Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercurous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-curous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or derived from mercury.

adj

Of a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Mercurius Latin mercuriusder. Middle English mercurie English mercury Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English mercurous From mercury + -ous.

Phrases

mercurous chloride mercurous fluoride mercurous iodide mercurous nitrate mercurous oxide mercurous sulfide mercurous sulphide

Frequently Paired Words

mercuric

Synonyms

mercuric hydrargyrous

Questions

What does mercurous mean?: Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
Where does mercurous come from?: Etymology tree Latin Mercurius Latin mercuriusder. Middle English mercurie English mercury Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English mercurous From mercury + -ous.

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