Word: atavisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
ta
vi
sms
Definition: Plural of atavism; a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Morphemes:
Affix: atavism
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: at
Language: la
Decoded: at
PoS: Conjunction
Meaning: whereas
Affix: avus
Language: la
Decoded: avus
Meaning: grandfather
Affix: -isme
Language: fr
Decoded: -isme
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ism
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).