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icosa-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
icosa-
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

twenty

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wídḱm̥ti Proto-Hellenic *ewī́kəti Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi)bor. English icosa- Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).

Inflected Forms

eicosa- (alternative) icosi- (alternative)

Questions

What does icosa- mean?
twenty
Where does icosa- come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wídḱm̥ti Proto-Hellenic *ewī́kəti Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi)bor. English icosa- Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).

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