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sengreen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sen-green
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), a common plant of Europe.

Etymology

From Middle English singrene, from Old English singrēne (“evergreen; houseleek”), from Proto-West Germanic *singrōnijā (“evergreen, houseleek”), from Proto-Germanic *singrōniz (literally “ever-green”). Cognate with Dutch zenegroen, German Singrün.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: singrene, singrēne, *singrōnijā, *singrōniz

Inflected Forms

sengreens (plural) singreen (alternative) simgreen (alternative) sinna-green (alternative) sungreen (alternative) sigrim (alternative) sil-green (alternative) sel-green (alternative) silgreen (alternative) sillgreen (alternative)

Phrases

water sengreen

Questions

What does sengreen mean?
The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), a common plant of Europe.
Where does sengreen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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