Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme. · An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.
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