Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
peno-log-i-cal
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to penology.

Etymology

Etymology tree English penology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English penological From penology + -ical.

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Questions

What does penological mean?
Of, or relating to penology.
Where does penological come from?
Etymology tree English penology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English penological From penology + -ical.

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