Etymology

naphthopyrone

N1A1P3H4T1H4O1P3Y4R1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any of a class of compounds having a structure consisting of a pyrone ring fused to that of naphthalene Full definition →

English pyrone ← German Keton ← Latin pyr
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The story

  1. Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
  2. Old Persian*naftah
  3. Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
  4. Latinnaphtha
  5. Englishnaphtha
  6. Englishnaphtho-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  9. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  10. Latinpyr
  11. Englishpyro-
  12. GermanKeton
  13. Englishketone
  14. Englishpyrone
  15. English todaynaphthopyrone

From naphtho- + pyrone.

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