Salmon

Morpheme

Salmon

Type

free base

Denotation

large edible fish with pink flesh that live in the ocean but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn

Etymology

Middle English samoun, samon, saumon; Anglo-Norman saumon; Old French saumon; Latin salmōnis, from salmō

Evidence

nonsalmon, salmon, salmonburger, salmoned, salmoner, salmonet, salmonid, Salmonidae, Salmoniformes, salmoning, salmonish, Salmonoidei, salmons, salmony

Notes

<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
<l> etymological marker

See Also

Salmo