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veinlet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vein-let
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vein Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English veinlet From vein + -let.

Inflected Forms

veinlets (plural)

Synonyms

venula venule

Questions

What does veinlet mean?
A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.
Where does veinlet come from?
Etymology tree English vein Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English veinlet From vein + -let.

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