Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Brevipennate” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• brev

  short, shorten

  Forms: brev, bridg

• pen

  wing, feather pinnati-: resembling a feather

  Forms: pen, pin

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate