Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
pe-nol-o-gist
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student of, or expert in, penology.

Etymology

Etymology tree English penology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English penologist From penology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does penologist mean?
A student of, or expert in, penology.
Where does penologist come from?
Etymology tree English penology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English penologist From penology + -ist.

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