Etymology

dipyridine

D2I1P3Y4R1I1D2I1N1E1

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

English pyridine ← German Pyridin ← 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. GermanPyridin
  8. Englishpyridine
  9. English todaydipyridine

From di- + pyridine.

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