Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naphthalic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
naph-thal-ic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from naphthalene

Etymology

Etymology tree English naphthalene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English naphthalic From naphthalene + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more naphthalic (comparative) most naphthalic (superlative)

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Questions

What does naphthalic mean?
Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from naphthalene
Where does naphthalic come from?
Etymology tree English naphthalene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English naphthalic From naphthalene + -ic.

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