Word: microfoundations
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
cro
foun
da
tions
Definition: A macroeconomic methodology of basing macroeconomic models and theories on microeconomic processes.
Morphemes:
Affix: micro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Very small.
Affix: foundation
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fundō
Language: la
Decoded: fundo
Meaning: found, establish
Affix: -tiō
Language: la
Decoded: -tio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to a verb (usually a participle form) to form a noun relating to some action or the result of an action.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a word referring to a specific decade in the Gregorian calendar. Appended to the first year of the decade.