Word: betrothments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
troth
ments
Definition: Plural of betrothment; the period of time between a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced with a wedding)
Morphemes:
Affix: be-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Around; about.
Affix: true
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A pledge or truce.
Affix: -th
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.