Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephrologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
nephrol-o-gist
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English nephrology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nephrologist From nephrology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does nephrologist mean?
A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
Where does nephrologist come from?
Etymology tree English nephrology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nephrologist From nephrology + -ist.

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