Morpheme
Tetral
Type
bound base
Denotation
bicyclic hydrocarbon derived from naphthalene by adding four hydrogen atoms across two double bonds
Etymology
from tetrahydronaphthalene (<Tetra + Hydr + -o- + Naphth + -al(e) + -ene>)
Evidence
aminotetralin, tetralin
Notes
<l> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
