Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allayment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-lay-ment
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that allays; mitigation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English allay Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English allayment From allay + -ment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

allayments (plural)

Questions

What does allayment mean?: Something that allays; mitigation.
Where does allayment come from?: Etymology tree English allay Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English allayment From allay + -ment.

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