Word: cenogamy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ce
nog
a
my
Definition: The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, i.e. in which husbands and wives are shared and held in common.
Morphemes:
Affix: cen-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: most recent common —; ―, whose length varies across typefaces but tends to be between those of the en and em dashes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: root
Language: en
Decoded: root
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
Affix: -s
Language: en
Decoded: -s
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in the formation of certain English adverbs.
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -gamy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γάμος
Language: grc
Decoded: gamos
PoS: Noun
Meaning: marriage, wedding, bridelock