Etymology

acetophenone

A1C3E1T1O1P3H4E1N1O1N1E1

Today it means: The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds Full definition →

English phenone ← German Keton ← French phényle
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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. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  11. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  12. Frenchphéno-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  15. Frenchphényle
  16. Englishphenyl
  17. GermanKeton
  18. Englishketone
  19. Englishphenone
  20. English todayacetophenone

From aceto- + phenone.

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