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shrimplet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shrim-plet
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small shrimp.

Etymology

Etymology tree English shrimp 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 shrimplet From shrimp + -let.

Inflected Forms

shrimplets (plural)

Questions

What does shrimplet mean?
A small shrimp.
Where does shrimplet come from?
Etymology tree English shrimp 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 shrimplet From shrimp + -let.

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