phosphaalkyne
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organic chemical compound with a phosphorus to carbon triple bond (R-C≡P).
Etymology
Etymology tree English phospha- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English -yne English alkyne English phosphaalkyne From phospha- + alkyne.