Etymology

prop-

Today it means: Denoting the presence of 3 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds. Full definition →

French propionique ← Ancient Greek πρῶτος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρῶτος“first”
  2. French · derived frompropionique
  3. English todayprop-

By false splitting from propionic or directly from French propionique. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) and πίων (píōn, “fat”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchpropionique all →

propanepropylenepropionic

Ancient Greekπρῶτος all →

prothonotaryprotoplasmprotiumprotopapaspropionic acidprotide

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.