Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

codicology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cod-i-col-o-gy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of codices (early handwritten books).

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: codicologie

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

codicologies (plural)

Derived Forms

codicologist

Frequently Paired Words

codicological palaeography

Questions

What does codicology mean?: The study of codices (early handwritten books).
Where does codicology come from?: It is traced to French.

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