Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosopagnosic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prosopag-nosic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prosopagnosic From prosopagnosia + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more prosopagnosic (comparative) most prosopagnosic (superlative) prosopagnosics (plural)

Questions

What does prosopagnosic mean?
Relating to, or exhibiting, prosopagnosia.
Where does prosopagnosic come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prosopagnosic From prosopagnosia + -ic.

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