Word: scripophily
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scri
po
phi
ly
Definition: The hobby of collecting paper documents, particularly business stock certificates.
Morphemes:
Affix: scrip
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -phily
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: liking for