anteropalatal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the anterior (front) of the palate.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Latin *anterus Latin anterior New Latinder. English antero- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English palatal English anteropalatal From antero- + palatal.
Inflected Forms
more anteropalatal (comparative)
most anteropalatal (superlative)