Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filamin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fil-amin
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament English -in English filamin From filament + -in.

Inflected Forms

filamins (plural)

Questions

What does filamin mean?: Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins.
Where does filamin come from?: Etymology tree Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament English -in English filamin From filament + -in.

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