Word: backstab
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
stab
Definition: to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
Affix: stab
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stabbe
Language: enm
Decoded: stabbe
Meaning: a stab