Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sociochemistry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-cio-chem-istry
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- English chemistry English sociochemistry From socio- + chemistry.

Usage

Questions

What does sociochemistry mean?
The study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour
Where does sociochemistry come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- English chemistry English sociochemistry From socio- + chemistry.

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