Word: subcommittee
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sub
com
mit
tee
Definition: A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Morphemes:
Affix: sub-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: subsidiary, secondary
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sub
Language: la
Decoded: sub
Meaning: under
Affix: commit
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: com-
Language: la
Decoded: com-
Meaning: together
Affix: mittō
Language: la
Decoded: mitto
Meaning: to send
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ee
Language: fro
Decoded: -ee
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.