Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

windproof

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: wind-proof
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Providing protection from the wind.

verb

To make resistant to the wind.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English -proof English windproof From wind + -proof.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

more windproof (comparative) most windproof (superlative) windproofs (present, singular) windproofing (participle, present) windproofed (participle, past) windproofed (past)

Questions

What does windproof mean?: Providing protection from the wind.
Where does windproof come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English -proof English windproof From wind + -proof.

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