Word: Italicism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: I
tal
i
cism
Definition: A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language.
Morphemes:
Affix: Italic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples for writing their languages.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: from
Language: la
Decoded: from
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: Used to indicate a vast array or gamut of conceptual variations.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.