Word: metadata
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
da
ta
Definition: Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
Affix: data
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to date, to add a date onto something