Word: commitment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: com
mit
ment
Definition: The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
Morphemes:
Affix: commit
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: com-
Language: la
Decoded: com-
Meaning: together
Affix: mittō
Language: la
Decoded: mitto
Meaning: to send
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.