Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preconstitutional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-con-sti-tu-tion-al
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the adoption of a constitution, especially the U.S. Constitution.

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 constitutional English preconstitutional From pre- + constitutional.

Inflected Forms

more preconstitutional (comparative) most preconstitutional (superlative)

Questions

What does preconstitutional mean?
Before the adoption of a constitution, especially the U.S. Constitution.
Where does preconstitutional 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 constitutional English preconstitutional From pre- + constitutional.

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