Word: coxosternites
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
xo
ster
nites
Definition: Plural of coxosternite. A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body plate, the sternite.
Morphemes:
Affix: coxa
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: coxa
Language: la
Decoded: coxa
Meaning: hip
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: stern-
Language: en
Meaning: of or relating to the sternum
Affix: -ite
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.