Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intertemporal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: in-tertem-po-ral
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English temporal English intertemporal From inter- + temporal.

Inflected Forms

intertemporals (plural)

Derived Forms

intertemporally

Phrases

intertemporal choice intertemporal consumption intertemporal equilibrium intertemporal law

Rhymes With

temporal spatiotemporal frontotemporal supratemporal atemporal infratemporal bitemporal extratemporal cotemporal pretemporal nontemporal occipitotemporal

Questions

What does intertemporal mean?: Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
Where does intertemporal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English temporal English intertemporal From inter- + temporal.

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