Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinarianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quinar-i-an-ism
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quinary system of classification, which states that each taxon comprises exactly five subtaxa.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English quinarian 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 quinarianism From quinarian + -ism.

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Questions

What does quinarianism mean?
The quinary system of classification, which states that each taxon comprises exactly five subtaxa.
Where does quinarianism come from?
Etymology tree English quinarian 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 quinarianism From quinarian + -ism.

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