oxaloacetate
/ɑˈksɛ.loʊ.æ.sɪ.teɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid.
Etymology
Etymology tree English oxalo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin acēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin acētum English -ate English acetate English oxaloacetate From oxalo- + acetate.