Word: collecting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
llec
ting
Definition: A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
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: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.