Morpheme
Ur(e) [Ure, Ur]
Type
bound base
Denotation
water, liquid, milk, make water, expel liquid waste
Etymology
(1) Old French orine, urine; Latin ūrīna and (2) Ancient Greek oûron, from ourēin; both of which come from the same PIE source
Evidence
anuria, cystoureteropyelonephritis, diuresis, glucosuria, hyaluronicproteinuria, hydroureteronephrosis, ischuria, mellituria, mercapturic, nephroureterolithiasis, periureteral, transureteroureterostomy, urea, ureteral, ureteric, ureterocele, ureterocervical, ureterocutaneostomy, ureterocutaneous, ureterocystoneostomy, ureterocystoplasty, ureteroenteric, ureterogenital, ureterogram, ureterograph, ureteroileal, ureterointestinal, ureterolith, ureterolithiasis, ureterolithotomy, ureterolithotripsy, ureterolysis, ureteroneocystostomy, ureteronephrectomy, ureteropathy, ureteropelvic, ureteroproctostomy, ureteropyelography, ureteropyeloscopy, ureterorenal, ureterorenoscopy, ureterosigmoidostomy, ureterostenosis, ureterostomy, ureteroureterostomy, ureterouterine, ureterovaginal, ureterovesical, ureters, urethane, urethra, urethrae, urethral, urethritis, urethrorrhagia, urethroscope, uric, uridrosis, urinal, urinalysis, urinary, urinate, urination, urine, uro-, urodea, urodeum, urogenital, urohidrosis, urologist, urology, uroncus, urorrhagia, uroxin, vesicoureteral, vesicoureteric
Modern Base Analysis
<Urethr> denoting “urethra”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -ethra, -ethrae, -ethral, -ethritis, -ethro
from urethra, from <Ure + -ethra>, from Ancient Greek ourḗthra, from ourēin + -ḗthra
urethra, urethrae, urethral, urethritis, urethrorrhagia, urethroscope
See Also
Urone, -ethra, -ethrae, -ethral, -ethritis, -ethro
Homographs
Ure, -ure, (O)ure [Oure, Ure], ur-, -ur
