Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underwool

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-wool
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The short, wooly underfur of certain animals, especially sheep.

Countable; Uncountable

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 wool English underwool From under- + wool.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underwools (plural)

Questions

What does underwool mean?: The short, wooly underfur of certain animals, especially sheep.
Where does underwool 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 wool English underwool From under- + wool.

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