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schwa primum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
schwa pri-mum
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vowel formerly reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European; now generally held to be a syllabic laryngeal consonant.

Uncountable

Etymology

From the New Latin schwa prīmum (literally “first schwa”), so named in contrast with schwa secundum.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

schwa indogermanicum schwa primum indogermanicum

Questions

What does schwa primum mean?
A vowel formerly reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European; now generally held to be a syllabic laryngeal consonant.
Where does schwa primum come from?
From the New Latin schwa prīmum (literally “first schwa”), so named in contrast with schwa secundum.

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