Word: preferment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
fer
ment
Definition: Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
Morphemes:
Affix: prefer
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
Meaning: before”, in front
Affix: ferō
Language: la
Decoded: fero
Meaning: I carry”, “I bear
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.