Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

succinyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: suc-cinyl
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A radical derived from succinic acid

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sūcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -num Latin sūcinum Latin succinum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English succinic Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English succinyl From succinic + -yl.

Inflected Forms

succinyls (plural)

Derived Forms

succinylacetone succinylase succinylation succinylcholine succinylome succinylsulfathiazole succinyltransferase suxamethonium suxethonium

Questions

What does succinyl mean?: A radical derived from succinic acid
Where does succinyl come from?: Etymology tree Latin sūcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -num Latin sūcinum Latin succinum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English succinic Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English succinyl From succinic + -yl.

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