Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-rism
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English phosphorism From phosphor + -ism.

Questions

What does phosphorism mean?
chronic phosphorus poisoning
Where does phosphorism come from?
Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English phosphorism From phosphor + -ism.

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