Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anacolpate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ana-col-pate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English colpus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colpate English anacolpate From ana- + colpate.

Frequently Paired Words

acolpate catacolpate heterocolpate pantocolpate pericolpate stephanocolpate syncolpate

Questions

What does anacolpate mean?: Having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.
Where does anacolpate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English colpus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colpate English anacolpate From ana- + colpate.

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