Etymology

cyclohexanone

C3Y4C3L1O1H4E1X8A1N1O1N1E1

Today it means: The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group. Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Latin hexa-
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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*swéḱs
  18. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  19. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  20. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  21. Latinhexa-
  22. Englishhexa-
  23. Englishhex-
  24. Englishhexane
  25. Englishcyclohexane
  26. GermanKeton
  27. Englishketone
  28. English todaycyclohexanone

From cyclohexane + -one.

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