Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rootlet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: root-let
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the smallest roots, hair roots.

Example Sentences

"She can almost hear them pushing up through the soil, their rootlets sniffing for nutrients and crowding the rootlets of their neighbours, their leaves releasing clouds of airborne chemicals."

Etymology

Etymology tree English root Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English rootlet From root + -let.

Inflected Forms

rootlets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rootling

Questions

What does rootlet mean?: One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
Where does rootlet come from?: Etymology tree English root Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English rootlet From root + -let.

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