Word: internment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: in
tern
ment
Definition: Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
Morphemes:
Affix: intern
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: internus
Language: la
Decoded: internus
Meaning: within, internal
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.