Buy

Morpheme

Buy

Type

free base

Denotation

purchase, pay for, exchange money for good or service

Etymology

Middle English byen; Old English bycġan

Evidence

buy, buyability, buyable, buydown, buyer, buying, buyout, buyrate, buys, buyup, multibuy, outbuy, overbuy, prebuy, rebuy, underbuy

Notes

<u> marks the etymological relationship with <ugh> in bought
homophone of Bi, By, Bye, and bi-

See Also

Bought