Word: atavism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: at
a
vism
Definition: The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
Morphemes:
Affix: atavism
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: at
Language: la
Decoded: at
PoS: Conjunction
Meaning: whereas
Affix: avus
Language: la
Decoded: avus
Meaning: grandfather
Affix: -isme
Language: fr
Decoded: -isme
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ism