Etymology

decahydroquinoline

Today it means: The bicyclic amine formally obtained by the hydrogenation of quinoline; any of its derivatives that occur naturally as alkaloids Full definition →

English quinoline ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  3. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  4. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  5. Late Latindecas
  6. Frenchdéca-
  7. Englishdeca-
  8. Englishhydro-
  9. Englishquinine
  10. Englishquinoline
  11. English todaydecahydroquinoline

From deca- + hydro- + quinoline.

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