Word: escheatment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
scheat
ment
Definition: The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
Morphemes:
Affix: escheat
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex
Language: la
Decoded: ex
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A name of the letter X.
Affix: cadō
Language: la
Decoded: cado
Meaning: I fall
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.