Etymology

ketolactone

K5E1T1O1L1A1C3T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any lactone that is also a ketone Full definition →

English lactone ← Latin lac ← German Keton
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The story

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Latinlac
  5. Englishlacto-
  6. Englishketone
  7. Englishlactone
  8. English todayketolactone

From keto- + lactone.

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