Govern

Morpheme

Govern

Type

free base

Denotation

direct, rule, guide

Etymology

Middle English governen, governe; Old French governer, guverner; Latin gubernāre; Ancient Greek kybernân

Evidence

antigovernment, archgovernor, cogovern, countergovernment, cybergovernment, govern, governable, governance, governate, governed, governee, governess, governing, governless, government, governmental, governmentese, governmentish, governmentism, governmentist, governmentless, governmentlike, governmentwide, governmentwise, governor, governorate, governorly, governorship, governs, malgovernment, microgovernment, misgovern, misgovernment, nongovernment, overgovern, progovernment, pseudogovernment, quasigovernment, subgovernment, supergovernment, undergovernment

Notes

governor, Kubernetes, and cybernetics are doublets

See Also

Gubern, Kubern, Cybernete