athematic
/ˌæθɪˈmætɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not thematic.
adj
Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
Example Sentences
- "Celtic tended to thematicize athematic verbs and to generalize a single grade of ablaut, usually the zero grade of the plural:..."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English thematic English athematic From a- + thematic.