Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untethered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
un-teth-ered
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not tethered; not tied down.

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 tethered English untethered From un- + tethered.

Inflected Forms

more untethered (comparative) most untethered (superlative)

Questions

What does untethered mean?
Not tethered; not tied down.
Where does untethered 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 tethered English untethered From un- + tethered.

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