Word: escheatments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
scheat
ments
Definition: Plural of escheatment. The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
Morphemes:
Affix: escheat
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex
Language: la
Decoded: ex
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: out of, from
Affix: cadō
Language: la
Decoded: cado
Meaning: I fall
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.