Black

Morpheme

Black

Type

free base

Denotation

dark color, absorbing all light

Etymology

Middle English blak, black, blake; Old English blæc

Evidence

blackball, blackberry, blackbird, blackboard, blacked, blacken, blacker, blackest, blackface, blackgrass, blackguard, blackhead, blacking, blackish, blackjack, blacklight, blacklist, blackly, blackmail, blackness, blackout, blacks, blacksmith, blackstart, blacktag, blacktail, blacktop, bootblack, nonblack, quasiblack, shoeblack