Etymology

monoimine

M3O1N1O1I1M3I1N1E1

Today it means: Any compound having a single imine group Full definition →

English imine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  5. LatinAmmōn
  6. Latinammoniacus
  7. Englishammonia
  8. Englishamine
  9. Englishimine
  10. English todaymonoimine

From mono- + imine.

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