Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mammifer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mam-mifer
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

mammal.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin mamma Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -ferder. English -fer English mammifer From Latin mamma (“breast”) + English -fer.

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Questions

What does mammifer mean?
mammal.
Where does mammifer come from?
Etymology tree Latin mamma Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -ferder. English -fer English mammifer From Latin mamma (“breast”) + English -fer.

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