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diabolus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
di-a-bo-lus
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of tritone.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. English diabolus From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

diaboluses (plural)

Synonyms

tritone

Questions

What does diabolus mean?
Synonym of tritone.
Where does diabolus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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