Word: latency
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: la
ten
cy
Definition: A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.
Morphemes:
Affix: latent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Anything that is latent.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: latens
Language: la
Decoded: latens
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: invisible, hidden, latent, concealed, mysterious
Affix: -cy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality e.g. obstinacy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -cia
Language: la
Decoded: -cia
Meaning: -cia