Word: extremophile
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
xtre
mo
phile
Definition: An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.
Morphemes:
Affix: extreme
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: exter
Language: la
Decoded: exter
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of another country; foreign, strange.
Affix: -issimus
Language: la
Decoded: -issimus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to an adjective noun to form its superlative grade.
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -phile
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving; friendly", or "friend".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φίλος
Language: grc
Decoded: philos
Meaning: dear, beloved