Word: premodernity
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
mo
der
ni
ty
Definition: The period before the modern era
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: modern
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining to the modern period (c. 1800to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: modo
Language: la
Decoded: modo
Meaning: just now
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"