Words with Root “nici-” in Italian

The word 'perniciosamente' is divided into seven syllables: per-ni-ci-o-sa-men-te. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'men' due to the presence of the adverbial suffix '-mente'. The word is morphologically complex, consisting of a prefix, root, and multiple suffixes of Latin origin. Syllabification follows standard Italian rules of open and closed syllables, and consonant cluster treatment.