Etymology

dipyrrole

D2I1P3Y4R1R1O1L1E1

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

English pyrrole ← German Pyrro ← Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
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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 Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  8. GermanPyrro
  9. Englishpyrrole
  10. English todaydipyrrole

From di- + pyrrole.

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