Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaperonin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chap-er-onin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of chaperone proteins

Etymology

Etymology tree English chaperone Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English chaperonin From chaperone + -in.

Inflected Forms

chaperonins (plural)

Derived Forms

cochaperonin postchaperonin

Questions

What does chaperonin mean?: Any of a class of chaperone proteins
Where does chaperonin come from?: Etymology tree English chaperone Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English chaperonin From chaperone + -in.

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