Word: alternate
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: al
ter
nate
Definition: Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
Morphemes:
Affix: alter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To become different.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: alter
Language: la
Decoded: alter
Meaning: the other
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing