Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterstain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-stain
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stain contrasting with the principal stain in color, thus making the stained structure easier to see

verb

To stain with a counterstain

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English stain English counterstain From counter- + stain.

Inflected Forms

counterstains (plural) counterstains (present, singular) counterstaining (participle, present) counterstained (participle, past) counterstained (past)

Derived Forms

postcounterstained uncounterstained

Questions

What does counterstain mean?: A stain contrasting with the principal stain in color, thus making the stained structure easier to see
Where does counterstain come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English stain English counterstain From counter- + stain.

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