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>