autodialer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
noun
malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
Etymology
Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin diālis Middle French dyalbor. Middle English diall English dial Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dialer English autodialer From auto- + dialer.