Etymology

organozinc

O1R1G2A1N1O1Z10I1N1C3

Today it means: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to zinc bond Full definition →

English zinc ← German Zink ← Middle High German zinke
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The story

  1. Englishorgano-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  4. Proto-Germanic*tindaz
  5. Old High Germanzint?
  6. Old High Germanzinko
  7. Middle High Germanzinke
  8. GermanZinke?
  9. GermanZink
  10. Englishzinc
  11. English todayorganozinc

From organo- + zinc.

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