Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrokinetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
hy-droki-net-ic
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics

adj

Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós)der. English kinetic English hydrokinetic From hydro- + kinetic.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does hydrokinetic mean?
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Where does hydrokinetic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós)der. English kinetic English hydrokinetic From hydro- + kinetic.

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