Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multifid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-fid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cleft into many parts or lobes.

Example Sentences

"Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin multifidusbor. English multifid From Latin multifidus, from multi- (“many”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent of multi- + -fid. Doublet of multifidus and multifidous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: multifidus

Derived Forms

multifidly

Phrases

multifidus muscle

Frequently Paired Words

bifid trifid quadrifid quinquefid sexfid sexifid octofid novemfid

Questions

What does multifid mean?: Cleft into many parts or lobes.
Where does multifid come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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