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-petal

-petal suffix: travelling towards.

Suffix

-petal

  1. travelling towards

Origin of -petal

Formed from the stem of Latin petō, petere (“seek, aim”), with the suffix -al, from Latin -alis.

Questions about -petal

What does -petal mean?
-petal means travelling towards.
What part of speech is -petal?
-petal is a suffix.

Words near -petal in the dictionary

  1. -peridol
  2. -peridone
  3. -perone
  4. -person
  5. -persons
  6. -petal
  7. -pexy
  8. -phage
  9. -phagia
  10. -phagic
  11. -phagist

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