Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bromohydrin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bro-mo-hy-drin
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bromo- English hydrin English bromohydrin From bromo- + hydrin.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does bromohydrin mean?
Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
Where does bromohydrin come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bromo- English hydrin English bromohydrin From bromo- + hydrin.

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