Morpheme
Spell
Type
free base
Denotation
(1) story, tale, narrative, speak, verbalize, incantation; (2) read letter by letter, form words with letters
Etymology
merger of (1) Middle English spell, spel, spellen; Old English spell, spellian and (2) Middle English spellen; Anglo-Norman espeler; Old French espeller, espeler
Evidence
fingerspelling, forespell, misspell, respell, spell, spellable, spellbind, spellbound, spellcheck, spelled, speller, spelling, spellmaster, spello, spells, spellwork
Notes
“story, tale, narrative, speak, verbalize, incantation” notion merged with “read letter by letter, form words with letters” notion by Middle English
