Cranberry-morpheme Definition

noun

(linguistics) A bound morpheme within a complex word which is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language. May refer narrowly to morphemes which occur in a single word, or more broadly to fossilized morphemes generally.

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Other Word Forms of Cranberry-morpheme

Noun

Singular:

cranberry-morpheme

Plural:

cranberry-morphemes

Origin of Cranberry-morpheme

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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