Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhamnosylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rham-no-sy-late
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attach a rhamnosyl moiety to a molecule.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)der. Latin Rhamnusinflu. Late Latin rhamnusder. Translingual Rhamnus Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English rhamnose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English rhamnosyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English rhamnosylate From rhamnosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

rhamnosylates (present, singular) rhamnosylating (participle, present) rhamnosylated (participle, past) rhamnosylated (past)

Questions

What does rhamnosylate mean?
To attach a rhamnosyl moiety to a molecule.
Where does rhamnosylate come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)der. Latin Rhamnusinflu. Late Latin rhamnusder. Translingual Rhamnus Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English rhamnose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English rhamnosyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English rhamnosylate From rhamnosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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