Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

runelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rune-like
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a rune.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English runelike From rune + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more runelike (comparative) most runelike (superlative)

Questions

What does runelike mean?
Resembling a rune.
Where does runelike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) Old Norse rúnbor. English rune Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English runelike From rune + -like.

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