Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beautyberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beau-ty-ber-ry
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English beautyberry From beauty + berry.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

American beautyberry Bodinier's beautyberry Japanese beautyberry purple beautyberry

Questions

What does beautyberry mean?
A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.
Where does beautyberry come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English beautyberry From beauty + berry.

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