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selvin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
selvin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Warrick County, Indiana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Selvins (plural)

Questions

What does selvin mean?
A surname.
Where does selvin come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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