Navel

Morpheme

Navel

Type

free base

Denotation

belly button, umbilicus, middle

Etymology

Middle English navel, navele; Old English nafola

Evidence

navel, naveled, naveling, navelled, navelless, navellike, navelling, navels, navelwort, subnavel

Notes

<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes

See Also

Omphal(e) [Omphale, Omphal], Umbilic(e) [Umbilice, Umbilic]