Morpheme
Sponge
Type
free base
Denotation
marine invertebrate with porous skeleton often of silica; porous and absorbent material
Etymology
Middle English sponge; Old English spunge; Latin spongia; Ancient Greek spongiá, from spóngos
Evidence
demosponge, disponge, pseudospongiococcum, sponge, sponged, spongelet, spongelike, sponger, sponges, spongework, spongier, spongiest, spongiform, spongin, sponginess, sponging, spongiole, spongiose, spongiositis, spongiosum, spongious, spongiozoa, spongivore, spongoblast, spongocoel, spongoid, spongolite, spongy, xylospongium
