Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhotically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhot-i-cal-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a rhotic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English rhotacismbf. English rhotic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English rhotically From rhotic + -ally.

Questions

What does rhotically mean?
In a rhotic manner.
Where does rhotically come from?
Etymology tree English rhotacismbf. English rhotic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English rhotically From rhotic + -ally.

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