Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oppidum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: op-pidum
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

Example Sentences

"‘Mount Ceasar’ was a major oppidum of the Bellovaci tribe and almost certainly the tribal capital: its geographical relationship to the nearby Roman capital of Beauvais is typical of a post-conquest tribal resettlement."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *pédom Proto-Italic *op(i)pedom Latin oppidumubor. English oppidum Unadapted borrowing from Latin oppidum (“(chiefly walled or fortified) town”).

Inflected Forms

oppida (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oppidan

Questions

What does oppidum mean?: A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.
Where does oppidum come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *pédom Proto-Italic *op(i)pedom Latin oppidumubor. English oppidum Unadapted borrowing from Latin oppidum (“(chiefly walled or fortified) town”).

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