Etymology

iodomethane

I1O1D2O1M3E1T1H4A1N1E1

Today it means: The aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbon with chemical formula CH₃I, used in organic synthesis to introduce a methyl group into compounds. Full definition →

English methane ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  2. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  6. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  7. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  8. Englishiodo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  10. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  11. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. GermanMethy
  15. Englishmethyl
  16. Englishmethane
  17. English todayiodomethane

From iodo- + methane.

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