Word: cryptogamic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: cryp
to
ga
ic
Definition: Of or pertaining to the cryptogams; formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Morphemes:
Affix: cryptogam
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κρυπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: kruptos
Meaning: hidden
Affix: γάμος
Language: grc
Decoded: gamos
Meaning: marriage, matrimony
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to