Etymology

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Today it means: Any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound. Full definition →

Latin fenestra
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  1. Latin · derived fromfenestra“window”
  2. English todayfenestrane

From Latin fenestra (“window”) + -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.

Words from the same roots

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