Word: pesticide
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pes
ti
cide
Definition: Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
Morphemes:
Affix: pest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pestis
Language: la
Decoded: pestis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a pest
Affix: -i-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: a monoclonal antibody derived from a non-human primate source
Affix: -cide
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: killer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: caedō
Language: la
Decoded: caedo
Meaning: to cut, hew, kill
Affix: -a
Language: la
Decoded: -a
Meaning: agent noun