Word: magnesiothermic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mag
ne
si
o
ther
mic
Definition: Using a combination of heat and magnesium.
Morphemes:
Affix: magnesio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to magnesium; a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Affix: therm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A former unit of heat equal to 100, 000British thermal units. Symbol: thm.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: θερμός
Language: grc
Decoded: thermos
Meaning: heat
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to