Alum

Morpheme

Alum

Type

free base

Denotation

bitter salt, astringent salt

Etymology

Latin alūmen

Evidence

alum, alumed, alumiferous, aluming, alumish, alumium, alumroot, alums, alumstone, carmalum, hemalum, unalumed

Notes

<m> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Alumine, Alun

Homographs

Alum