Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dianhydride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: di-an-hy-dride
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound containing two anhydride groups

noun

Any cyclic product of the condensation of two monosaccharide molecules with the elimination of two molecules of water

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English hydro- English -ide English hydride English anhydride English dianhydride From di- + anhydride.

Inflected Forms

dianhydrides (plural)

Questions

What does dianhydride mean?: Any compound containing two anhydride groups
Where does dianhydride come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English hydro- English -ide English hydride English anhydride English dianhydride From di- + anhydride.

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