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arabin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
ara-bin
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusder. English arabic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English arabin From arabic + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

arabins (plural) arabine (alternative)

Derived Forms

arabinose pararabin

Questions

What does arabin mean?
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic
Where does arabin come from?
Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusder. English arabic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English arabin From arabic + -in.

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