Word: skeleton
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: skel
e
ton
Definition: The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
Morphemes:
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