Etymology

dicarbonyl

D2I1C3A1R1B3O1N1Y4L1

Today it means: Any metal carbonyl containing two carbonyl groups per molecule Full definition →

English carbonyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← French carbone
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  8. Latincarbōnem
  9. Frenchcarbone
  10. Englishcarbon
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. Englishcarbonyl
  13. English todaydicarbonyl

From di- + carbonyl.

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