Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterochronic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-rochron-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring at different times or intermittently.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English chronic English heterochronic From hetero- + chronic.

Inflected Forms

more heterochronic (comparative) most heterochronic (superlative)

Derived Forms

heterochronicity

Questions

What does heterochronic mean?: Occurring at different times or intermittently.
Where does heterochronic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English chronic English heterochronic From hetero- + chronic.

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