Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-rate
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt of auric acid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsr̥h₂ Proto-Hellenic *auhrā Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra)bor. Latin auralbor. English aura Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English auric English -ate English aurate From auric + -ate.

Inflected Forms

aurates (plural)

Derived Forms

chloraurate chloroaurate polyoxoaurate

Phrases

aurate of ammonia aurate of potassium sodium aurate

Questions

What does aurate mean?: Any salt of auric acid.
Where does aurate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsr̥h₂ Proto-Hellenic *auhrā Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra)bor. Latin auralbor. English aura Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English auric English -ate English aurate From auric + -ate.

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