phospho-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- From phosphorus.

phosph- (alternative)

borophosphosilicate phospham phosphethyl phosphide phosphine phosphocalcite phosphocreatine phosphodiester phosphodiesterase phosphoenolpyruvate phosphoferrite phosphofructokinase

phosphenilic acid phosphoglyceric acid phosphomolybdic acid phosphotungstic acid phosphovinic acid phospho-wolframic acid phosphoro-

phospholipase phosphoro-

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