Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rodentology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ro-den-tol-o-gy
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a branch of mammalogy for the study of rodents by a rodentologist.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English rodent Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English rodentology From rodent + -ology.

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Questions

What does rodentology mean?
a branch of mammalogy for the study of rodents by a rodentologist.
Where does rodentology come from?
Etymology tree English rodent Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English rodentology From rodent + -ology.

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