Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrabandist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-ban-dist
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dealer in contraband.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contraband Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabandist From contraband + -ist.

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Questions

What does contrabandist mean?
A dealer in contraband.
Where does contrabandist come from?
Etymology tree English contraband Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabandist From contraband + -ist.

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