Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-anal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: pre-anal
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of preanal.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English anal English pre-anal From pre- + anal.

Questions

What does pre-anal mean?: Alternative form of preanal.
Where does pre-anal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English anal English pre-anal From pre- + anal.

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