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ethylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ethy-late
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree German Ethylbor. English ethyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ethylate From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

ethylates (present, singular) ethylating (participle, present) ethylated (participle, past) ethylated (past)

Questions

What does ethylate mean?
To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound
Where does ethylate come from?
Etymology tree German Ethylbor. English ethyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ethylate From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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