Etymology

deacyl

D2E1A1C3Y4L1

Today it means: Describing a compound from which one or more acyl groups has been removed Full definition →

English acyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Latin aceō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*akēō
  10. Latinaceō
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. Englishacyl
  13. English todaydeacyl

From de- + acyl.

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