Word: syzygy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: syz
y
gy
Definition: The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.
Morphemes:
Affix: syzygy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: συν-
Language: grc
Decoded: sun-
Meaning: together
Affix: ζυγός
Language: grc
Decoded: zugos
Meaning: yoke, pair
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns