mevalonate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any salt or ester of mevalonic acid.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English valerian Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English valeric German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one ▲ English -ic English -onic English mevalonic English -ate English mevalonate From mevalonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).