Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archencephalon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: archen-cephalon
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The primitive forebrain area of an embryo.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- English encephalon English archencephalon From arch- + encephalon.

Inflected Forms

archencephalons (plural) archencephala (plural)

Questions

What does archencephalon mean?: The primitive forebrain area of an embryo.
Where does archencephalon come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- English encephalon English archencephalon From arch- + encephalon.

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