Etymology

dilactone

D2I1L1A1C3T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any compound containing two lactone groups Full definition →

English lactone ← German Keton ← Latin lac
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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. Latinlac
  8. Englishlacto-
  9. GermanKeton
  10. Englishketone
  11. Englishlactone
  12. English todaydilactone

From di- + lactone.

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