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quadrifid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quadri-fid
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri- 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 quadrifidusder. English quadrifid From Latin quadrifidus, from quadri- + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

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Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

bifid trifid quinquefid sexfid sexifid octofid novemfid decemfid

Questions

What does quadrifid mean?
Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.
Where does quadrifid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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