Egg

Morpheme

Egg

Type

free base

Denotation

female reproductive cell, spherical or ellipsoidal shape

Etymology

Middle English eg, egg, egge; Old Norse egg

Evidence

afteregg, egg, eggball, eggbeater, eggbox, eggburger, egged, egger, eggery, eggetarian, eggette, eggflation, eggfly, eggfruit, egghead, egghot, eggie, eggier, eggiest, egging, egglayer, eggless, egglike, eggling, eggman, eggmass, eggnog, eggplant, eggs, eggspot, eggstring, eggtray, eggwich, eggwoman, eggy, handegg, nonegg

Notes

egg, ovum, oeuf, and huevo are doublets