BLOG #5

1) Word: Championship

etymology :championship 1825, "position of a champion," from champion + -ship. Meaning "competition to determine a champion" is recorded from 1893.

 

morphemes: Champ-      ion-                     ship

                     (stem)      (suffix)             (stem)

                     Free          bound                free

                    lexical      derivational        lexical

 

2) Sentimental

etymology: sentimental 1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment" had emerged by 1793 (sentimentalist).

morphemes: sentiment-      al

                    (stem)            (suffix)

                    free                 bound

                  lexical               derivational

3)Babysitter

etymology:babysitter also baby-sitter, 1914, from baby (n.) + agent noun from sit. Short form sitter is attested from 1943.

morphemes: baby-          sitt-         er

                    (stem)        (stem)       (suffix)

                    Free            free           bound

                   lexical         lexical       derivational

4) Unpredictable

etymology: unpredictable 1857, from un- (1) "not" + predictable (see predict)

morphemes: Un-              predict-         able

                   (prefix)         (stem)            (suffix)

                   bound             free              bound

                  derivational     lexical         inflectional

5)Political

etyomology: political 1550s, "pertaining to a polity, civil affairs, or government;" from L. politicus (see politic (adj.)). Meaning "taking sides in party politics" (usually pejorative) is from 1749. Political prisoner first recorded 1860; political science is from 1779 (first attested in Hume). Political animal translates Gk. politikon zoon (Aristotle, "Politics," I.ii.9) "an animal intended to live in a city; a social animal."

morphemes: Politic-          al

                   (stem)            (suffix)

                   free                bound

                  lexical             derivational