Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protobird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-bird
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a proavian.

Informal

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English protobird From proto- + bird.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

protobirds (plural)

Questions

What does protobird mean?: Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a proavian.
Where does protobird come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English protobird From proto- + bird.

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