Etymology

cyclodehydrogenation

Today it means: Any reaction in which cyclization is accompanied by dehydrogenation Full definition →

English dehydrogenation ← French hydrogène ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
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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*de
  18. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  19. Proto-Italic*dē
  20. Latindē
  21. Latindē-
  22. Englishde-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  25. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  26. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  27. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  28. Frenchhydro-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  31. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  32. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  33. Frenchhydrogène
  34. Englishhydrogen
  35. Englishhydrogenation
  36. Englishdehydrogenation
  37. English todaycyclodehydrogenation

From cyclo- + dehydrogenation.

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