Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cata-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: cata-
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

down

prefix

reverse, backward, degenerative

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”).

Questions

What does cata- mean?: down
Where does cata- come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”).

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