Etymology

metho-

Today it means: Methyl. Full definition →

English methyl ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  2. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  3. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  6. GermanMethy
  7. Englishmethyl
  8. English todaymetho-

From methyl + -o-. Ultimately from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέθυ all →

methylenemethomania

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