Meaning as derived and conveyed thereby: The literal meaning of a term according to its origin, which may differ from its usual meaning when the latter relies on idiomatic conventions that are not conveyed by the term alone (that is, they must be known in other ways, such as experience, training, education, or dictionary lookup).
The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
A little bit.
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.