Etymology

perhydro

P3E1R1H4Y4D2R1O1

Today it means: Describing any saturated compound or radical in which every double bond has been replaced as if by the addition of hydrogen Full definition →

English hydro ← Latin per- ← Proto-Italic *per
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Latinper-
  6. Englishper-
  7. Englishhydro
  8. English todayperhydro

From per- + hydro.

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