Etymology

dehydroarene

D2E1H4Y4D2R1O1A1R1E1N1E1

Today it means: any transient species formally derived by abstraction of two hydrogen atoms from each of two rings of an arene Full definition →

English arene ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishhydro-
  8. Englisharene
  9. English todaydehydroarene

From de- + hydro- + arene.

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