Etymology

etherification

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Today it means: The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum products by reacting with sulfuric acid. Full definition →

English ether ← Latin aethēr ← Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  3. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  5. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  6. Latinaethēr
  7. Englishether
  8. English todayetherification

From ether + -ification.

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