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- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphenyl
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
- Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
- Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
- Latinaethēr
- GermanÄther
- GermanEther
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanEthy
- Englishethyl
- Englishphene(thy)l
- GermanHydrazin
- Englishhydrazine
- English todayphenelzine
Blend of phene(thy)l + hydrazine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.