Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thioquinone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thio-quinone
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the quinones by replacing either, or both, of the oxygen atoms with sulfur

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English thioquinone From thio- + quinone.

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Questions

What does thioquinone mean?
Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the quinones by replacing either, or both, of the oxygen atoms with sulfur
Where does thioquinone come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English thioquinone From thio- + quinone.

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