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morphological

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English morphology
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English morphological

    From morphology + -ical.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    morphological (not comparable)

    1. Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
      • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
        In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...]
      • 2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library‎[1], archived from the original on 14 January 2025, page 3:
        Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word?
      • 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 67:
        There is some morphological syntax to adverbs in English: Many can be formed from adjectives, plus the suffix -ly.

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