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omphalo-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
om-phalo-
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Relating to the navel.

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”); compare also the synonymous prefix at umbilico- § Etymology; as explained at ὀμφαλός § Etymology, all of these words are cognates ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὀμφαλός

Inflected Forms

omphal- (alternative)

Derived Forms

omphalic omphalinoid omphaloskepsis omphaloskeptic

Synonyms

umbilic-

Questions

What does omphalo- mean?
Relating to the navel.
Where does omphalo- come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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