vejovis
/ˈve.joʊ.vɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
an ancient Italic Roman deity of Etruscan origin considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”
Etymology
From Latin Vējovis, a later spelling of Vēiovis, from Old Latin Vēdiovis, from vē + Diovis from Proto-Italic *djous, *djowes, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dyew-, Vējovis, Vēdiovis, *djous, *dyḗws