Word: perpetuity
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
pe
tu
i
ty
Definition: An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
Morphemes:
Affix: perpetuity
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.
Affix: petō
Language: la
Decoded: peto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I make for (somewhere).
Affix: -uus
Language: la
Decoded: -uus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms adjectives on verbal stems
Affix: -tās
Language: la
Decoded: -tas
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.