Drop

Morpheme

Drop

Type

free base

Denotation

small quantity of liquid, least amount, dripping of liquid

Etymology

Late Middle English droppe; Middle English drope, droppen, dropen; Old English dropian and dropa

Evidence

antidrop, backdrop, beechdrops, cliffdrop, dewdrop, drop, drophole, droplet, dropletize, dropleton, dropometry, dropped, dropper, dropping, drops, dropsite, dropstone, dropwort, eardrop, eavesdrop, gumdrop, interdroplet, macrodroplet, maildrop, microdroplet, nanodroplet, outdrop, picodroplet, pinedrops, raindrop, rosedrop, snowdrop, superdroplet, sweatdrop, teardrop, undropped, waterdrop

See Also

Drip, Droop