Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleosol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: pa-le-osol
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.

Etymology

From paleo- + -sol.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: paleo
Suffix: sol

Inflected Forms

paleosols (plural) palaeosoil (alternative) paleosoil (alternative) palaeosol (alternative)

Derived Forms

paleosolic

Questions

What does paleosol mean?: A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.
Where does paleosol come from?: From paleo- + -sol.

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