Word: fossil
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fos
sil
Definition: The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
Morphemes:
Affix: fossil
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fodiō
Language: la
Decoded: fodio
Meaning: dig; mine; quarry
Affix: -ilis
Language: la
Decoded: -ilis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ile; used to form an adjective noun of relation, frequently passive, to the verb or root.