Morpheme
Principle
Type
free base
Denotation
origin, cause, beginning, foundation, first part, literally that takes first
Etymology
Middle English principle; Anglo-French principle; Old French principe; Latin prīncipium, from prīnceps, from prīmus + capere
Evidence
principle, principled, principledly, principles, principling, principlism, principlist, subprinciple, unprinciple, unprincipled, unprincipledly
Notes
unetymological added on analogy of participle and manciple
