Peril

Morpheme

Peril

Type

free base

Denotation

risk, hazard, danger

Etymology

Middle English peril; Old French peril; Latin perīculum

Evidence

imperil, imperiled, imperiling, imperilment, imperils, peril, periled, periling, perilous, perilously, perilousness, perils, unimperiled, unperilous

Notes

peril and periculum are doublets
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes