Word: diatomite
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
at
o
mite
Definition: A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms
Morphemes:
Affix: diatom
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: διάτομος
Language: grc
Decoded: diatomos
Meaning: cut through, cut in half
Affix: -ite
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.