Etymology

selenoester

S1E1L1E1N1O1E1S1T1E1R1

Today it means: either of two classes of compounds, formally derived from an ester by replacing an oxygen atom with selenium; either R-C(=Se)-OR' or R-C(=O)-SeR' Full definition →

English ester ← German Ester ← Latin aethēr
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*selasnā
  2. Ancient Greekσελήνη (selḗnē)
  3. Ancient GreekΣελήνη (Selḗnē)
  4. Englishseleno-
  5. GermanEssig
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  8. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  9. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  10. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  11. Latinaethēr
  12. GermanÄther
  13. GermanEster
  14. Englishester
  15. English todayselenoester

From seleno- + ester.

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