Etymology

heteroring

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Today it means: A heterocyclic ring, especially in a compound that also contains one or more benzene ring Full definition →

English ring ← Middle English ryng ← Old English hring
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*hring
  7. Old Englishhring
  8. Middle Englishryng
  9. Englishring
  10. English todayheteroring

From hetero- + ring.

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