Etymology

monoterpenoid

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Today it means: a terpenoid having a C₁₀ skeleton Full definition →

English terpenoid ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
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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. Englishterpene
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  10. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  11. Englishterpenoid
  12. English todaymonoterpenoid

From mono- + terpenoid.

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