Etymology

difuran

D2I1F4U1R1A1N1

Today it means: A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of two fused furan rings Full definition →

English furan ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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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. Englishfurfural
  8. Englishfuran
  9. English todaydifuran

From di- + furan.

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