Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterochronous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-rochronous
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

formed at different periods

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more heterochronous (comparative) most heterochronous (superlative)

Derived Forms

heterochronously

Questions

What does heterochronous mean?: formed at different periods
Where does heterochronous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -chronous English heterochronous From hetero- + -chronous.

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