Word: preons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
ons
Definition: Plural of preon. A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: -on
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.