Word: mosquitocide
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mos
qui
to
cide
Definition: Any substance that kills mosquitos.
Morphemes:
Affix: mosquito
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: musca
Language: la
Decoded: musca
Meaning: fly
Affix: -cide
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: killing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: caedō
Language: la
Decoded: caedo
Meaning: to cut, hew, kill
Affix: -a
Language: la
Decoded: -a
Meaning: agent noun