Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photolyze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tolyze
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of photolyse.

Etymology

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) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English -lyze English photolyze From photo + -lyze.

Inflected Forms

photolyzes (present, singular) photolyzing (participle, present) photolyzed (participle, past) photolyzed (past)

Derived Forms

photolyzable

Questions

What does photolyze mean?: Alternative spelling of photolyse.
Where does photolyze come from?: 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) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English -lyze English photolyze From photo + -lyze.

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