Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taeniacide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tae-niacide
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that kills tapeworms

Etymology

Etymology tree English taenia Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English taeniacide From taenia + -cide.

Inflected Forms

taeniacides (plural) tænicide (alternative, obsolete) taenicide (alternative) teniacide (alternative) tenicide (alternative)

Questions

What does taeniacide mean?: Any substance that kills tapeworms
Where does taeniacide come from?: Etymology tree English taenia Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English taeniacide From taenia + -cide.

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