Word: prehatching
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pre
ha
tching
Definition: Before the hatching of an egg.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: hatch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of hatching; emerge from the eggs
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.