Etymology

dehydrobenzene

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Today it means: a benzyne Full definition →

English benzene ← German Benzin ← Latin dē-
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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. Englishhydro-
  8. Englishdehydro-
  9. GermanBenzoe
  10. GermanBenzin
  11. Englishbenzine
  12. Englishbenzene
  13. English todaydehydrobenzene

From dehydro- + benzene.

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