Ponder

Morpheme

Ponder

Type

free base

Denotation

weight, consider, think about, reflect

Etymology

Middle English ponderen; Old French ponderer; Latin ponderare, from pondus, from pendere

Evidence

imponderable, ponder, ponderance, pondered, pondering, ponderment, ponders, pondersome, preponder, preponderance, preponderant, preponderate, unpondered

Notes

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

See Also

Pend