Word: sterilize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ster
i
lize
Definition: To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
Morphemes:
Affix: sterile
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sterilis
Language: la
Decoded: sterilis
Meaning: barren, futile
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective