Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxygenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: oxy-genic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, relating to, containing or producing oxygen

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more oxygenic (comparative) most oxygenic (superlative)

Derived Forms

anoxygenic antioxygenic nonoxygenic

Questions

What does oxygenic mean?: of, relating to, containing or producing oxygen
Where does oxygenic come from?: Etymology tree 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 oxygènebor. English oxygen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English oxygenic From oxygen + -ic.

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