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-clasis

-clasis suffix: fragmentation, breaking.

Suffix

-clasis

  1. Fragmentation, breaking

Origin of -clasis

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κλᾰστός (klăstós, “broken”). Doublet of -clase.

Questions about -clasis

What does -clasis mean?
-clasis means fragmentation, breaking.
What part of speech is -clasis?
-clasis is a suffix.

Words near -clasis in the dictionary

  1. -cin
  2. -cir-
  3. -cism
  4. -citabine
  5. -clase
  6. -clasis
  7. -clast
  8. -clastic
  9. -cleisis
  10. -clidine
  11. -clidinium

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