isigny-sur-mer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.13 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
Etymology
From French, from Old French Isignia along with several variants, from Medieval Latin Isienio, from Late Latin Isiniacum, composed of the Gallo-Roman name Isinius + the locative suffix -acum. The name is possibly Latinized from the Germanic name Iso (compare Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) or otherwise Gaulish Isina.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Isignia, Isienio, Isiniacum, Isina