Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perturbative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: per-tur-ba-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation

Etymology

Etymology tree English perturb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English perturbative From perturb + -ative.

Inflected Forms

more perturbative (comparative) most perturbative (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpertubative nonperturbative perturbatively perturbativity

Questions

What does perturbative mean?: Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
Where does perturbative come from?: Etymology tree English perturb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English perturbative From perturb + -ative.

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