Word: publishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pub
lish
ment
Definition: A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some states.
Morphemes:
Affix: publish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To announce to the public.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: publicare
Language: la
Decoded: publicare
Meaning: to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also confiscate for public use
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.