Word: quadfurcation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: quad
fur
ca
tion
Definition: A forking or division into four branches.
Morphemes:
Affix: quad-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Involving four elements; typically refer to water, earth, fire, air, and (later) aether, which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances
Affix: furcate
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: furca
Language: la
Decoded: furca
Meaning: fork
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.