Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tesselar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tes-se-lar
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.

Etymology

From Latin tessella (“a small square piece, a little cube”), diminutive of tessera (“a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tessella

Inflected Forms

tessellar (alternative)

Questions

What does tesselar mean?: Formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.
Where does tesselar come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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