Word: underpinning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
pi
nning
Definition: The lower body or legs.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: pin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A leg; a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.