Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hormonally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
hor-mon-al-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hormonal way.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Ancient Greek -άω (-áō) Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn)lbor. English hormone English -al English hormonal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hormonally From hormonal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more hormonally (comparative) most hormonally (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does hormonally mean?
In a hormonal way.
Where does hormonally come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Ancient Greek -άω (-áō) Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn)lbor. English hormone English -al English hormonal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hormonally From hormonal + -ly.

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