Word: changeling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: change
ling
Definition: An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
Morphemes:
Affix: change
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exchange.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cambīre
Language: la
Decoded: cambire
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I exchange, barter; change.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.