Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inventress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ven-tress
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inventrix; a female inventor.

Etymology

Etymology tree English inventor Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English inventress From inventor + -ess.

Inflected Forms

inventresses (plural) inventoress (alternative)

Questions

What does inventress mean?: An inventrix; a female inventor.
Where does inventress come from?: Etymology tree English inventor Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English inventress From inventor + -ess.

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