Sil

Morpheme

Sil

Type

bound base

Denotation

good, fortunate, happy

Etymology

Middle English seely, sēlī, from sel, sele; Old English sǣliġ, from sǣl, *sǣle (unsǣle)

Evidence

sillier, sillies, silliest, sillily, silliness, silly

Notes

semantic evolution of silly from lucky to innocent to naive to foolish

See Also

Seel, Sil