Word: datelines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: date
lines
Definition: Plural of dateline; a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch
Morphemes:
Affix: date
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: datus
Language: la
Decoded: datus
Meaning: given
Affix: line
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To form a line along.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.