Word: reversion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
ver
sion
Definition: The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
Morphemes:
Affix: revert
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: revertō
Language: la
Decoded: reverto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I return
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.