Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepotency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-po-ten-cy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English potency English prepotency From pre- + potency.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prepotencies (plural)

Synonyms

predominance predomination

Questions

What does prepotency mean?: The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
Where does prepotency come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English potency English prepotency From pre- + potency.

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