Etymology

propylene

P3R1O1P3Y4L1E1N1E1

Today it means: The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆. Full definition →

French propionique
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  1. French · derived frompropionique
  2. English todaypropylene

Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene

Words from the same roots

Frenchpropionique all →

propanepropionicprop-

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