ovo-
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This being just at the height of the culte de la mayonnaise then sweeping Belgium, oversize exhibits of the ovoöleaginous emulsion were to be encountered at every hand."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Latin ōvumbor. English ovum ▲ Latin ōvum Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English ovo- From ovum or its etymon Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -o-.
Origin
- Source language: Latin