chemosensory
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
of, or relating to a chemosensor, or to the perception of chemical signals by the senses; especially of the perception of taste and smell
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English sensory English chemosensory From chemo- + sensory.