Light

Morpheme

Light

Type

free base

Denotation

electromagnetic radiation, brightness, illumination, pale

Etymology

Middle English lighten, lihten, light, liht, leoht; Old English līehtan, lēoht

Evidence

afterlight, alight, booklight, daylight, fanlight, flashlight, floodlight, gaslight, headlight, highlight, lamplight, light, lightable, lightbulb, lighted, lighten, lightened, lightener, lightening, lightens, lighter, lightest, lightfast, lighthouse, lighting, lightless, lightly, lightness, lights, lightsaber, lightwood, limelight, moonlight, nightlight, relight, safelight, searchlight, skylight, starlight, stoplight, sunlight, taillight, unlightable, unlighted, yardlight

See Also

Lit

Homographs

Light