Word: persisting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
si
sting
Definition: persistence
Morphemes:
Affix: persist
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To continue to be; to remain.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.
Affix: sistō
Language: la
Decoded: sisto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I stop, I stand still; I halt; I stand firm.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.