Etymology

pyrone

P3Y4R1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group. Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Latin pyr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. GermanKeton
  7. Englishketone
  8. English todaypyrone

From pyro- + -one.

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