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sulfosalt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sul-fos-alt
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium).

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English sulfosalt From sulfo- + salt.

Inflected Forms

sulfosalts (plural)

Questions

What does sulfosalt mean?
A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium).
Where does sulfosalt come from?
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English sulfosalt From sulfo- + salt.

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