Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

codependent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
code-pen-dent
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English dependent English codependent From co- + dependent.

Inflected Forms

more codependent (comparative) most codependent (superlative) codependents (plural)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does codependent mean?
Alternative form of co-dependent.
Where does codependent come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English dependent English codependent From co- + dependent.

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