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cymbeline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
cym-be-line
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD

Etymology

From Welsh Cynfelyn. from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”), meaning something like "strong as a dog," composed of: * *kuno- (“dog”), oblique/plural stem of *ki, * and *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen, from Proto-Celtic *belo- (“powerful, strong”), connected by Delamarre to Gaulish names like Belisama and Belenus, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, be strong”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Cynfelyn, *Kunobelinos, *belo-, *bʰel-

Questions

What does cymbeline mean?
Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD
Where does cymbeline come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

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