Etymology

azomethine

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Today it means: any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR'₂, especially the parent compound in which R' is H Full definition →

English methine ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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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. Englishmethine
  10. English todayazomethine

From azo- + methine.

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