Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrameric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
tetramer-ic
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a tetramer.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English tetramer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tetrameric From tetramer + -ic.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does tetrameric mean?
Of or pertaining to a tetramer.
Where does tetrameric come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English tetramer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tetrameric From tetramer + -ic.

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