Morpheme
-e-
Type
connecting vowel
Denotation
Latin connecting vowel, Germanic connecting vowel
Etymology
(1) Latin -e-; (2) -e- from various Germanic languages
Evidence
abigei, abigeus, anxietude, anxiety, aqueous, beauteous, cereal, clunealgia, diarrhea, doleite, ebriety, fluorescein, gudgeon, hartebeest, latebra, lejeuneaceous, lineage, lupeol, moiety, molecule, naivety, nubecula, nicety, obstetrics, peroneal, piety, piteous, quietude, terraineous, video, urea, valediction, wildebeest
Notes
connecting vowels do not cause doubling but do replace a replaceable <e>
See Also
Homographs
E, E, e-, e-, e-, e-, -e, E, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e, -e
