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somato-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-ma-to-
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

body

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμᾰ (sômă)der. English somato- From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”). Compare soma.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *tewh₂-, σῶμα

Questions

What does somato- mean?
body
Where does somato- come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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