avernus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Latin Avernus, from Ancient Greek ἄορνος (áornos), ἄϝορνος (áwornos, “birdless”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”). The lack of birds was likely due to fatal gases like carbon dioxide seeping from the volcanically active lake.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Avernus, ἄορνος