Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehistorical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: pre-his-tor-i-cal
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English historical English prehistorical From pre- + historical.

Inflected Forms

more prehistorical (comparative) most prehistorical (superlative)

Synonyms

prehistoric

Questions

What does prehistorical mean?: prehistoric
Where does prehistorical come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English historical English prehistorical From pre- + historical.

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