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shelfmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

A book or other object located on the same shelf.

shelfmates (plural)

What does shelfmate mean?: A book or other object located on the same shelf.
Where does shelfmate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-der. Proto-Germanic *skelfōder. Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:der. Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā Old English sċylfe? Middle English schelfe English shelf Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English shelfmate From shelf + -mate.

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