Word: absorbability
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
sorb
a
bil
i
ty
Definition: The state or quality of being absorbable; capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
Morphemes:
Affix: absorb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab-
Language: la
Decoded: ab-
Meaning: from
Affix: sorbeō
Language: la
Decoded: sorbeo
Meaning: suck in, swallow
Affix: -able
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Subject to.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -i-
Language: la
Decoded: -i-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Connecting vowel inserted between a stem and a suffix in compound words.
Affix: -bilis
Language: la
Decoded: -bilis
Meaning: capable or worthy of being acted upon
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"