Etymology

heteroarene

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Today it means: Any heterocyclic compound formally derived from an arene by replacement of one or more methine and/or vinylene groups by trivalent or divalent heteroatoms respectively in such a way as to retain its aromaticity. Full definition →

English arene ← Old French aromatique ← Late Latin arōmaticus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  7. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  8. Late Latinarōmaticus
  9. Old Frencharomatique
  10. Englishar(omatic)
  11. Englisharene
  12. English todayheteroarene

From hetero- + arene.

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