-i-

Morpheme

-i-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Latin connecting vowel

Etymology

Latin -i-

Evidence

activity, audience, blobitecture, classification, classify, comical, cultigen, culturicide, equilibrium, -ify, -ity, janitorial, maniac, omnibus, orbity, 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-

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