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peninsulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
penin-su-late
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English peninsula Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English peninsulate From peninsula + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

peninsulates (present, singular) peninsulating (participle, present) peninsulated (participle, past) peninsulated (past)

Questions

What does peninsulate mean?
To make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.
Where does peninsulate come from?
Etymology tree English peninsula Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English peninsulate From peninsula + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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