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dehydro-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-dro-
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds

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 *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English dehydro- From de- + hydro-.

Derived Forms

dehydroamino dehydroasclepin dehydrocalactin dehydrocalotoxin dehydrocalotropin dehydrocorydalmine dehydrorotenoid dehydrouscharidin

Questions

What does dehydro- mean?
Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds
Where does dehydro- come from?
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 *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English dehydro- From de- + hydro-.

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