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decyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-cyl
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca-clip. English dec- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English decane Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English decyl From decane + -yl.

Inflected Forms

decyls (plural)

Derived Forms

decylic decylmaltoside decylplastoquinone dequalinium hexdecyl iododecyl isodecyl monodecyl tridecyl

Questions

What does decyl mean?
Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
Where does decyl come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca-clip. English dec- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English decane Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English decyl From decane + -yl.

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