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malaco-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mala-co-
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Forms terms relating to molluscs.

prefix

Soft.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of. By surface analysis, malac- + -o-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *melh₂-, μαλακός

Inflected Forms

malac- (alternative) malako- (alternative)

Questions

What does malaco- mean?
Forms terms relating to molluscs.
Where does malaco- come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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