Word: nurturement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: nur
ture
ment
Definition: nurture; the act of nurturing; help develop, help grow
Morphemes:
Affix: nurture
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nutrire
Language: la
Decoded: nutrire
Meaning: to nourish
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.