Etymology

dienal

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Today it means: An aldehyde derived from a diene. Full definition →

English aldehydeclip. ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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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. Englishdiene
  8. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  9. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  10. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  11. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  12. Latinalcohol
  13. Proto-Indo-European*de
  14. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  15. Proto-Italic*dē
  16. Latindē
  17. Latinde-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  20. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  21. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  22. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  23. GermanAldehyd
  24. Englishaldehydeclip.
  25. English todaydienal

From diene + -al (“aldehyde”).

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