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protoplanet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-plan-et
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets

Example Sentences

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- English planet English protoplanet From proto- + planet.

Inflected Forms

protoplanets (plural)

Derived Forms

protoplanetary

Questions

What does protoplanet mean?
An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets
Where does protoplanet 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- English planet English protoplanet From proto- + planet.

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