Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deacyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dea-cyl
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English acyl English deacyl From de- + acyl.

Inflected Forms

more deacyl (comparative) most deacyl (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

deacylated deacylation

Questions

What does deacyl mean?: Describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed
Where does deacyl come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English acyl English deacyl From de- + acyl.

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