Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

branchlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: branch-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

resembling a branch of a tree

Example Sentences

"These roads, branchlike, divide and subdivide until they end in trails which finally tap a great hinterland inhabited by a scattered population."

Etymology

Etymology tree English branch Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English branchlike From branch + -like.

Inflected Forms

more branchlike (comparative) most branchlike (superlative)

Questions

What does branchlike mean?: resembling a branch of a tree
Where does branchlike come from?: Etymology tree English branch Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English branchlike From branch + -like.

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