Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tangentiality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tan-gen-tial-i-ty
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being tangential.

Uncountable

noun

A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.

Uncountable

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 -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English tangential Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English tangentiality From tangential + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tangentialities (plural) tangentality (alternative, dated)

Questions

What does tangentiality mean?: The quality of being tangential.
Where does tangentiality 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 -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English tangential Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English tangentiality From tangential + -ity.

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