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perhap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
per-hap
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Obsolete form of perhaps.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Middle English perhap English perhap Inherited from Middle English perhap.

Usage

Questions

What does perhap mean?
Obsolete form of perhaps.
Where does perhap come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Middle English perhap English perhap Inherited from Middle English perhap.

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