-e-

Morpheme

-e-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Latin connecting vowel

Etymology

Latin -e-

Evidence

anxiety, aqueous, beauteous, cavea, caveae, caveas, caveola, cereal, corneal, diarrhea, ebriety, fluorescein, lineage, moiety, molecule, nicety, piety, piteous, quietude, terraineous, video, urea, valediction

Notes

connecting vowels do not cause doubling but do replace a replaceable <e>

See Also

-i-, -o-, -u-

Homographs

e-, e-, e-, e-, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e

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