Word: despoilment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
spoil
ment
Definition: The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
Morphemes:
Affix: despoil
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Plunder; spoliation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: spolium
Language: la
Decoded: spolium
Meaning: skin, hide, fell
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: denominative
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.