Word: generation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gen
er
a
tion
Definition: A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
Morphemes:
Affix: generate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To bring into being; give rise to.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: generātus
Language: la
Decoded: generatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: sprung from, having descended from.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.