photophosphorylation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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- English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English phosphoryl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English phosphorylation English photophosphorylation From photo- + phosphorylation.