Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tangental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tan-gen-tal
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dated form of tangential.

Dated

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Proto-Italic *tangō Latin tangō Latin tangēns Latin tangentembor. English tangent Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tangental From tangent + -al.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more tangental (comparative) most tangental (superlative)

Derived Forms

tangentality tangentally

Questions

What does tangental mean?: Dated form of tangential.
Where does tangental come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Proto-Italic *tangō Latin tangō Latin tangēns Latin tangentembor. English tangent Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tangental From tangent + -al.

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