[Lexicog] Re: -dom

[Mike Maxwell]

> What is the purported morpheme 'sel-' supposed to mean in modern
> English

I believe it's synonymous with 'rasp' in 'raspberry' and 'straw' in 
'strawberry'; also , with it is synonymous with 'mission' in 
'permission', 'commission', and 'remission' (which, as everyone knows, 
is the act of mitting, as in 'permit', 'commit', and 'remit').
-- 
	Mike Maxwell
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu

------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    mailto:lexicographylist-digest at yahoogroups.com 
    mailto:lexicographylist-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    lexicographylist-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/