Word: downcasing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: down
ca
sing
Definition: Present participle of downcase; in the written representation of certain languages
Morphemes:
Affix: down
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
Affix: case
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cadō
Language: la
Decoded: cado
Meaning: to fall, happen
Affix: -tus
Language: la
Decoded: -tus
Meaning: action noun
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.