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prepubis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-pu-bis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

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 pubis English prepubis From pre- + pubis.

Inflected Forms

prepubes (plural)

Questions

What does prepubis mean?
A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.
Where does prepubis 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 pubis English prepubis From pre- + pubis.

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