Word: courtings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cour
tings
Definition: Plural of courting; a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
Morphemes:
Affix: court
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cōrtem
Language: la
Decoded: cortem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a retinue or escort
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.