Etymology

monoester

mon·o·es·ter
M3O1N1O1E1S1T1E1R1

Today it means: An ester of a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid containing only a single ester group. Full definition →

English ester ← German Ester ← Latin aethēr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*akēō
  9. Latinaceō
  10. Latinacēscō
  11. Latinacētum
  12. Proto-West Germanic*aket
  13. Proto-West Germanic*atek
  14. Old High Germaneȥȥih
  15. Middle High Germaneȥȥich
  16. GermanEssich
  17. GermanEssig
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  19. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  20. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  21. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  22. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  23. Latinaethēr
  24. GermanÄther
  25. GermanEster
  26. Englishester
  27. English todaymonoester

From mono- + ester.

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