latin -pellāre, from pellere
Evidence
appeal, appealable, appealed, appealer, appealing, appealingly, appealingness, appeals, counterappeal, nonrepealed, reappeal, repeal, repealability, repealable, repealalist, repealed, repealer, repealing, repealism, repealment, repeals, rerepeal, unappealed, unrepeal, unrepealed
Notes
reflects the pattern of spelling Anglo-Norman/Old French -eler as Modern English -eal
appeal and appel are doublets
repeal and repel are doublets
See Also
Pel(e) [Pele, Pel], Pulse, Push