Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palat-ic
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

adj

palatal; palatine

Archaic

adj

Syncopic form of paralytic (“very drunk”).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English palatic From palate + -ic.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

palatics (plural) more palatic (comparative) most palatic (superlative) pallatic (alternative)

Questions

What does palatic mean?: A palatal.
Where does palatic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English palatic From palate + -ic.

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