Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinacolin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pina-col-in
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.

noun

Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pinacone Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleumder. English -ol Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English pinacolin From pinacone + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -in.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: oleum

Inflected Forms

pinacolins (plural) pinacoline (alternative)

Derived Forms

pivalic

Questions

What does pinacolin mean?: A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
Where does pinacolin come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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