Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precommercial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-com-mer-cial
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to commerce.

Example Sentences

"Precommercial societies at first lacked any concept of ownership at all, and when a concept of ownership did develop it was predominantly communal."

Etymology

From pre- + commercial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does precommercial mean?: Prior to commerce.
Where does precommercial come from?: From pre- + commercial.

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