Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polytypism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-typ-ism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The existence of multiple types, especially of multiple subspecies.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The existence of multiple forms differing in only one of the dimensions of the unit cell.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English type 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 polytypism From poly- + type + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

polytypisms (plural)

Questions

What does polytypism mean?: The existence of multiple types, especially of multiple subspecies.
Where does polytypism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English type 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 polytypism From poly- + type + -ism.

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