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What is the function of “-ter” in words “laughter” and “daughter”?
Because there exists a word "laugh" but "*daugh", while the forms are alike to each other.
I can't find the function of the morpheme "-ter" here, which is maybe irrelevant to the "-ter" in "enter" or ...
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Has the word ending *dition any independent meaning?
Does the term 'dition' has any meaning by itself or where does it derive from?
It could be found for example in many English words, like edition, addition, expedition or extradition.
