benzisothiazolinone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
42
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A biocide of the isothiazolinone group, used as a preservative in paints, varnishes and fuels and in paper-making.
Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- English isothiazolinone English benzisothiazolinone From benz- + isothiazolinone.