Word: analgesic
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
al
ge
sic
Definition: Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation.
Morphemes:
Affix: analgesia
Language: en
Meaning: absence of pain
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀν-
Language: grc
Decoded: an-
Meaning: not
Affix: ἄλγος
Language: grc
Decoded: algos
Meaning: pain of the body or mind
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -τος
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to