Word: palatopterygoid
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pal
a
top
ter
y
goid
Definition: Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull.
Morphemes:
Affix: pale
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Paleness; pallor.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: palleō
Language: la
Decoded: palleo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I am pale; I turn pale, blanch.
Affix: -idus
Language: la
Decoded: -idus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: tending to
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: pterygoid
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πτέρῠξ
Language: grc
Decoded: pterux
Meaning: a wing
Affix: -ο-
Language: grc
Decoded: -o-
Meaning: -ο-
Affix: εἶδος
Language: grc
Decoded: eidos
Meaning: form, appearance
Affix: -ής
Language: grc
Decoded: -es
Meaning: -ής