Etymology

cyclobutene

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Today it means: A cycloalkene with a four-membered ring and one double bond. Full definition →

English butene ← Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros) ← Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  18. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  19. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  20. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*tuh₂rós
  22. Proto-Hellenic*tūrós
  23. Ancient Greekτῡρός (tūrós)
  24. Ancient Greekβούτῡρος (boútūros)
  25. Englishbut-
  26. Englishbutene
  27. English todaycyclobutene

From cyclo- + butene.

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