Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polythetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-thet-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having many, but not all properties in common.

Example Sentences

"A polythetic taxon is one where the constituent organisms share a large number of characteristics."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polythetic From poly- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”) + English -ic.

Inflected Forms

more polythetic (comparative) most polythetic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

monothetic

Questions

What does polythetic mean?: Having many, but not all properties in common.
Where does polythetic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polythetic From poly- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”) + English -ic.

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