Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

andesitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
an-desitic
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or composed of andesite

Etymology

Etymology tree English Andes Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English andesite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English andesitic From andesite + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more andesitic (comparative) most andesitic (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does andesitic mean?
Pertaining to, or composed of andesite
Where does andesitic come from?
Etymology tree English Andes Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English andesite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English andesitic From andesite + -ic.

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