Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preinitiation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preini-ti-a-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

initiation in advance or too soon

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 initiation English preinitiation From pre- + initiation.

Inflected Forms

preinitiations (plural) pre-initiation (alternative)

Questions

What does preinitiation mean?: initiation in advance or too soon
Where does preinitiation 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 initiation English preinitiation From pre- + initiation.

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