Word: undertenants
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
te
nants
Definition: Plural of undertenant; the practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by sub-letting or alienating a part of their lands
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: tenant
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tenēre
Language: la
Decoded: tenere
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to possess, occupy, control
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).