o-grade
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a Proto-Indo-European root, characterised by the presence of the */o/ vowel phoneme in place of */e/.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos) is a reflex of *ǵónh₁os (“race”), which is itself an o-grade derivative of the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to produce, bear”)."
- "A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots."