Word: gestation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ges
ta
tion
Definition: The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
Morphemes:
Affix: gestate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.