Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bongoist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bon-go-ist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musician who plays the bongoes.

Etymology

Etymology tree English bongo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English bongoist From bongo + -ist.

Inflected Forms

bongoists (plural)

Questions

What does bongoist mean?: A musician who plays the bongoes.
Where does bongoist come from?: Etymology tree English bongo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English bongoist From bongo + -ist.

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