Etymology

macrodilactone

M3A1C3R1O1D2I1L1A1C3T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any macrocyclic dilactone Full definition →

English dilactone ← German Keton ← Latin lac
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  10. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  11. Latindi-
  12. Englishdi-
  13. Latinlac
  14. Englishlacto-
  15. GermanKeton
  16. Englishketone
  17. Englishlactone
  18. Englishdilactone
  19. English todaymacrodilactone

From macro- + dilactone.

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