-i-

Morpheme

-i-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Latin connecting vowel, epenthetic vowel

Etymology

(1) Latin -i-; (2) epenthetic -i-

Evidence

activity, amphibian, amphioxus, artesian, article, articulus, audience, blobitecture, classification, classify, comical, cultigen, culturicide, depsi-, , detriment, equilibrium, geniculate, -icide, -icule, -ific, -ification -iformes, -ify, -itude, -ity, janitorial, latibulate, maniac, omnibus, orbity, Pakistan, phobia, pluribus, procerity, racial, signify, sincerity, tabelliform, universe, validity

Notes

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

See Also

-e-, -o-, -u-

Homographs

I, i-, i-, -i-, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i

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