Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frugalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fru-gal-ism
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of being frugal.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English frugal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English frugalism From frugal + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does frugalism mean?
The practice of being frugal.
Where does frugalism come from?
Etymology tree English frugal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English frugalism From frugal + -ism.

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