Etymology

ethylate

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Today it means: To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound Full definition →

English ethyl ← German Ethy
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  1. GermanEthy
  2. Englishethyl
  3. English todayethylate

From ethyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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