Eye

Morpheme

Eye

Type

free base

Denotation

organ of the visual system, aperture, hole

Etymology

Middle English eye, eie; Old English ēage

Evidence

buckeye, bullseye, cockeyed, eye, eyeball, eyebrow, eyed, eyedrop, eyeful, eyehole, eyeing, eyelash, eyeless, eyelid, eyes, eyewear, eyewitness

Notes

<e.ye>, initial <e> is a lexical marker