Etymology

plastosemiquinone

Today it means: Any semiquinone derived from a plastoquinone Full definition →

English semiquinone ← German Keton ← Latin sēmi-
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The story

  1. Englishplasto-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  4. Latinsēmi-
  5. Englishsemi-
  6. Englishquinine
  7. Englishquinic
  8. GermanKeton
  9. Englishketone
  10. Englishquinone
  11. Englishsemiquinone
  12. English todayplastosemiquinone

From plasto- + semiquinone.

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