Word: cenancestor
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ce
nan
ce
stor
Definition: The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
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: ancestor
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be an ancestor of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ante
Language: la
Decoded: ante
Meaning: before
Affix: cedo
Language: la
Decoded: cedo
Meaning: to go