Word: despoiling
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
spoi
ling
Definition: Present participle of despoil; steal goods; take as spoils
Morphemes:
Affix: despoil
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
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: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.