cis-
/sɪs-/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
prefix
On this side of.
prefix
Forms names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
prefix
Not trans.
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Example Sentences
Etymology
From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known use of the prefix relating to sexuality in any language was in a German-language book on sexology published in 1914. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
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