Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undersurface

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-sur-face
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English undersurface From under- + surface.

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does undersurface mean?
The underneath surface; the bottom, or underside
Where does undersurface 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- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English undersurface From under- + surface.

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