Etymology

diisopropyl

D2I1I1S1O1P3R1O1P3Y4L1

Today it means: Having two isopropyl groups Full definition →

English isopropyl ← French propyl- ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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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. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  8. Englishiso-
  9. Frenchpropionique
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. Frenchpropyl-
  13. Englishpropyl
  14. Englishisopropyl
  15. English todaydiisopropyl

From di- + isopropyl.

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