nonary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] and the rhombic algebra is established as the direct sum of the nonary subalgebra of the U_(pq) and of the three unary subalgebras generated individually by V, W and X, […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Indo-European *h₁newn̥(n)ós Proto-Italic *nowenos Latin nōnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin nōnāriusder. English nonary From the Latin nōnārius, from nōnus (“ninth”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nōnārius