Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-cin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: -cin
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

suffix

Antibiotic substance.

Etymology

From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: colicine

Questions

What does -cin mean?: bacteriocin
Where does -cin come from?: It is traced to French.

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