nitrophenol
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several nitro derivatives of phenol that are used as parasiticides
Etymology
Etymology tree Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phènebor. English phenol English nitrophenol From nitro- + phenol.