Word: endoskeleton
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
do
skel
e
ton
Definition: The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
Morphemes:
Affix: endo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: internal, within, inside, into
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἔνδον
Language: grc
Decoded: endon
Meaning: inner; internal
Affix: skeleton
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκέλλω
Language: grc
Decoded: skello
Meaning: to dry up, parch
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive