Word: impairment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
pair
ment
Definition: A disability or handicap
Morphemes:
Affix: impair
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: im-
Language: la
Decoded: im-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: un-, non-, not
Affix: pēiōrō
Language: LL.
Decoded: peioro
Meaning: to make worse
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.