Morpheme
Miser
Type
free base
Denotation
unhappy, wretched, pitiable, distressed
Etymology
Middle English misser; Late Latin miser
Evidence
commiserate, commiserated, commiserates, commiserating, commiseration, immiserate, immiserated, immiserates, immiserating, immiseration, immiserization, immiserize, immiserized, immiserizes, immiserizing, miser, miserabilism, miserabilist, miserability, miserable, miserable, miserableness, miserablism, miserablist, miserdom, miserhood, miserism, miserly, misers, misery, miseryguts, unmiserable
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
misery, misere, and mizeria are doublets