Word: reflectography
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
flec
tog
ra
phy
Definition: An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
Morphemes:
Affix: reflect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To mirror, or show the image of something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
Meaning: again
Affix: flectō
Language: la
Decoded: flecto
Meaning: I bend, I curve
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -graphy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Field of study
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -graphia
Language: la
Decoded: -graphia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -graphy