Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cosmo-

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: cos-mo-
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

universe, world

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos)der. English cosmo- Derived from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”), from Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-, possibly from *ḱem-.

Inflected Forms

cosm- (alternative)

Derived Forms

cosmopolitan cosmopolite

Questions

What does cosmo- mean?: universe, world
Where does cosmo- come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos)der. English cosmo- Derived from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”), from Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-, possibly from *ḱem-.

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