Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

generalistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gen-er-al-is-tic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a generalist

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English generalistic From general + -istic.

Inflected Forms

more generalistic (comparative) most generalistic (superlative)

Questions

What does generalistic mean?
Of or pertaining to a generalist
Where does generalistic come from?
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English generalistic From general + -istic.

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