Etymology

azlactone

A1Z10L1A1C3T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any of a class of organic compounds formed by the cyclization of N-acyl-α-amino acids; they are five-membered heterocycles containing both a nitrogen and oxygen atom in the ring, with the oxygen adjacent to a carbonyl. Full definition →

English lactone ← German Keton ← Latin lac
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  6. Frenchazote
  7. Englishazote
  8. Englishazo-
  9. Latinlac
  10. Englishlacto-
  11. GermanKeton
  12. Englishketone
  13. Englishlactone
  14. English todayazlactone

From azo- + lactone.

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