Etymology

hemin

H4E1M3I1N1

Today it means: a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride Full definition →

Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαἷμᾰ“blood”
  2. English todayhemin

From Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”) + -in. By surface analysis, hem- + -in.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ all →

-aemiahematin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.