Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbanionic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-ban-ion-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a carbanion

Etymology

Etymology tree English carb- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón) Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor. English anion English carbanion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbanionic From carbanion + -ic.

Questions

What does carbanionic mean?
Of or pertaining to a carbanion
Where does carbanionic come from?
Etymology tree English carb- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón) Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor. English anion English carbanion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbanionic From carbanion + -ic.

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