Abyss

Morpheme

Abyss

Type

free base

Denotation

bottomless pit, unfathomed depth, deep chasm

Etymology

Late Latin abyssus; Ancient Greek ábyssos, from a- + byssós, from bythós

Evidence

abyssal, abysses, abyssic, abysslike, abyssobenthic, abyssolith, abyssolithic, abyssopelagic