Etymology

diindole

D2I1I1N1D2O1L1E1

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

English indole ← 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. Englishindole
  8. English todaydiindole

From di- + indole.

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