Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterotaxic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-taxic
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English heterotaxis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English heterotaxic From heterotaxis + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more heterotaxic (comparative) most heterotaxic (superlative)

Questions

What does heterotaxic mean?
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis.
Where does heterotaxic come from?
Etymology tree English heterotaxis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English heterotaxic From heterotaxis + -ic.

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