degranulate
/diːˈɡɹænjəleɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To lose granules by the process of degranulation.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin grānulumbor. French granulebor. English granule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English granulate English degranulate From de- + granulate.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːˈɡɹænjəleɪt/