-e-

Morpheme

-e-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Latin connecting vowel, Germanic connecting vowel

Etymology

(1) Latin -e-; (2) -e- from various Germanic languages

Evidence

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

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, -e, -e