Word: echolalia
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ech
o
la
li
a
Definition: An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
Morphemes:
Affix: echo
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: echo
Language: la
Decoded: echo
PoS: Noun
Meaning: echo
Affix: -lalia
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λᾰ́λος
Language: grc
Decoded: lalos
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: talkative, babbling, loquacious
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns