Word: graptolitic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: grap
to
li
ic
Definition: Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites.
Morphemes:
Affix: graptolite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γραπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: graptos
Meaning: painted, marked with letters
Affix: -lite
Language: en
Decoded: -lite
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form names of rocks and minerals
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to