Etymology

desmethyl

D2E1S1M3E1T1H4Y4L1

Today it means: From which a methyl group has been removed Full definition →

English methyl ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdes-
  9. Englishdes-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  11. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  12. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  15. GermanMethy
  16. Englishmethyl
  17. English todaydesmethyl

From des- + methyl.

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