Word: tonic
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: to
ic
Definition: A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
Morphemes:
Affix: tone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from