-eme

Morpheme

-eme

Type

suffix

Denotation

unit, fundamental unit of a structure

Etymology

from phoneme, from Ancient Greek phōnēma, from phōnéō + -ma, from phōnē + -éō

Evidence

ceneme, cultureme, diasteme, epistemic, grapheme, lexeme, listeme, morpheme, phonaestheme, phoneme, phonestheme

Notes

homophone of preferred American spelling Eme

See Also

-ema, -em, Meme

Homographs

(A)Eme [Aeme, Eme], Eme, -eme, Eme, -em(e) [-eme, -em]