Gutter

Morpheme

Gutter

Type

free base

Denotation

drop, channel, watercourse

Etymology

Middle English gutter, guttur, goter; Anglo-Norman guttere; Old French goutiere; Latin gutta

Evidence

gutter, gutterblood, guttered, guttering, gutterless, gutterlike, guttermouth, gutters, guttersnipe, guttersome, gutterwork, guttery

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
homophone of <Gut + -(e)r>