cinnamyl
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂- characteristic of cinnamic compounds
Etymology
Etymology tree English cinnamon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cinnamic Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English cinnamyl From cinnamic + -yl.