Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penkridge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
penkridge
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Latin Pennocrucium, from Proto-Brythonic. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (“head”) + *krouk- (“heap, mound”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Pennocrucium, -, *kʷennom

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Questions

What does penkridge mean?
A large village, a civil parish and market town in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9214).
Where does penkridge come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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