Etymology

lactonization

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Today it means: Reaction with, or conversion into a lactone. Full definition →

English lactone ← German Keton ← Latin lac
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  1. Latinlac
  2. Englishlacto-
  3. GermanKeton
  4. Englishketone
  5. Englishlactone
  6. English todaylactonization

From lactone + -ization.

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