Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarentum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: tar-en-tum
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.

Etymology

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Tarentum, Τάρᾱς, -, *darandos

Synonyms

Taras

Questions

What does tarentum mean?: Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.
Where does tarentum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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