Word: collectomania
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
llec
to
ma
ni
a
Definition: An obsessive desire to collect things.
Morphemes:
Affix: collect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: com-
Language: la
Decoded: com-
Meaning: together
Affix: legere
Language: la
Decoded: legere
Meaning: to gather
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -mania
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: compulsion or obsession.