Word: organology
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: or
ga
nol
o
gy
Definition: The study of musical instruments in relation to history, culture, and construction.
Morphemes:
Affix: organ
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄργανον
Language: grc
Decoded: organon
Meaning: an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ
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: -logy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -logia
Language: la
Decoded: -logia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -logy; the study of