Word: melanonychia
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
la
no
ny
chi
a
Definition: A black or brown pigmentation of the nail plate.
Morphemes:
Affix: melano-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: melanin; insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
Affix: onycho-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: nail.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄνυξ
Language: grc
Decoded: onux
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Anything which resembles a claw or nail
Affix: -ia
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.