Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepaleolithic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prepa-le-olith-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the Paleolithic era.

Example Sentences

"In the prepaleolithic geological era when the Earth was formed it is said that it rained continuously for forty thousand years. This is how the oceans were formed."

Etymology

From pre- + Paleolithic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does prepaleolithic mean?: Before the Paleolithic era.
Where does prepaleolithic come from?: From pre- + Paleolithic.

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