periodo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by iodine
Etymology
Etymology tree English per- Pre-Greekbor. Proto-Hellenic *wion Ancient Greek ἴον (íon) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)der. English iodo- English periodo From per- + iodo-.