Word: innkeeping
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: inn
kee
ping
Definition: The trade of an innkeeper; hostelry.
Morphemes:
Affix: inn
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
Affix: keep
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: kepen
Language: enm
Decoded: kepen
Meaning: to keep, guard, look after, watch
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.