Word: commitment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: com
mit
ment
Definition: The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
Morphemes:
Affix: commit
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: com-
Language: la
Decoded: com-
Meaning: together
Affix: mittō
Language: la
Decoded: mitto
Meaning: to send
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.