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capricornian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
capri-cor-ni-an
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to, the Capricorn star sign.

noun

Someone with the Capricorn star sign.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Capricorn Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Capricornian From Capricorn + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Capricornians (plural)

Questions

What does capricornian mean?
Of, or pertaining to, the Capricorn star sign.
Where does capricornian come from?
Etymology tree English Capricorn Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Capricornian From Capricorn + -ian.

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