Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predisco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-dis-co
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the period in the 1970s preceding the advent of disco music.

Example Sentences

"The intimate Sneakers Annex space, which could just as easily pass for a mid-50s combination truck stop/clip joint (except for Mark Mac Lean's clever predisco music), teems with the eternally generic[…]."

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 disco English predisco From pre- + disco.

Inflected Forms

pre-disco (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

post-disco

Questions

What does predisco mean?: Of the period in the 1970s preceding the advent of disco music.
Where does predisco 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 disco English predisco From pre- + disco.

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