Word: territoriality
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ter
ri
to
ri
al
i
ty
Definition: The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
Morphemes:
Affix: territory
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: terra
Language: la
Decoded: terra
Meaning: land
Affix: -tor
Language: la
Decoded: -tor
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; used to form a masculine agent noun
Affix: -ium
Language: la
Decoded: -ium
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: the regular genitive singular suffix for most pronouns
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"