Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

even-

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.99 in modern English

Syllables
even-
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Even in number, not odd.

prefix

Uniform, evenly in quantity.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”); same as Old English efn (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Dutch even-, Old High German eban- (“even-”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does even- mean?
Even in number, not odd.
Where does even- come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce even-

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