Fever

Morpheme

Fever

Type

free base

Denotation

abnormally high body temperature

Etymology

Middle English fever; Old English fefer, fefor; Old French fievre; Latin febris

Evidence

antifever, enfever, fever, fevered, feveret, fevering, feverish, feverishly, feverless, feverlike, feverous, feverroot, fevers, feversome, feverweed, feverwort, fevery, pseudofever

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Febr