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- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
- GermanPyrro
- Englishpyrrole
- English todaypyrrolidine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyrrolidine
Today it means: Any of a class of heterocyclic amines having a saturated five-membered ring; especially the parent compound of this class, C₄H₉N. Full definition →
English pyrrole ← German Pyrro ← Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)