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putamen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
puta-men
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.

noun

A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin putāmenbor. English putamen Borrowed from Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

putamens (plural) putamina (plural)

Derived Forms

caudoputamen

Frequently Paired Words

putamenal putaminal

Questions

What does putamen mean?
The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
Where does putamen come from?
Etymology tree Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin putāmenbor. English putamen Borrowed from Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).

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