Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octoxide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-tox-ide
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English oct- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide English octoxide From oct- + oxide.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

dichlorine octoxide tetraphosphorus octoxide trisulfur octoxide triuranium octoxide uranium octoxide

Questions

What does octoxide mean?
any oxide having eight oxygen atoms in each molecule or unit cell
Where does octoxide come from?
Etymology tree English oct- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide English octoxide From oct- + oxide.

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