Morpheme
Busy
Type
free base
Denotation
occupy, employ, diligent, careful
Etymology
Middle English bisy, busie; Old English bisgian, bisiġ
Evidence
bebusy, busied, busier, busies, busiest, busily, business, busy, busybody, busying, busyness, embusy, nonbusy, overbusy, semibusy, superbusy, unbusy, underbusy
Notes
busyness and business are doublets whose spellings distinguish the words
