Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethanoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ethanoic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the group CH₃COO-.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane English -oic English ethanoic From ethane + -oic.

Derived Forms

ethanoate

Phrases

ethanoic acid ethanoic anhydride

Synonyms

acetic

Questions

What does ethanoic mean?: Having the group CH₃COO-.
Where does ethanoic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane English -oic English ethanoic From ethane + -oic.

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