Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chlorovinyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chlorovinyl
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chloro- derivative of a vinyl radical

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl English chlorovinyl From chloro- + vinyl.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does chlorovinyl mean?
Any chloro- derivative of a vinyl radical
Where does chlorovinyl come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl English chlorovinyl From chloro- + vinyl.

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