Etymology

ketoester

K5E1T1O1E1S1T1E1R1

Today it means: Any ester that also contains a ketonic carbonyl group, especially an ester of a keto acid Full definition →

English ester ← German Ester ← Latin aethēr
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The story

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. GermanEssig
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  7. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  8. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  9. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  10. Latinaethēr
  11. GermanÄther
  12. GermanEster
  13. Englishester
  14. English todayketoester

From keto- + ester.

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