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diglyme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
digly-me
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dimethyl ether of diethylene glycol, (CH₃-O-CH₂-CH₂)₂O, used as a chelate and solvent

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English glyme English diglyme From di- + glyme.

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Questions

What does diglyme mean?
The dimethyl ether of diethylene glycol, (CH₃-O-CH₂-CH₂)₂O, used as a chelate and solvent
Where does diglyme come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English glyme English diglyme From di- + glyme.

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