Word: alloparenting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
llo
par
en
ting
Definition: Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents.
Morphemes:
Affix: allo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: different, other
Affix: parent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A surrogate parent
Etymology Compounds: Affix: parentem
Language: la
Decoded: parentem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: parent
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.