Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retraceable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-trace-able
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being retraced.

Etymology

Etymology tree English retrace Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retraceable From retrace + -able.

Derived Forms

irretraceable nonretraceable

Questions

What does retraceable mean?: Capable of being retraced.
Where does retraceable come from?: Etymology tree English retrace Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retraceable From retrace + -able.

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