Build

Morpheme

Build

Type

free base

Denotation

form by combining materials or parts, construct, erect, develop, establish

Etymology

Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden; Old English byldan, bytlan

Evidence

build, buildability, buildable, builddown, builder, building, buildingless, buildings, builds, cobuild, inbuild, misbuild, newbuild, outbuild, outbuilding, overbuild, prebuild, rebuild, underbuild, upbuild

Notes

<u> marks the etymological relationship with the <ow> in bower

See Also

Built, Bower