Word: exaptations
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
xap
ta
tions
Definition: Plural of exaptation. The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical (morphosyntactic or phonological) or semantic work.
Morphemes:
Affix: ex-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: former, but still living
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex
Language: la
Decoded: ex
Meaning: out of, from
Affix: adapt
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to
Affix: aptare
Language: la
Decoded: aptare
Meaning: to make fit
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.