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cranberry morpheme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
cran-ber-ry -mor-pheme
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

Etymology

From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.

Inflected Forms

cranberry morphemes (plural)

Phrases

cranberry word

Frequently Paired Words

cranberry word

Questions

What does cranberry morpheme mean?
A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.
Where does cranberry morpheme come from?
From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.

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