Word: undertaking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
ta
king
Definition: That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: take
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: take
Language: en
Decoded: take
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
Affix: -en
Language: en
Decoded: -en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.