Word: confoundments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
found
ments
Definition: Plural of confoundment
Morphemes:
Affix: confound
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A confounding variable. An extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
Meaning: with, together
Affix: fundō
Language: la
Decoded: fundo
Meaning: pour
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.