Etymology

acetaldehyde

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Today it means: A colourless organic compound, CH₃CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry. Full definition →

English aldehyde ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Latinacēscō
  6. Latinacētum
  7. Englishaceto-
  8. Englishacet-
  9. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  10. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  11. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  12. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  13. Latinalcohol
  14. Proto-Indo-European*de
  15. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  16. Proto-Italic*dē
  17. Latindē
  18. Latinde-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  21. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  22. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  23. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  24. GermanAldehyd
  25. Englishaldehyde
  26. English todayacetaldehyde

From acet- + aldehyde.

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