Etymology

diketone

D2I1K5E1T1O1N1E1

Today it means: any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Latin di-
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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. GermanKeton
  8. Englishketone
  9. English todaydiketone

From di- + ketone.

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