Morpheme
Hermit
Type
free base
Denotation
recluse, one who lives alone
Etymology
Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite; Old French eremite; Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin eremita; Ancient Greek erēmítēs, from erēmía, from érēmos or erêmos + -ítēs
Evidence
hermit, hermitage, hermitary, hermitess, hermitic, hermitical, hermitically, hermitish, hermitism, hermitization, hermitize, hermitlike, hermitness, hermitry, hermits, hermitship, hermitude
Notes
hermit and eremite are doublets from
