English
morph
Morph comes from Ancient Greek μορφή ‘form, shape’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφήmorphḗ‘form, shape’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025morph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφήmorphḗ‘form, shape’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025morph
Earliest quotation: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon: “Bq. ezpel ['box tree'] likely goes back to *ez-,…”
The story
Attested since the 1940s.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘form, shape’
Today it means
noun A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μορφή / morph