Morpheme
Caramel
Type
free base
Denotation
burnt sugar
Etymology
Latin -ella, from -ellum, from -ellus, from rebracketing of diminutives (e.g. libellus from liber + -lus, fēmella from fēmina + -la) and diminutives of diminutives (porcellus from porculus + -lus), variant of -ulus
Evidence
caramel, carameled, caramelesque, carameling, caramelise, caramelization, caramelize, caramelized, caramelizer, caramelizes, caramelizing, caramelled, caramellike, caramelling, caramelly, caramels, uncaramelized
Notes
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
