Word: devastate
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: dev
as
tate
Definition: To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
Morphemes:
Affix: devastate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: vāstus
Language: la
Decoded: vastus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed.
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: denominative