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habena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
habena
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A restricting bandage or frenum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -na Latin habenabor. English habena Borrowed from Latin habena.

Inflected Forms

habenae (plural)

Derived Forms

habenal

Questions

What does habena mean?
A restricting bandage or frenum
Where does habena come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -na Latin habenabor. English habena Borrowed from Latin habena.

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