Eagle

Morpheme

Eagle

Type

free base

Denotation

large carnivorous or sarcophagous diurnal raptor

Etymology

Middle English egle; Anglo-Norman egle; Old French aigle; Latin aquila

Evidence

eagle, eagled, eaglehawk, eaglelike, eagles, eaglesque, eagless, eaglet, eagling

Notes

eagle and aquiline are doublets

See Also

Aquile