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reserate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-ser-ate
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To unlock; to open.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *séreti Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin sera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin reserō, reserātusbor. English reserate Borrowed from Latin reserō, reserātus (“I unlock, open”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

reserates (present, singular) reserating (participle, present) reserated (participle, past) reserated (past)

Questions

What does reserate mean?
To unlock; to open.
Where does reserate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *séreti Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin sera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin reserō, reserātusbor. English reserate Borrowed from Latin reserō, reserātus (“I unlock, open”).

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