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salesian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
sale-sian
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a Roman Catholic missionary society called the Salesians founded by Saint John Bosco in Turin.

noun

A member of this society.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sales Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Salesian From Sales + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Salesian (comparative) most Salesian (superlative) Salesians (plural)

Questions

What does salesian mean?
Of or pertaining to a Roman Catholic missionary society called the Salesians founded by Saint John Bosco in Turin.
Where does salesian come from?
Etymology tree English Sales Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Salesian From Sales + -ian.

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