Morpheme
Cer(e) [Cere, Cer]
Type
free base
Denotation
wax
Etymology
(1) Middle English sere; Old French cire; Latin cērāre and cēra; (2) Latinized form of Ancient Greek kērós
Evidence
ceraceous, cerate, cerated, cere, cerecloth, cered, cereless, ceres, cereus, ceriferous, cering, ceroblast, ceroferary, cerograph, cerography, cerolein, cerolite, ceromancy, ceroplast, ceroplastic, ceroplasty, cerote, cerotype, cerumen, cerumenolysis, cerumenolytic, ceruminal, ceruminoma, ceruminomas, ceruminomata, ceruminosis, ceruminous, ceruminously
Notes
1741 cerumen formed on analogy with albūmen and bitūmen by Swiss anatomist Gaspard Bauhin
Alternative Base Analysis
<Cerumine> denoting “cerumen”
alternative oblique stem base analysis without suffixal constructions -minal, -minoma, -minomata, -minosis, -minous
Latin ceruminis, from cerumen, from cera + -men
ceruminal, ceruminoma, ceruminomata, ceruminosis, ceruminous, ceruminously
