Craton

Morpheme

Craton

Type

free base

Denotation

stable portion of the continental crust

Etymology

shortening of cratogen, Latinized form of Ancient Greek krátos + -genēs

Evidence

craton, cratonic, cratonization, cratons, intracratonic, metacraton, pericratonic

Notes

literally means “strength maker”
<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Crat(e) [Crate, Crat], Gen(e) [Gene, Gen]