Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permissivity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-mis-siv-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Susceptibility to infection.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English permissive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English permissivity From permissive + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

permissivities (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpermissivity

Questions

What does permissivity mean?: Susceptibility to infection.
Where does permissivity come from?: Etymology tree English permissive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English permissivity From permissive + -ity.

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