Planet

Morpheme

Planet

Type

free base

Denotation

massive body that orbits a star; literally wanderer

Etymology

Latin planēta; Ancient Greek planḗtēs, from planáein + -tēs

Evidence

antiplanet, aquaplanet, biplanetary, circumplanetary, deplanetize, exoplanet, extraplanetary, interplanetar, interplanetary, multiplanet, multiplanetary, nonplanet, nonplanetary, planet, planetal, planetality, planetar, planetarian, planetarily, planetarium, planetary, planetbound, planetcide, planetdom, planeted, planetesimal, planeteer, Planetes, planetfall, planetful, planethood, planetical, Planetina, planetless, planetlike, planeto-, planetocentric, planetographer, planetography, planetoid, planetoidal, planetoids, planetologist, planetology, planetophysics, planetquake, planetrise, planets, planetscape, planetship, planetside, planetule, planetules, planetward, planetwards, planetwide, preplanetary, proplanetary, protoplanet, protoplanetary, psychroplanet, subplanetary, superplanetary, thermoplanet, transplanetary, triplanetary, ultraplanetary, uniplanetary

Notes

<t> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable