Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfortified

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: un-for-ti-fied
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of unfortify

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fortified English unfortified From un- + fortified.

Inflected Forms

more unfortified (comparative) most unfortified (superlative)

Questions

What does unfortified mean?: Not fortified.
Where does unfortified come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fortified English unfortified From un- + fortified.

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