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senatus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
sen-a-tus
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A governing body in certain universities.

name

A surname from French.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sénosder. Proto-Italic *senos Proto-Italic *seneks Latin senex Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin senatusbor. English senatus Borrowed from Latin senatus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Senatuses (plural)

Phrases

senatus academicus

Frequently Paired Words

senatus academicus

Questions

What does senatus mean?
A governing body in certain universities.
Where does senatus come from?
It is traced to French.

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