Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floormate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
floor-mate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person with whom one shares a floor in a building.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros Proto-Germanic *flōrazder. Proto-Germanic *flōruz Proto-West Germanic *flōr Old English flōr Middle English flor English floor Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English floormate From floor + -mate.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does floormate mean?
A person with whom one shares a floor in a building.
Where does floormate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros Proto-Germanic *flōrazder. Proto-Germanic *flōruz Proto-West Germanic *flōr Old English flōr Middle English flor English floor Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English floormate From floor + -mate.

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