Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alcoholysis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-co-hol-y-sis
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Solvolysis using an alcohol.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English alcoholysis From alcohol + -lysis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

alcoholyses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

alcoholytic hydrolysis

Rhymes With

hydrolysis electrolysis glycolysis pyrolysis hemolysis proteolysis rhabdomyolysis autolysis osteolysis glycogenolysis heterolysis histolysis

Questions

What does alcoholysis mean?: Solvolysis using an alcohol.
Where does alcoholysis come from?: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English alcoholysis From alcohol + -lysis.

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