Word: potassic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: po
tas
sic
Definition: Containing potassium.
Morphemes:
Affix: potassa
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The chemical compound potassium hydroxide.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: potasch
Language: nl
Decoded: potasch
Meaning: potash
Affix: -ium
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to common words to create scientific-sounding or humorous-sounding fictional substance names.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -um
Language: la
Decoded: -um
Meaning: neuter singular morphological suffix
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from