Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pivampicillin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pi-vampi-cillin
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pivaloyloxymethyl ester of ampicillin.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English pivalic acid English -ate English pivalate Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English am(ino)- Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pēniculus ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illum Latin pēnicillum Translingual -ium Translingual Penicillium ▲ English -ineclip. English -in English p(en)icillin English ampicillin English pivampicillin From piv(alate) + ampicillin.

Usage

Questions

What does pivampicillin mean?
A pivaloyloxymethyl ester of ampicillin.
Where does pivampicillin come from?
Etymology tree English pivalic acid English -ate English pivalate Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English am(ino)- Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pēniculus ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illum Latin pēnicillum Translingual -ium Translingual Penicillium ▲ English -ineclip. English -in English p(en)icillin English ampicillin English pivampicillin From piv(alate) + ampicillin.

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