Etymology

ketazine

K5E1T1A1Z10I1N1E1

Today it means: An azine derived from a ketone; general formula R₂C=NN=CR₂ Full definition →

English azine ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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The story

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*né
  5. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  8. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  9. Frenchazote
  10. Englishaz(ote)
  11. Englishazine
  12. English todayketazine

From keto- + azine.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.