Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bromonaphthalene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bromon-aph-tha-lene
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bromo- Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English naphthalene English bromonaphthalene From bromo- + naphthalene.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does bromonaphthalene mean?
Either of two isomeric brominated derivatives of naphthalene
Where does bromonaphthalene come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bromo- Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English naphthalene English bromonaphthalene From bromo- + naphthalene.

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