Island

Morpheme

Island

Type

free base

Denotation

land surrounded by water

Etymology

Early Modern English iland, yland; Middle English iland, yland, ylond; Old English īeġland, īġland, īġlond, from īeġ +‎ land

Evidence

interisland, intraisland, island, islanders, islandful, islandhood, islandic, islandish, islandless, islandlike, islandly, islandness, islandology, islandophile, islands, islandwide, islandy

Notes

unetymological <s> added by influence of unrelated Isle

See Also

Land, Isle