Word: maltreat
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mal
treat
Definition: To treat badly, to abuse.
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: treat
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trahō
Language: la
Decoded: traho
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I attract the support of, sway, win over.
Affix: -tō
Language: la
Decoded: -to
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs.