Word: contagion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
ta
gion
Definition: The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
Morphemes:
Affix: contagion
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: contāgiō
Language: la
Decoded: contagio
Meaning: a touching, contact, contagion