Breadth

Morpheme

Breadth

Type

free base

Denotation

distance between the sides

Etymology

Middle English bredthe, from brede + th; Old English brǣdu, brǣd

Evidence

breadth, breadthless, breadths, breadthways, breadthwise, fingerbreadth, overbreadth, thumbsbreadth

Notes

probably on analogy of long~length
<ea> related to <oa> in Broad