Gospel

Morpheme

Gospel

Type

free base

Denotation

glad tidings, good message, word of god

Etymology

Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell; Old English godspell

Evidence

gospel, gospeled, gospeler, gospelesque, gospeling, gospelize, gospellike, gospelly, gospelmonger, gospelphile, gospels, gospely, nongospel, protogospel

Notes

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

See Also

God, Spell