Word: curiosity
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cu
ri
os
i
ty
Definition: Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
Morphemes:
Affix: curious
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cūra
Language: la
Decoded: cura
Meaning: care, concern; anxiety; sorrow; attention; administration, management; command, office; guardianship
Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"