taphonomic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The differences between the Sao Khua dinosaur assemblage and the roughly coeval assemblages in China, notably those from the Jehol Group of NE China, have already been noted, and several hypotheses have been put forward, including differences in taphonomic conditions, and the existence of geographical or environmental barriers (Buffetaut et al. 2006; Fernandez et al. 2009)."
- "These efforts have contributed to the use of coherent terminology that reduces misinterpretation: for instance, the use of the medical term “erosion” is not suitable for paleopathology since it could ambiguously refer to both antemortem and taphonomic processes."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek θᾰ́πτω (thắptō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos)der. Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin -nomialbor. French -nomiebor. ▲ Latin -nomialbor. English -nomy English taphonomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English taphonomic From taphonomy + -ic.