Etymology

quinonoid

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone Full definition →

English quinone ← German Keton
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The story

  1. Englishquinine
  2. Englishquinic
  3. GermanKeton
  4. Englishketone
  5. Englishquinone
  6. English todayquinonoid

From quinone + -oid.

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