Etymology

phenone

P3H4E1N1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any aromatic ketone containing a phenyl group directly attached to the carbonyl group Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← French phényle
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Frenchphéno-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  8. Frenchphényle
  9. Englishphenyl
  10. GermanKeton
  11. Englishketone
  12. English todayphenone

From phenyl + -one.

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