Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protagonistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tag-o-nis-tic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a protagonist.

Etymology

Etymology tree English protagonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English protagonistic From protagonist + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more protagonistic (comparative) most protagonistic (superlative)

Derived Forms

protagonistically

Questions

What does protagonistic mean?: Characteristic of a protagonist.
Where does protagonistic come from?: Etymology tree English protagonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English protagonistic From protagonist + -ic.

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