Word: overturning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
tur
ning
Definition: The act by which something is overturned.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: surrounding or covering
Affix: turn
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: turnus
Language: la
Decoded: turnus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.