Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diarrhœa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-ar-rhœa
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated spelling of diarrhoea.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

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Questions

What does diarrhœa mean?
Dated spelling of diarrhoea.
Where does diarrhœa come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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