Council

Morpheme

Council

Type

free base

Denotation

assembly, meeting, calling together

Etymology

Middle English conseil; Anglo-Norman cuncile; Old North French concilie; Old French concile; Latin concilium, from con- + calāre

Evidence

anticouncil, council, councilism, councilist, councilman, councilmember, councilor, councilperson, councils, councilwoman, intercouncil, spokescouncil, subcouncil

Notes

<l> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
homophone of Counsel