Etymology

ethyleneimine

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English imine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
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The story

  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. GermanÄther
  8. GermanEther
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. GermanEthy
  12. Englishethyl
  13. Englisheth-
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  15. Englishethylene
  16. Egyptianjmn
  17. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  18. LatinAmmōn
  19. Latinammoniacus
  20. Englishammonia
  21. Englishamine
  22. Englishimine
  23. English todayethyleneimine

From ethylene + imine.

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