Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthocentre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-tho-cen-tre
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of orthocenter.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English centre English orthocentre From ortho- + centre.

Inflected Forms

orthocentres (plural) orthocenter (alternative)

Rhymes With

center off-center centre off-centre enter re-enter valley center mentor correction center correction centre presenter inventor

Questions

What does orthocentre mean?: Alternative form of orthocenter.
Where does orthocentre come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English centre English orthocentre From ortho- + centre.

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