Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under-ripe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: un-der--ripe
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of underripe.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English under-ripe From under- + ripe.

Inflected Forms

more under-ripe (comparative) most under-ripe (superlative)

Questions

What does under-ripe mean?: Alternative spelling of underripe.
Where does under-ripe come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English under-ripe From under- + ripe.

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