Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clavius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: clav-ius
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Clavius Crater.

Etymology

After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a German name, from Latin clavis (literally “key”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, clavis

Questions

What does clavius mean?: Ellipsis of Clavius Crater.
Where does clavius come from?: It is traced to German.

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