Etymology

alkylamine

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Today it means: Any aliphatic amine Full definition →

English amine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
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The story

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. Egyptianjmn
  12. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  13. LatinAmmōn
  14. Latinammoniacus
  15. Englishammonia
  16. Englishamine
  17. English todayalkylamine

From alkyl + amine.

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