Word: slaveholding
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: slave
hold
ing
Definition: Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
Morphemes:
Affix: slave
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sclāvus
Language: ML.
Decoded: sclavus
Meaning: slave
Affix: hold
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have and keep possession of something.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.