Morpheme
Ostrich
Type
free base
Denotation
large flightless bird native to Africa
Etymology
Middle English ostrich, ostriche, ostryche, ostrige; Anglo-Norman ostrige; Old French ostruce; Vulgar Latin *austruthio; Latin avis + strūthiō; either (1) Ancient Greek strouthíōn or (2) Ancient Greek strūthiocamēlus, from strouthokắmēlos, from strouthós + kámēlos
Evidence
ostrich, ostriches, ostrichism, ostrichitis, ostrichize, ostrichized, ostrichizes, ostrichizing, ostrichlike, ostrichy
