Etymology of Homorphus Charm

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No: HPFGUIDX 167025

Steve:

> Now the PREfix 'Morph...' refers to 'Form, Shape, or 
> Structure'. I was unable to find anything on 'morph' 
> as a suffix. But I did find, in the Greek and French, 
> the implication of 'blend of form'.

houyhnhnm:

Endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph come to mind.  Those 
are kind of pseudoscientific terms, I think,  but the 
meaning of "morph" is clearly "form".  I can't think of 
a legitimate biological term with the suffix "morph" off 
the top of my head.

> Carol, now wondering whether there's a link between 
> "morph" or "Morpheus" and "Morfin," whom I hope will 
> never enter my dreams!

houyhnhnm:

from ancestry.com:
Morfin
English and French: unexplained; possibly a variant of 
Morfey, an unflattering nickname meaning `cursed', 
`ill-omened', `ill-fated', Medieval Latin malefatus.