Word: teletypewriter
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tel
e
type
writ
er
Definition: An electromechanical communications device consisting of a typewriter keyboard and printer together with a punched paper tape reader/writer and connection to a modem so that information may be sent and received over a telephone system.
Morphemes:
Affix: tele-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: telephone
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τῆλε
Language: grc
Decoded: tele
Meaning: at a distance, far off, far away, far from
Affix: type
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To put text on paper using a typewriter.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τύπος
Language: grc
Decoded: tupos
Meaning: mark, impression, type
Affix: write
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To record data mechanically or electronically.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.