Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hetegony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-gony
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the origin of the planets in the solar system.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Because the origin of the solar system is essentially a question of the repeated formation of secondary bodies around a primary body, the term hetegony (from Greek hetairos or hetes, companion) has been suggested."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔτης (étēs, “clansman”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), plus -gony. See also ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”). Probably invented by Hannes Alfvén.https://web.archive.org/web/20170401121945/http://worldwidewords.org/nl/lumr.htm

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔτης, *swé

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

hetegonic

Questions

What does hetegony mean?: The study of the origin of the planets in the solar system.
Where does hetegony come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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