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ectasian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-tasian
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a geologic period within the Mesoproterozoic era from about 1400 to 1200 million years ago.

name

The Ectasian period.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ectasian From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”) + English -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Ectasian (comparative) most Ectasian (superlative)

Questions

What does ectasian mean?
Of a geologic period within the Mesoproterozoic era from about 1400 to 1200 million years ago.
Where does ectasian come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ectasian From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”) + English -ian.

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