Morpheme
Bruise
Type
free base
Denotation
strike, damage the skin, contusion, hematoma, purplish mark on the skin due to capillary damage
Etymology
Middle English bruisen, brusen, brosen, brisen, bresen; merger of (1) Old English brȳsan and (2) Anglo-Norman bruiser, bruser
Evidence
bruisability, bruisable, bruise, bruised, bruisedness, bruiser, bruises, bruising, unbruised
